Carolyn Nickson is an epidemiologist specialising in breast cancer control. She is a Principal Research Fellow at the Cancer Elimination Collaboration, leading a team of specialist breast cancer researchers and various projects across the collaboration. Key areas of her research include policy and modelling evaluations related to breast cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment, and epidemiological studies focussed on risk assessment and risk-adjusted interventions. A/Prof Nickson works closely with clinicians, health service program managers and policy makers, and her team is jointly located at the Cancer Elimination Collaboration and at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne.