Professor Christobel Saunders AO Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery, Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, AHMS, is internationally recognised as one of Australia's most prominent research-orientated cancer surgeons.

She has substantially contributed to many clinical aspects of cancer research including clinical trials of new treatments, psychosocial, translational and health services research, with a particular emphasis on breast cancer.

She has performed research for more than 25 years and in the past five years, has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles. She sits on many local and national government committees and advisory councils in medicine, and is on the Board of consumer organisations (Breast Cancer Network Australia, Cancer Council Western Australia, and the Australia and New Zealand Breast Cancer Trials Group).