Amanda Luck

Amanda Luck is the Paediatric Neuro-Oncology Research Manager and Paediatric Brain Tumour Biobank Coordinator. Cross appointed between SAHMRI and the Women’s and Children’s Hospital she has been busy establishing the Paediatric Neuro-Oncology team at SAHMRI alongside developing South Australia’s first Paediatric Brain Tumour Biobank, focusing on patient recruitment, specimen processing, storage and distribution. 

She has over 13 years experience in the Paediatric Brain Cancer Research space, 11 of those at the Sickkids Hospital Brain Tumour Research Centre in Toronto, Canada. Amanda has 17 peer reviewed publications and expansive experience in pre-clinical modelling and treatments for brain cancer. She prides herself on facilitating the research projects of her peers and the teams she works with. Amanda sat on the Toronto Centre for Phenogenomics animal ethics committee as a technical advisor for 5 years. Reviewing ethics submissions from a national facility for cutting edge research housing 2200 researchers. 

Amanda is also passionate about community engagement, with part of her research focus on the development of the Precision Cancer Medicine Consumer Advisory Team at SAHMRI, focused on aligning the research with the wishes of those directly affected by brain cancer. 

She is passionate about biobanking and advancing research into treatments for better survivorship outcomes and survival for paediatric brain cancer patients.