Georgia Chenevix-Trench (born 8 February 1959) is a distinguished Kenyan-Australian cancer researcher who investigates genetic predispositions to cancer.
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Early life
Chenevix-Trench was born in Nairobi, Kenya. Her father, Charles Pocklington Chenevix Trench, was district commissioner of the Northern Frontier District of Kenya during the British colonial period.
Education
Chenevix-Trench received her undergraduate degree (BSc(Hons)) in 1980 from the department of genetics at Trinity College in Ireland and was subsequently awarded her PhD in 1985 from the department of human genetics at the Medical College of Virginia, USA, and in 1986 she commenced her post-doctoral work there. In 1989, she moved to Brisbane, Australia where she started working as a research officer at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR). She currently works at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, where she heads a cancer genetics research lab.