ACRF Melanoma Imaging & Diagnosis Centre

ACEMID has been nominated as a finalist in the Universities Australia #ShapingAustraliaAwards25 in #TheProblemSolvers category!

Public voting is now open — we would appreciate your support!

👉 Vote here: www.shapingaustraliaawards.com.au/finalists/ac...

UQ Researchers are conducting a study to better understand how individuals feel after being diagnosed with early-stage skin cancer.
We're seeking participants:
✔️ 18 years and older
✔️ Diagnosed with melanoma in situ, localised BCC/ SCC
✔️ Can complete a 15-minute survey

▶️: tinyurl.com/2u5xkmhf

🚨 Wanted: study participants!

PhD student Preksha Kuppanda is looking for individuals to participate in two of her research studies!

📩Please register your interest here:

🤖AI acceptability study: forms.office.com/r/MwNMpiMKv9

📸3D-TBP PREM Delphi study:
forms.office.com/r/q7cmSZCGmN

A multimodal vision foundation model for clinical dermatology - Nature Medicine Trained on large and multicenter datasets with different imaging modalities, a foundation model is shown to have strong performance on the full spectrum of clinically relevant tasks and to increase us...

🚨 New in Nature Medicine (@nature.com)!
PanDerm, a @monashuniversity.bsky.social-led AI tool, boosts skin cancer detection by 11%!

Congratulations to A/Prof Zongyuan Ge and PhD Candidate Siyuan Yan on this fantastic publication!

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The bigger picture: Balancing innovation and evidence in the fight against melanoma If we’re to balance benefit, harm, cost and access for skin cancer detection, we need to think critically, plan carefully, and keep patients at the centre of every decision we make.

🗣️In a new article for @monashuniversity.bsky.social Lens, Professor Victoria Mar dives into how AI and 3D total-body imaging are shaping the future of melanoma care.

🔗Read the full article here:
lens.monash.edu/2025/05/27/1...

@sydney.edu.au, The University of Queensland

Prof Peter Soyer accepting ACEMID's 2024 Eureka Award

✨Scholarship opps ✨

#UQCHSR Director @monikajanda.bsky.social is supervising two new PhD projects, incl fellowship support.

Both advance key aims of the award-winning
@acrf-acemid.bsky.social project.

Visit #UQ: study.uq.edu.au/study-option... + search ‘Janda’ for details.

#PhDposition

🌟 Our QLD State Manager, Dr Uyen Koh, visited our most remote research site in Mount Isa last week to train a new melanographer and conduct a site audit. The team is doing a great job! 👏🏻

Watch the highlights below 🎥

3D Total-Body Photography in Patients at High Risk for Melanoma This randomized clinical trial compares usual care to usual care plus 3-dimensional total-body photography and sequential digital dermoscopy imaging for early detection of skin cancer in patients at h...

Our colleagues from The University of Queensland recently published results from an RCT that looked into the potential benefits and drawbacks of adding 3D total-body photography to routine skin checks📸🔍.

Interested to read the results? Access the manuscript here:

🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

🗣️Professor @monikajanda.bsky.social is one of two expert speakers in the Australian Academy of Science Public Speaker Series 2025, on April 8 @ 5.30pm AEST.

Register now for free online attendance to learn more about "AI and our Health"!🤖

🔗 aas.eventsair.com/public-speak...

@uqchsr.bsky.social

🎉 Recruitment milestone!

ACERF ACEMID has reached 50% of its recruitment target with 7,548 participants enrolled, who have over 17,255 study visits completed across 15 active sites. A huge thanks to all for the support and dedication! 🌟

@monashuniversity.bsky.social, @sydneyuni.bsky.social, UQ

🚨PhD Opportunity🚨

Join ACRF ACEMID & the University of Queensland to work on the largest melanoma cohort study!🌏

Under Professor @monikajanda.bsky.social's supervision, you'll develop a roadmap for melanoma screening in regional Australia🔎

🔗 More info & apply now: study.uq.edu.au/study-option...

We would like to thank everyone who was involved in making this ACEMID Researcher Workshop a great succes! 👏🏻 Thank you and we hope to see you again next time 🌟

🗣The final session of our 2-day ACEMID Researcher Workshop 2025 included a very interesting and insightful perspective on the ACEMID project from a social sciences perspective, presented by Xianxian Jiang. It also discussed current and potential future grant (applications).

🗣 Session 3, "Synergy Grant session", covered some of the projects funded by the Synergy Grant. These include projects about trust in AI, AI for lesion detection and a projects about melanoma risk assessment tools.

🗣 Session 2, "Consumer Forum", focussed on providing our wonderful consumers w/ updates on our cohort study prrsented and the use of AI in skin cancer detection. The session ended with an interactive Q&A/poll 📊

🌟 Day 2 of the ACEMID Researcher Workshop 2025 started off w/ a "Melanographer session", in which Prof Pablo Fernández-Peñas highlighted positive and constructive feedback from our Melanographers who conduct the study visits 📷🔎, and developed future action points to improve our work!

Session 4, "ACEMID-ASSESS and Health Economics", concludes day one of this year's workshop!

We've had some very interesting and engaging presentations questions and discussions with the audience about various topics and look forward to tomorrow's session 👋🏻

Session 2, the "Cohort Session Research Questions Session", focussed on current and future research questions. With such a rich dataset the ACEMID project produces, what research questions can we address? 💭

🗣Presented by @DrVictoriaMar

Session 1, the "cohort study session", was full of updates on study recruitment, pre-liminary results, the use of AI to streamline melanoma risk stratification and early detection.

🗣Presented by Dr Uyen Koh, Prof Victoria Mar, A/Prof Zongyuan Ge, and A/Prof Marija Buljan.

The ACEMID Researcher Workshop February 2025 is about to start! We look forward to two days of updates on the cohort study and interesting discussions 🌟

Australian Museum Eureka Prizes Rewarding excellence in Australian research & innovation, leadership, science engagement, and school science

🎉Entries are open for the 2025 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes!

Do you know an outstanding scientist, innovator or science communicator? Encourage them to get their achievements recognised. Enter or nominate now at australian.museum/eureka #EurekaPrizes

PhD student series: I do research that will make the patient experience of melanoma screening better PhD student series: Interview with Preksha Kuppanda

🌟Celebrating the incredible work of our PhD students, whose research is making a real impact!🌟

Read about it on our website's "PhD Student Series"! Our first interview features Preksha Machaiya Kuppanda from @UQ_CHSR 👇🏽

🔗 acemid.centre.uq.edu.au/article/2025...

🚨 Join us! 🚨

The 4th ACEMID Consumer & Community Forum is coming!
Get updates on our melanoma imaging study + AI in skin cancer detection.

📆February 21, 2025
🕤9.14AM - 10.45AM AEST
📍 In-person (Brisbane) & online (Zoom).
☕ Morning tea for in-person attendees.

Register now! 👉🏽 lnkd.in/ddFRE2B3

We don’t all need regular skin cancer screening – but you can know your risk and check yourself Blanket screening Australians for skin cancer might lead to more diagnoses but not necessarily save more lives or be cost-effective.

🗣 Australia has one of the highest skin cancer rates globally, yet no national screening program. The complexity lies in overdiagnosis, cost & a need for targeted approaches. But progress is being made with new tech & screening for high-risk groups!

Read more 👇🏽 theconversation.com/we-dont-all-...

🎬"Conquering Skin Cancer" hits cinemas this week! 🌞 With 2 in 3 Aussies affected by skin cancer, this film is a must-watch for summer. Let’s protect our skin & raise awareness!

🎟️ But tickets now!
conqueringcancercampaign.com/conquering-ski…

#conqueringskincancer
#conqueringcancercampaign

Last week, @hpsoyer.bsky.social received the MSCAN 2024 Spot On Dedication Award for changing Australia’s skin cancer landscape 👏. The award was presented at the Parliamentary Friends of Melanoma & Skin Cancer Awareness initiative, where we had inspiring discussions with politicians.

@sydneyuni.bsky.social, @monashuniversity.bsky.social, The University of Queensland

YouTube video by UQ Faculty of Medicine ACRF Australian Centre of Excellence for Melanoma Imaging and Diagnosis

🚨Our ground-breaking ACRF ACEMID initiative focuses on advancing melanoma detection and prevention through 3D imaging, innovative research, and community engagement. Our cohort study will recruit 15k+ participants across 15 Australian research sites in QLD, NSW, and VIC.🌟

youtu.be/YYBd50KQdSM