Chun Yew Fong

Department of Medicine, Austin Health University of Melbourne, Victoria

Dr Chun Yew Fong is clinical haematologist with a clinical and translational research focus on myeloid malignancies. Dr Fong is the Director of Research and Medical Lead Acute Leukaemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes in the Clinical Haematology Department at Austin Health. 

After graduating from The University of Melbourne, he obtained dual fellowships of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. Dr Fong completed a PhD at The University of Cambridge and at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and was awarded the Picci and Sambrook Prizes for his work in identifying epigenetic plasticity underpinning the stem cell origins of relapsed disease in acute myeloid leukaemia. 

He is the Acute Leukaemia Tumour Group Chair at Clinical Trials Australia and is actively involved in the development of clinical and laboratory studies through the Australasian Leukaemia & Lymphoma Group (ALLG).