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Biography

Dr. Zeps is a cancer biologist by background and has most recetly been the Research Director at two of the largest not-for-profit health services in Australia (St John of God HealthCare 2012-2016 and Epworth HealthCare 2017-2021). He is currently Clinical Research lead for Monash Partners and an Adjunct Professor at the Eastern Health Clinical School of Monash University. He is a Partner in Chrysalis Clinical consulting with a focus on supporting clinical research capabilities across Australia. 

He was a founding director and board member of the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA) and led the Embedding program and is currently working on the rapid approval for trials program. He is chair of the Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Trials Group (PC4) Advisory Committee and a member of the improving clinical trial participation work stream of the VCCC Alliance where he chairs working groups developing practical solutions to engage with participants. 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Education/Academic qualification

Cancer Biology, PhD, University of Western Australia

Award Date: 2 Apr 2001

biological sciences, BSc (Hons), King's College London

Oct 1988Jun 1992

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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  • Timing of whole genome duplication is associated with tumor-specific MHC-II depletion in serous ovarian cancer

    Burdett, N. L., Willis, M. O., Pandey, A., Twomey, L., Alaei, S., Bowtell, D. D. L., Christie, E. L. & Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group (AOCS), Dec 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, 13 p., 6069.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticleResearchpeer-review

    Open Access
    2 Citations (Scopus)
  • Common variants in breast cancer risk loci predispose to distinct tumor subtypes

    Ahearn, T. U., Zhang, H., Michailidou, K., Milne, R. L., Bolla, M. K., Dennis, J., Dunning, A. M., Lush, M., Wang, Q., Andrulis, I. L., Anton-Culver, H., Arndt, V., Aronson, K. J., Auer, P. L., Augustinsson, A., Baten, A., Becher, H., Behrens, S., Benitez, J. & Bermisheva, M. & 142 others, Blomqvist, C., Bojesen, S. E., Bonanni, B., Børresen-Dale, A. L., Brauch, H., Brenner, H., Brooks-Wilson, A., Brüning, T., Burwinkel, B., Buys, S. S., Canzian, F., Castelao, J. E., Chang-Claude, J., Chanock, S. J., Chenevix-Trench, G., Clarke, C. L., Collée, J. M., Cox, A., Cross, S. S., Czene, K., Daly, M. B., Devilee, P., Dörk, T., Dwek, M., Eccles, D. M., Evans, D. G., Fasching, P. A., Figueroa, J., Floris, G., Gago-Dominguez, M., Gapstur, S. M., García-Sáenz, J. A., Gaudet, M. M., Giles, G. G., Goldberg, M. S., González-Neira, A., Alnæs, G. I. G., Grip, M., Guénel, P., Haiman, C. A., Hall, P., Hamann, U., Harkness, E. F., Heemskerk-Gerritsen, B. A. M., Holleczek, B., Hollestelle, A., Hooning, M. J., Hoover, R. N., Hopper, J. L., Howell, A., Jakimovska, M., Jakubowska, A., John, E. M., Jones, M. E., Jung, A., Kaaks, R., Kauppila, S., Keeman, R., Khusnutdinova, E., Kitahara, C. M., Ko, Y. D., Koutros, S., Kristensen, V. N., Krüger, U., Kubelka-Sabit, K., Kurian, A. W., Kyriacou, K., Lambrechts, D., Lee, D. G., Lindblom, A., Linet, M., Lissowska, J., Llaneza, A., Lo, W. Y., MacInnis, R. J., Mannermaa, A., Manoochehri, M., Margolin, S., Martinez, M. E., McLean, C., Meindl, A., Menon, U., Nevanlinna, H., Newman, W. G., Nodora, J., Offit, K., Olsson, H., Orr, N., Park-Simon, T. W., Patel, A. V., Peto, J., Pita, G., Plaseska-Karanfilska, D., Prentice, R., Punie, K., Pylkäs, K., Radice, P., Rennert, G., Romero, A., Rüdiger, T., Saloustros, E., Sampson, S., Sandler, D. P., Sawyer, E. J., Schmutzler, R. K., Schoemaker, M. J., Schöttker, B., Sherman, M. E., Shu, X. O., Smichkoska, S., Southey, M. C., Spinelli, J. J., Swerdlow, A. J., Tamimi, R. M., Tapper, W. J., Taylor, J. A., Teras, L. R., Terry, M. B., Torres, D., Troester, M. A., Vachon, C. M., van Deurzen, C. H. M., van Veen, E. M., Wagner, P., Weinberg, C. R., Wendt, C., Wesseling, J., Winqvist, R., Wolk, A., Yang, X. R., Zheng, W., Couch, F. J., Simard, J., Kraft, P., Easton, D. F., Pharoah, P. D. P., Schmidt, M. K., García-Closas, M., Chatterjee, N., NBCS Collaborators, ABCTB Investigators & kConFab/AOCS Investigators, 1 Dec 2022, In: Breast Cancer Research. 24, 1, 13 p., 2.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticleResearchpeer-review

    Open Access
    18 Citations (Scopus)
  • Ethics and regulatory considerations for the clinical translation of somatic cell human epigenetic editing

    Zeps, N., Lysaght, T., Chadwick, R., Erler, A., Foo, R., Giordano, S., San Lai, P., Schaefer, G. O., Xafis, V., Chew, W. L. & Sugarman, J., 13 Jul 2021, In: Stem Cell Reports. 16, 7, p. 1652-1655 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalShort SurveyOtherpeer-review

    Open Access
    10 Citations (Scopus)
  • Moving with the Times: The Health Science Alliance (HSA) Biobank, Pathway to Sustainability

    Quinn, C. M., Porwal, M., Meagher, N. S., Hettiaratchi, A., Power, C., Jonnaggadala, J., McCullough, S., Macmillan, S., Tang, K., Liauw, W., Goldstein, D., Zeps, N. & Crowe, P. J., 2021, In: Biomarker Insights. 16, p. 1-10 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment / DebateOtherpeer-review

    Open Access
    11 Citations (Scopus)
  • Normalising comparative effectiveness trials as clinical practice

    Briffa, T., Symons, T., Zeps, N., Straiton, N., Tarnow-Mordi, W. O., Simes, J., Harris, I. A., Cruz, M., Webb, S. A., Litton, E., Nichol, A. & Williams, C. M., Dec 2021, In: Trials. 22, 1, 4 p., 620.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticleOtherpeer-review

    Open Access
    5 Citations (Scopus)