Projects per year
Personal profile
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):
Education/Academic qualification
Cancer Biology, PhD, University of Western Australia
Award Date: 2 Apr 2001
biological sciences, BSc (Hons), King's College London
Oct 1988 → Jun 1992
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Monash Partners Supporting Research Translation
Hodgson, C. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Jones, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Zeps, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Russell, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cahill, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Reeder, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Egerton-Warburton, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Srikanth, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ng, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Abdolkhani, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Carmichael, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Weatherall, T. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Buntine, P. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Foster, E. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Duncan, J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Nathoo, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Aspinall, C. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/07/25 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
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Victorian Lung Cancer Registry Business Case - 2 year
Zeps, N. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & Zalcberg, J. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/07/25 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
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A Learning Health System to implement prevention into routine pregnancy care
Teede, H. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Callander, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Mol, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Enticott, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lorber Rolnik, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Harrison, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Moran, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bahri-Khomami, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Powell, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Thangaratinam, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Zeps, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Palmer, K. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Hunt, R. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/04/25 → 30/06/30
Project: Research
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The C*STEROID Trial: An international, randomised placebo-controlled trial to determine the effect of antenatal corticosteroids on newborn health when given prior to planned caesarean section birth from 35+0 to 39+6 weeks of pregnancy
Said, J. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Groom, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Crowther, C. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Morris, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Doyle, L. W. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Forster, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Zeps, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Harding, J. E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Henry, A. G. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Whitehead, C. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/06/21 → 31/01/27
Project: Research
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Procurement of Support of Strategy Implementation Activities (Clinical Quality Registries) - Health/E23-321188
Ahern, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Gabbe, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ackerman, I. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Earnest, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McDonald, S. P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), O'Connor, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Zeps, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ruseckaite, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lassetter, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Turner, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Honardoost, M. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Han, J. X. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Grant, C. (Project Manager)
1/06/24 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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A population-based analyses of the evolving management of cN1M0 prostate cancer in the PSMA-PET era
Ward, J., Armstrong, K., Kang, T. M. J., Tham, J., Lin, Y.-H., Cheng, M., Grummet, J., Lawrentschuk, N., Perera, M., Sengupta, S., Chang, D., Ng, M., Bensley, J., Steeper, M., Krishnaprasad, K., Johnson, M., Zeps, N., Millar, J. & Ong, W. L., Jul 2025, In: BJUI Compass. 6, 7, 9 p., e70059.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Health-care staff perspectives in optimising delirium prevention using data-driven interventions
Gokhale, S., Garth, B., Webb-St Mart, M., Taylor, D., Zeps, N., Enticott, J., Teede, H. & Reeder, S., Mar 2025, In: Australasian Journal on Ageing. 44, 1, 10 p., e70011.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
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 journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access9 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, , 1 Dec 2022, In: Breast Cancer Research. 24, 1, 13 p., 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access21 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 journal › Short Survey › Other › peer-review
Open Access12 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
- 1 Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board
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Monash Partners (External organisation)
Buttery, J. (Chair/Co-Chair), Quenette, S. (Member), Ahern, S. (Member), Bain, C. (Member), Cameron, P. (Member), Enticott, J. (Member), Irvine, J. (Member), Mazza, D. (Member), McKimm, A. (Member), Newnham, H. (Member), Pozo, E. (Member), Rankin, D. (Member), Srikanth, V. (Member), Teede, H. (Member), Wecke, A. (Member), Wood, C. (Member), Zeps, N. (Member), Zoungas, S. (Member), Lew, T. (Member), Mcconchie, S. (Member), McCleod, A. (Member), Ptasznik, R. (Member) & Johnson, A. (Member)
2018 → 2021Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board
Press/Media
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Algorithm to cut birth risk
Licqurish, S., Nicholson, A. & Zeps, N.
17/02/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature