Anne-Maree Pearse

Anne-Maree Pearse
Alma materUniversity of Sydney

University of Tasmania

Known forDevil facial tumour disease
Awards2011 Australian Museum Eureka Prize

2012 Prince Hitachi Prize

Scientific career
FieldsCytogenetics

Anne-Maree Pearse is an Australian cytogeneticist who is credited with the theory that some cancer cells can be transmissible between individuals. This is known as the allograft theory. Her work has focussed on devil facial tumour disease (DFTD), a contagious cancer that affects Tasmanian devils. For this she has won multiple awards, including the 2012 Prince Hitachi Prize for Comparative Oncology.

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