Titans of Science: Georgina Long

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Dr Chris Smith

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4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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The Naked Scientists welcome the return of a new series of Titans of Science, where the world's scientific, medical, and technological pioneers tell us about the significance of their work. Today's episode features Georgina Long, the director of the Melanoma Institute Australia, who has used groundbreaking techniques to overcome the disease. Melanoma is a type of cancer that is particularly common in Georgina's homeland, and she has been telling Chris Smith how her work has made her one of Australia's most recognisable scientists... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:03.2	Absolutely genius.
0:04.2	Welcome.
0:05.0	Welcome.
0:05.9	This is the show where we bring you science.
0:07.7	What that essentially means is.
0:09.3	Discovery is advanced.
0:10.4	Research.
0:11.5	Technology.
0:12.5	Unbelievable.
0:13.4	Without further ado, this is the naked scientists.
0:16.5	Hello, welcome to the Naked Scientist podcast.
0:19.0	This is the program where we bring you the biggest breakthroughs and talk to the major movers and shakers in the worlds of science, technology and medicine.
0:26.3	I'm Chris Smith.
0:27.4	And today, Titans of Science returns with Melanoma Expert and Australian of the Year, Georgina Long.
0:41.1	Georgina Long. Georgina Long was born in Sydney in Australia in the 1970s.
0:46.1	She grew up with her parents and five siblings in the inner city of Sydney, but she also
0:49.9	spent some of her formative years in the United States and in Europe.
0:54.1	Georgina attended secondary school at Santa Sabina College and then commenced a combined science
0:59.1	and law degree majoring in maths and chemistry at the University of Sydney.
1:03.9	She graduated in 1993 with first class honours and a university medal and then completed her
1:09.6	PhD at the same university in 1996. That was in
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