Nikola Bowden

University of Newcastle

Professor Nikola Bowden is co-Director of the University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute Centre for Drug Repurposing and Medicines Research and the Vanessa McGuigan HMRI Fellow in Ovarian Cancer Research.  Prof Bowden’s research investigates drug repurposing for melanoma and ovarian cancer. She leads the MRFF-funded Australian Program for Drug Repurposing for Treatment Resistant Ovarian Cancer and several Investigator-initiated clinical trials for treatment-resistant cancers in collaboration with the Pharmaceutical Industry.