Pip Youl

Qualifications: MPH, PhD

Job title: Head, Programs and Research

Email: PipYoul@cancerqld.org.au 

Background: Dr Pip Youl is the Head, Programs and Research at the Cancer Council Queensland. She gained her Masters in Public Health degree and her PhD at the University of Queensland. She has worked in the cancer epidemiology field for over 20 years and has a keen interest in diagnostic and treatment pathways, prevention and early detection. Dr Youl holds adjunct appointments at Griffith University and Queensland University of Technology and is a Chief Investigator on a number of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and Cancer Australia grants.

Research interests: Population-based studies of patterns of care; prevention and early detection of cancer; and the role that vitamin D play in health.

Current research projects:

• Melanoma diagnosis and skin screening in Queensland
• Investigating the utility of primary care skin cancer clinics in Queensland
• Long-term melanoma survivors study
• Managing skin cancer in the primary care setting
• Knowledge about, and attitudes towards, vitamin D and consequences for sun protective behaviour amongst the Queensland population.
• An investigation of the increasing incidence of thyroid cancer in Queensland: a registry-based study