Rate My Professor Steffens Reinhardt

Dr. Luiza Steffens Reinhardt is a Casual Academic in the School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Genetics from the University of Newcastle, awarded in 2023, and a PhD in Biosciences from the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre in 2022, focusing on molecules with biotechnological potential for novel brain cancer therapies. Her current appointments include Research Fellow at NSW Health Pathology Molecular Medicine - John Hunter Hospital since August 2024, Honorary Associate Lecturer at the University of Newcastle School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy since August 2024, and Scientific Officer at NSW Health Pathology since November 2023. With nearly ten years of experience in molecular biology, genomics, and pre-clinical models, her research is dedicated to translational cancer research. This includes leveraging long-read sequencing for informed genomic testing decisions in hereditary cancer predisposition syndromes and identifying new therapy targets for HER2-positive breast cancers resistant to current treatments. She is also co-founder of the CDT Science Club, a science engagement initiative with John Hunter Hospital School.