Clinical Oncologist
The Royal Marsden Hospital, United Kingdom
Dr Yolanda Augustin is a Malaysian oncologist with a special interest in sarcoma and global oncology. She did her undergraduate, medical and palliative care training at Guy's, King's and St Thomas School of Medicine before undertaking clinical oncology training at the Royal Marsden, London. Upon completion of her oncology training, she undertook a research fellowship with the Royal Marsden Sarcoma Unit focused on clinical trial design and delivery of systemic anticancer therapies and radiotherapy as part of an extensive clinical trial portfolio. She is currently working with colleagues in Malaysia on sarcoma service development, research and training, in preparation for a new cancer centre in Sarawak, on the island of Borneo. She also co-leads a global oncology programme at St George's, University of London focused on developing affordable therapeutics and diagnostics for cancer and infectious disease in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). The programme brings together interdisciplinary experts from academia, global health and industry, with research collaborations in Malaysia, Vietnam, India and Senegal. Current projects include drug repurposing/repositioning for cancer, affordable point-of-care diagnostics for HPV DNA screening for cervical cancer and development pipelines for affordable cancer therapeutics. Her team also runs advocacy programmes with community health care champions and local stakeholders in rural communities in Sarawak, Malaysia aimed at removing barriers to equitable healthcare access and cancer service delivery.
