A/Prof Carolyn Nickson is an epidemiologist specialising in the evaluation of cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment. She leads the Breast Cancer Policy and Evaluation stream at the Daffodil Centre and the ABACUS research group based at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne. Key areas of research include population clinical and health economics modelling of breast cancer control measures, breast cancer risk assessment and advice, and breast imaging clinical studies.