Sharon Del Vecchio

• Sharon completed a bachelor's degree at New York University
• She hopes to be the director of her own lab someday, as a clinician scientist.
• Sharon is a keen cyclist.

Research

• Sharon’s research investigates metabolic biomarkers of kidney cancer and the clinical utility of metabolomics based diagnostic protocols for kidney cancer patients.
• Part of Sharon’s work includes the co-management of a renal tumour biobank within the Kidney Disease Research Group, which currently contains banked tissue and clinical information for more than 280 participants.

Supervisors

Title: Characterization of renal neoplasms using MRS (magnetic resonance spectroscopy)

Associate Prof Glenda Gobe and Dr. Simon Wood; Kidney Disease Research Group and the Translational Research Institute (TRI)