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My goal has always been to ensure fewer people face the challenges I endured.
Cancer epidemiology, breast cancer, survival analysis, spatial analysis, machine learning.
Dr Kou Kou is a Research Fellow at Cancer Council Queensland. Her principal research interests include geographical and socioeconomic variations in cancer outcomes, survival outcomes for Australians diagnosed with cancer, and outcomes for women diagnosed with breast cancer in Queensland, Australia. Dr Kou Kou originally trained as a medical doctor before completing her PhD in cancer epidemiology, which focused on investigating the burden of oesophageal cancer in Shandong, China.
PhD (Cancer Epidemiology) | Queensland University of Technology
Master of Philosophy (Traumatic Brain Injury) | Queensland University of Technology
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery | Hainan Medical University, China
My research focuses on identifying the risk factors associated with lower rates of cancer screening, early diagnosis, timely treatment, and survival at both an individual level and an area level. By uncovering these risk factors, we can pinpoint vulnerable populations that require targeted interventions to improve cancer prevention, treatment, and support.
I am a childhood cancer survivor, and most of my childhood memories revolve around experiences in hospitals. This profoundly shaped my path—I chose to study medicine and, without hesitation, selected cancer research as my PhD focus. My goal has always been to ensure fewer people face the challenges I endured. When I was practicing medicine, I felt a direct connection to helping people, whereas research sometimes feels more removed, as though there is a barrier between me and the individuals I aim to support. However, every time I uncover new findings, I remind myself that these results have the potential to help entire populations. That realisation makes all the effort worthwhile.
