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Dr

Sweet Ng

Honorary Associate

School of Cancer Medicine

Orcid identifier0000-0003-1721-0680
  • Honorary Associate
    School of Cancer Medicine

BIO

A/Prof Sweet Ping Ng (MBBS, PhD, FRANZCR) is the Director of Research and Radiation Oncologist at Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute.

Her other appointments include Associate Professor, School of Imaging and Radiation Sciences, Monash University; Honorary Associate, School of Cancer Medicine, La Trobe University; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery Austin Health Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne.

She completed her medical degree and subsequent PhD at the University of Melbourne. PhD Title: Imaging and blood biomarkers: Towards personalized medicine in head and neck cancer.

She leads the Victorian statewide MR-Linac program and is the global lead for MR-Linac Head and Neck group.

In 2025, A/Prof Ng was awarded the TROG Cancer Research Emerging Clinical Researcher Award.

She has authored over 90 peer-reviewed publications and contributed to six book chapters.