DrDamir Vareslija

I hold national and international leadership roles that support research governance, peer review, and translation in cancer research and education.

I serve as Chair of the Breast Cancer Now Biobank Access Committee, overseeing equitable access to international patient resources. I am a Senior Council member of the Irish Association for Cancer Research and contribute to strategic planning and policy development at national level.

I co-direct and support major research and education programmes, including PRISM, an all-Ireland precision oncology partnership integrating genomic profiling into clinical practice. I am a Translational Member of Cancer Trials Ireland, where I support biomarker integration into clinical studies.

I provide peer review for major funding bodies, including Breast Cancer Now, Worldwide Cancer Research, and Irish and British cancer research agencies. I regularly review manuscripts for leading journals across oncology, molecular biology, and translational medicine.

I chair and organise international scientific meetings, including the Steroid Cancer Conference and the Gordon Research Conference on Hormone-Dependent Cancer, and co-founded IMPACT-Europe to support mentoring and collaboration among early-career researchers.

COMMITTEES AND GOVERNANCE ROLES

I hold leadership and advisory roles that guide strategy, governance, and translational delivery.

• Chair, Breast Cancer Now Biobank Access Committee (2024 to present).
• Senior Council Member, Irish Association for Cancer Research (2024 to present).
• Co-Founder, IMPACT-Europe EndoXcel Network (2024 to present).
• Member, Research Executive, Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre (2024 to present).
• Translational Member, Cancer Trials Ireland (2021 to present).
• Breast Cancer Scientific Lead, Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre (2022 to present).

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

I am an active member of leading national and international professional societies that support cancer research, clinical translation, and scientific standards.

• Metastasis Research Society, Member since 2025.
• Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, Member since 2016.
• American Association for Cancer Research, Member since 2015.
• European Association for Cancer Research, Member since 2014.
• Irish Association for Cancer Research, Member since 2012.

GRANT AND FELLOWSHIP REVIEWING

I serve as an expert reviewer for competitive national and international funding programmes.

• Member, Grant Reviewing Committee, ZonMw Clinical Fellows Programme, Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (2025 to present).
• Reviewer, Breast Cancer Now Project and Catalyst Grants (2017 to present).
• Reviewer, Breast Cancer Now PhD Studentship Grants (2018 to present).
• Reviewer, Cancer Research UK Project Grants (2022).
• Reviewer, Worldwide Cancer Research Project Grants (2021).
• Reviewer, Irish Association for Cancer Research Conference Awards (2018 to present).