Prof David Ziegler

Senior Staff Specialist

Sydney Children's Hospital, New South Wales, Australia

Sponsored by RUNDIPG

Professor David Ziegler is an NHMRC Investigator and paediatric oncologist at the Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick. He trained as a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard Medical School. He is Head of the Neuro-Oncology program and the Cancer Clinical Trials program at SCH. He is the Group Leader of the Brain Tumour Group at the Children’s Cancer Institute, Australia, and Conjoint Professor at the University of New South Wales. He leads multiple national and international clinical trials for children’s cancer, including Australia’s childhood cancer personalised medicine trials through the ZERO program. He has won multiple awards including the 2023 Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences award for a rising star of Australian health and medical science.

Key dates

  • Abstract launch

    15 December 2025

  • Abstract closure

    1 March 2026

  • Abstract notification

    April 2026

  • Deadline to accept

    24 April 2026

  • Registration open

    23 February 2026

  • Early bird registration deadline

    24 April 2026

  • 2026 ASM

    5 - 7 August