University of Tasmania, Australia

Lecturer

BMedSc(Hons), MBBS(Hons)

Teaching Responsibilities

Dr Malley co-ordinates the Pathology teaching in the 5 year Medical Course. With the strong support of the Royal Hobart Hospital Pathology staff they deliver a lecture, tutorial and practical program that includes Anatomical Pathology, Clinical Chemistry, Haematology Immunology and Microbiology.

She largely teaches Anatomical Pathology in the second year medical program.

Their overall aim is to ensure students have a strong knowledge of pathology in order to recognise and manage disease and to order and interpret pathology investigations appropriately throughout their medical careers.

Units

• CAM201 - Fundamentals of Clinical Science 1
• CAM202 - Fundamentals of Clinical Science 2
• CAM304 - Fundamentals of Clinical Science 3
• CAM305 - Functional Clinical Practice

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Publications

• Malley, R. C., Muller, H. K., Norval, M., & Woods, G. M. (2009). Vitamin D3 deficiency enhances contact hypersensitivity in male but not in female mice. Cellular Immunology, 255(1-2), 33-40.
• Muller, H. K., Malley, R. C., Scott, D. K., McGee, H. M., & Woods, G. M. (2008). Effect of UV radiation on the neonatal skin immune system – Implications for melanoma. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 84(1), 47-54.
• Norval, M., Malley, R. C., & Woods, G. M. (2007). What's new in photoimmunology?. Photodermatology, Photoummunology & Photomedicine, 24(6), 334-336.
• Norval, M., Malley, R. C., & Woods, G. M. (2007). Immune protection against photocarcinogenesis. Expert Review of Dermatology, 2(5), 1507-1515.
• Scott, D., Malley, R. C., & Woods, G. M. (2007). Proteomics identifies enhanced expression of stefin A in neonatal murine skin compared to adults: functional implications. British Journal of Dermatology, 156(6), 1156-1162.

Web Access Research Portal (WARP)

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Additional Information

Dr Malley completed her MBBS at the University of Tasmania in 1999. She was an intern at the Royal Hobart Hospital in 2000. After a year of travelling abroad she returned to the Royal Hobart Hospital as a Registered Medical Officer.

Dr Malley then commenced a Fellowship in Pathology as a Pathology Registrar and, as part of the training program, she has undertaken a PhD in the field of immunology.

Research Interests

The Cancer and Immunology Group has broad interests in how the immune system may be altered to allow malignant cells – cancer cells – to escape detection and destruction by the immune system.

Dr Malley's PhD investigated the influence of dietary vitamin D on the skin immune system and the skin’s response to ultraviolet B irradiation – the component of sunlight that causes vitamin D production in the skin but also skin cancer.

Their overall aim is to contribute to the understanding of how the immune system is altered to allow cancers to escape an immune response. The Group further wishes to understand how they can prevent or reverse these changes in the immune system in order to prevent and treat cancer.