From a background in molecular biology research (PhD in Genetics and postdoctoral experience in genetics/physiology), Amanda transitioned from the ‘wet lab’ to join Professor Elina Hyppönen's Nutritional and Genetic Epidemiology Research Group, where she works on large cohort data projects identifying risk factors for conditions including cancer.

As a Research Fellow, and Project Manager of an MRFF-funded ovarian cancer project, Dr Lumsden works closely with consumer members, researchers, and gynaecological oncologists, and is passionate about finding ways to identify women at risk of ovarian cancer to help facilitate earlier detection, and discovering new risk factors that can inform on strategies to prevent its incidence.