PROFESSOR Alan Coates is softly spoken, formal and somewhat reserved until he starts talking about research. When the subject of his lifes passion comes up, the 62-year-old launches, unstoppably, into lengthy stories of research breakthroughs and treatment mechanisms. He is animated, excited and eager to share his knowledge. He may have overseen the growth of the Cancer Council into one of Australias most powerful medical organisations but, for Professor Coates (pictured above), it has always been about the research. From the very beginning of his medical career, he was fascinated by cancer. I guess its because it was a tough problem to solve, particularly when we started,” he says. We had very few tools, whereas in some of the...
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