Professor Richard Fox AM was the inaugural chair of the CRC for Cancer Therapeutics. He is the former director of research at St Vincents Hospital Melbourne and former director of clinical haematology & medical oncology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital from 1985 to 2006.
In 2007, Prof Fox was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia for services to medicine in the areas of clinical oncology and research, to medical education and training, and through governance and leadership roles within professional organisations.