 In a double world first, Long is the first woman and the first Australian to be President of the prestigious US-based Society for Melanoma Research (SMR).She has authored over 300 publications in melanoma clinical and translational research, including in the world’s leading scientific high-impact journals such as the "New England Journal of Medicine" and "The Lancet, and" has presented at hundreds of international conferences.Long grew up in a family of six children, with parents working in academia and medicine, and her early life involved living in Europe and the United States.