Neevika Manoharan is a paediatric oncologist and a subspecialist in paediatric neuro-oncology working at the Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital with appointments at UNSW and Children's Cancer Institute. She returned to Sydney after completing a Neuro-Oncology Fellowship at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Since her return, she has grown a strong research interest in rare and orphan paediatric brain tumours, development of novel therapeutics and precision medicine approaches in paediatric neuro-oncology. She also sits on the board of directors for the peak body for childhood cancer in Australia, ANZCHOG.