Dr Jessica Logan

Senior Research Fellow/Lecturer UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

City West Campus (HB6-25)
tel +61 8 830 22076

email Jessica.Logan@unisa.edu.au

Research Degree Supervisor

About me

Dr Logan is a research fellow within the Mechanisms in Cell Biology and Disease research group (MICBAD). She is an accredited medical scientist with an extensive skill base in histology, in situ hybridisation and immunohistochemistry. Her work is central to the ongoing MICBAD cancer biomarker research program in prostate cancer and extending into other clinically significant cancers. She has exceptional output of high-quality, impactful research which is strategically structured towards industry translation.

Her research is driven towards developing an in-depth understanding of cellular regulatory pathways underpinning disease pathology while also identifying novel drug targets and providing alternative treatment ... Read more

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Research

Research focus

Clinical Sciences
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Oncology and Carcinogenesis
Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology
Curriculum and Pedagogy

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2025	Hindes, MT, McElligott, AM, Best, OG, Ward, MP, Selemidis, S, Miles, MA, Nturubika, BD, Gregory, PA, Anderson, PH, Logan, JM, Butler, LM, Waugh, DJ, O'Leary, JJ, Hickey, SM, Thurgood, LA & Brooks, DA 2025, 'Metabolic reprogramming, malignant transformation and metastasis: lessons from chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and prostate cancer', Cancer Letters, vol. 611, article no. 217441, pp. 1-18. Open access
2024	Bates, M, Mullen, D, Lee, E, Costigan, D, Brooks, RD, Brooks, DA, Logan, JM, Martini, C & O'Leary, JJ and 13 other authors 2024, 'P53 and TLR4 expression are prognostic markers informing progression free survival of advanced stage high grade serous ovarian cancer', Pathology Research and Practice, vol. 253, article no. 155020, pp. 1-8. Open access 1 1 1
2024	Logan, JM, Martini, C, Sorvina, A, Johnson, IR, Brooks, RD, Caruso, MC, Huzzell, C, Moore, CR, Karageorgos, L, Butler, LM, Tewari, P, Prabhakaran, S, Hickey, SM, Klebe, S, Samaratunga, H, Delahunt, B, Moretti, K, O'Leary, JJ, Brooks, DA & Ung, BS 2024, 'Reinterpretation of prostate cancer pathology by Appl1, Sortilin and Syndecan-1 biomarkers', Scientific Data, vol. 11, article no. 852, pp. 1-10. Open access 1
2024	Martini, C, Logan, JM, Sorvina, A, Prabhakaran, S, Ung, BS, Johnson, IR, Hickey, SM, Brooks, RD, Caruso, MC, Klebe, S, Karageorgos, L, O'Leary, JJ, Delahunt, B, Samaratunga, H & Brooks, DA 2024, 'Distinct patterns of biomarker expression for atypical intraductal proliferations in prostate cancer', Virchows Archiv, vol. 485, pp. 723-728. Open access 1 2
2024	Menz, BD, Kuderer, NM, Chin-Yee, B, Logan, JM, Rowland, A, Sorich, MJ & Hopkins, AM 2024, 'Gender representation of health care professionals in large language model-generated stories', JAMA network open, vol. 7, no. 9, article no. e2434997, pp. 1-12. Open access 3 31
2024	Miles, MA, Luong, R, To, EE, Erlich, JR, Liong, S, Liong, F, Logan, JM, O'Leary, J, Brooks, DA & Selemidis, S 2024, 'TLR9 monotherapy in immune-competent mice suppresses orthotopic prostate tumor development', Cells, vol. 13, no. 1, article no. 97, pp. 1-22. Open access 1 1 4
2024	Modi, ND, Li, L X, Logan, JM, Abuhelwa, AY, McKinnon, RA, Rowland, A, Sorich, MJ & Hopkins, A. 2024, 'The state of individual participant data sharing for the highest-revenue medicines', Clinical Trials, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 170-177. Open access 35
2024	Nturubika, BD, Guardia, CM, Gershlick, DC, Logan, JM, Martino, C, Heatlie, JK, Lazniewska, J, Moore, C, Lam, GT, Li, KL, Ung, BS-Y, Brooks, RD, Hickey, SM, Bert, AG, Gregory, PA, Butler, LM, O'Leary, JJ, Brooks, DA & Johnson, IRD 2024, 'Altered expression of vesicular trafficking machinery in prostate cancer affects lysosomal dynamics and provides insight into the underlying biology and disease progression', British Journal of Cancer, vol. 131, no. 8, pp. 1263-1278. Open access 2 2
2024	Nturubika, BD-D, Logan, J, Johnson, IRD, Moore, C, Li, KL, Tang, J, Lam, G, Parkinson-Lawrence, E, Williams, DB, Chakiris, J, Hindes, M, Brooks, RD, Gregory, P, Waugh, DJJ & Brooks, DA and 7other authors 2024, 'Components of the endosome-lysosome vesicular machinery as drivers of the metastatic cascade in prostate cancer', Cancers, vol. 17, no. 1, article no. 43, pp. 1-31. Open access 1
2024	Tang, J, Lam, GT, Brooks, RD, Miles, M, Useckaite, Z, Johnson, IR, Ung, BS, Martini, C, Karageorgos, L, Hickey, SM, Selemidis, S, Hopkins, AM, Rowland, A, Vather, R, O'Leary, JJ, Brooks, D., Caruso, MC & Logan, JM 2024, 'Exploring the role of sporadic BRAF and KRAS mutations during colorectal cancer pathogenesis: a spotlight on the contribution of the endosome-lysosome system', Cancer Letters, vol. 585, article no. 216639, pp. 1-9. Open access 6 5
2023	Hopkins, AM, Logan, JM, Kichenadasse, G & Sorich, MJ 2023, 'Artificial intelligence chatbots will revolutionize how cancer patients access information: ChatGPT represents a paradigm-shift', JNCI Cancer Spectrum, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 1-3. Open access 98 137 75
2023	Lam, GT, Martini, C, Brooks, T, Prabhakaran, S, Hopkins, AM, Ung, BS-Y, Tang, J, Caruso, MC, Brooks, RD, Johnson, IR, Sorvina, A, Hickey, SM, Karageorgos, L, Klebe, S, O'Leary, JJ, Brooks, DA & Logan, JM 2023, 'Insights into melanoma clinical practice: a perspective for future research', Cancers, vol. 15, no. 18, pp. 1-9. Open access 3 3
2023	Lam, GT, Sorvina, A, Martini, C, Prabhakaran, S, Ung, BS, Lazniewska, J, Moore, CR, Beck, AR, Johnson, IR, Caruso, MC, Hickey, SM, Brooks, RD, Karageorgos, L, Brooks, DA & Logan, JM and 6 other authors 2023, 'Altered endosomal-lysosomal biogenesis in melanoma', Neoplasia, vol. 43, article no. 100924, pp. 1-10. Open access 3 3 1
2023	Lazniewska, J, Li, KL, Johnson, IR, Sorvina, A, Logan, JM, Martini, C, Moore, C, Ung, BS, Karageorgos, L, Hickey, SM, Prabhakaran, S, Heatlie, JK, Brooks, RD, Huzzell, C, Warnock, N I, Moretti, P, Pitson, SM & Brooks, DA and 10 other authors 2023, 'Dynamic interplay between sortilin and syndecan-1 contributes to prostate cancer progression', Scientific Reports, vol. 13, no. 1, article no. 13489, pp. 1-18. Open access 11 10
2023	Logan, JM, Hopkins, AM, Martini, C, Sorvina, A, Huzzell, C, Johnson, IR, Hickey, SM, Ung, BS-Y, Lazniewska, J, Brooks, RD, Moore, CR, Caruso, MC, Karageorgos, L, Esterman, A, Moretti, K & Brooks, DA and 23 other authors 2023, 'Prediction of prostate cancer biochemical and clinical recurrence is improved by IHC-Assisted Grading using Appl1, Sortilin and Syndecan-1', Cancers, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 1-12. Open access 9 8 122
2023	Martini, C, Logan, JM, Sorvina, A, Gordon, C, Beck, AR, Ung, BS, Caruso, MC, Moore, C, Johnson, IR, Li, KL, Karageorgos, L, Esterman, AJ, Huzzell, C, Brooks, RD, Lazniewska, J, Hickey, SM, Bader, CA, Parkinson-Lawrence, E, Prabhakaran, S, Moretti, KL & Brooks, DA and 28 other authors 2023, 'Aberrant protein expression of Appl1, Sortilin and Syndecan-1 during the biological progression of prostate cancer', Pathology, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 40-51. Open access 16 16 81
2023	Miles, MA, Liong, S, Liong, F, Coward-Smith, M, Trollope, GS, Oseghale, O, Erlich, JR, Brooks, RD, Logan, JM, Hickey, S, Wang, H, Bozinovski, S, O'Leary, JJ, Brooks, DA & Selemidis, S 2023, 'TLR7 promotes chronic airway disease in RSV-infected mice', Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 14, pp. 1-21. Open access 5 5 9
2023	Modi, ND, Kichenadasse, G, Hoffmann, TC, Haseloff, M, Logan, JM, Veroniki, AA, Venchiarutti, RL, Smit, AK, Tuffaha, H, Jayasekara, H, Manning-Bennet, A, Morton, E, McKinnon, RA, Rowland, A, Sorich, MJ & Hopkins, AM 2023, 'A 10-year update to the principles for clinical trial data sharing by pharmaceutical companies: perspectives based on a decade of literature and policies', BMC Medicine, vol. 21, article no. 400, pp. 1-9. Open access 13 11 56
2023	Sorvina, A, Martini, C, Prabhakaran, S, Logan, JM, Ung, BS-Y, Moore, C, Johnson, IR, Lazniewska, J, Tewari, P, Malone, V, Brooks, RD, Hickey, SM, Caruso, MC, Klebe, S, Karageorgos, L, O'Leary, JJ, Delahunt, B, Samaratunga, H & Brooks, DA 2023, 'Appl1, Sortilin and Syndecan-1 immunohistochemistry on intraductal carcinoma of the prostate provides evidence of retrograde spread', Pathology, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 792-799. Open access 8 8
2022	Hickey, SM, Ung, B, Bader, C, Brooks, R, Lazniewska, J, Johnson, IR, Sorvina, A, Logan, J, Martini, C, Moore, CR, Karageorgos, L, Sweetman, MJ & Brooks, DA 2022, 'Fluorescence microscopy-an outline of hardware, biological handling, and fluorophore considerations', Cells, vol. 11, no. 35, pp. 1-32. Open access 62 49 1
2022	Hopkins, AM, Abuhelwa, AY, McKinnon, RA, Logan, JM, Kichenadasse, G, Rowland, A & Sorich, MJ 2022, 'Smoking and immunotherapy efficacy in lung cancer by PDL1 subgroups: an individual participant data meta-analysis of atezolizumab clinical trials. Smoking and immunotherapy efficacy in lung cancer', European Journal of Cancer, vol. 160, pp. 279-281. 4 5 2
2022	Hopkins, AM, Kichenadasse, G, McKinnon, RA, Abuhelwa, AY, Logan, JM, Badaoui, S, Karapetis, CS, Rowland, A & Sorich, MJ 2022, 'Efficacy of first-line atezolizumab combination therapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer receiving proton pump inhibitors: post hoc analysis of IMpower150', British Journal of Cancer, 126, no. 1, pp. 42-47. 52 50 117
2022	Lam, GT, Prabhakaran, S, Sorvina, A, Martini, C, Ung, BS, Karageorgos, L, Hickey, SM, Lazniewska, J, Johnson, IR, Williams, DB, Klebe, S, Malone, V, O'Leary, JJ, Jackett, L, Brooks, DA & Logan, JM 2022, 'Pitfalls in cutaneous melanoma diagnosis and the need for new reliable markers', Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 49-60. Open access 8 10 42
2021	Hopkins, AM, Kichenadasse, G, Logan, JM, Rowland, A & Sorich, MJ 2021, 'RE: Smoking history as a potential predictor of immune checkpoint inhibitor efficacy in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer', Jnci-Journal Of The National Cancer Institute, vol. 114, no. 3, article no. djab159, pp. 475-476. Open access 1 1 2
2021	Logan, JM, Beck, A, Dunstan, N, Allen, L & Woods, AE 2021, 'Development of the venom delivery system in Elapidae snake species: Naja siamensis and Oxyuranus microlepidotus', Toxicon, vol. 199, pp. 12-19.
2021	Logan, JM, Brooks, DA, Rowland, A, Sorich, MJ & Hopkins, AM 2021, 'Survival outcomes of nonsmall cell lung cancer patients treated with afatinib who are affected by early adverse events', Journal of Oncology, vol. 2021, article no. 2414897, pp. 1-6. Open access 1
2020	Modi, ND, Sorich, MJ, Rowland, A, Logan, JM, McKinnon, RA, Kichenadasse, G, Wiese, MD & Hopkins, AM 2020, 'A literature review of treatment-specific clinical prediction models in patients with breast cancer', Critical Reviews in Oncology Hematology, vol. 148, article no.102908, pp. 1-8. Open access 13 11 3
2020	Ruanglertboon, W, Sorich, MJ, Logan, JM, Rowland, A & Hopkins, AM 2020, 'The effect of proton pump inhibitors on survival outcomes in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma treated with sorafenib', Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, vol. 146, no. 10, pp. 2693-2697. Open access 12 9 2
2019	Hopkins, AM, Rowland, A, Logan, JM & Sorich, MJ 2019, 'Primary predictors of survival outcomes for HER2-positive advanced breast cancer patients initiating ado-trastuzumab emtansine', BREAST, vol. 46, pp. 90-94. Open access 6 6 4
2019	Johnson, IR & Logan, JM 2019, ''Seeing is Believing': enhancing student engagement with dynamic protein-model visualization', Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 247-248.
2019	Johnson, IR, Sorvina, A, Logan, JM, Moore, CR, Heatlie, JK, Parkinson-Lawrence, EJ, Selemidis, S, O'leary, JJ, Butler, LM & Brooks, DA 2019, 'A paradigm in immunochemistry, revealed by monoclonal antibodies to spatially distinct epitopes on syntenin-1', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, vol. 20, no. 23, pp. 1-16. Open access 5 5 1
2019	Mutuku, SM, Trim, PJ, Prabhala, BK, Irani, S, Bremert, KL, Logan, JM, Brooks, DA, Stahl, J, Centenera, MM, Snel, MF & Butler, LM 2019, 'Evaluation of small molecule drug uptake in patient-derived prostate cancer explants by mass spectrometry', Scientific Reports, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 1-11 , article no. 15008. Open access 14 13 7
2013	Vonk, FJ, Casewell, NR, Henkel, C V, Heimberg, AM, Woods, AE, Logan, J & Richardson, MK and 29 other authors 2013, 'The king cobra genome reveals dynamic gene evolution and adaptation in the snake venom system', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, vol. 110, no. 51, pp. 20651-20656. Open access 357 365

Non Traditional Outputs

Year	Output
2019	Ung, B, Logan, J, Sorvina, A, Martino, C, Prabhakaran, S, Karageorgos, L & Brooks, D 2019, Prostate cancer biomarker atlas.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Highlights

Invited speaker; " Biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer"; College of Medicine, Flinders University, 2020.

Invited speaker; South Australian Prostate Cancer Clinical Outcome Collaborative, 2018

Best poster; International society of toxinology World congress, China, 2017

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Advanced Cancer Research Group	AUSTRALIA
Austin Health	AUSTRALIA
Bangor University	UNITED KINGDOM
Bond University	AUSTRALIA
Cancer Council Victoria	AUSTRALIA
Clinpath Laboratories	AUSTRALIA
Flinders Medical Centre	AUSTRALIA
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Leiden University	NETHERLANDS
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research	NEW ZEALAND
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
National Institutes of Health	UNITED STATES
RMIT University	AUSTRALIA
South Australian Health and Medical and Research Institute (SAHMRI)	AUSTRALIA
St. James's Hospital	UNITED STATES
The Coombe Hospital	IRELAND
Trinity College	AUSTRALIA
Trinity College Dublin	IRELAND
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Cambridge	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Dublin	IRELAND
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of Sharjah	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Toronto	CANADA
Venom Supplies	AUSTRALIA
Western University	CANADA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Fundraising for Cancer Research Tour De Cure, SA Discovery Tour	2020
Invited Speaker College of Medicine Seminar Series Flinders University	2020
Member Australian Society for Medical Research	2020
Member American Society of Clinical Oncology	2020
Member Australian Institute of Medical Scientists	2020
Fundraising for Cancer Research Tour De Cure, SA Discovery Tour	2019
Member Australian Society for Medical Research	2019
Member American Society of Clinical Oncology	2019
Member Australian Institute of Medical Scientists	2019
Keynote Speaker South Australian Prostate Clinical Outcome Collaborative Symposium	2018
Member Australian Institute of Medical Scientists	2018
Member Australian Society for Medical Research	2018
Member American Society of Clinical Oncology	2018
Member International Society of Toxinology	2018
Member South Australian Herpetology Group	2018
Member South Australian Herpetology Group	2017
Member International Society of Toxinology	2017
Member Australian Society for Medical Research	2017
Member Australian Institute of Medical Scientists	2017
Member International Society of Toxinology	2016
Member Australian Institute of Medical Scientists	2016
Member South Australian Herpetology Group	2016
Member Australian Society for Medical Research	2016
Member Australian Society for Medical Research	2015
Member South Australian Herpetology Group	2015
Member Australian Institute of Medical Scientists	2015
Member International Society of Toxinology	2015
Member South Australian Herpetology Group	2014
Member Australian Institute of Medical Scientists	2014
Member International Society of Toxinology	2014
Member Australian Society for Medical Research	2014
Member Australian Institute of Medical Scientists	2013
Member Australian Society for Medical Research	2013
Member South Australian Herpetology Group	2013
Member International Society of Toxinology	2013
Member Australian Institute of Medical Scientists	2012
Member International Society of Toxinology	2012
Member South Australian Herpetology Group	2012
Member South Australian Herpetology Group	2011

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Dr Logan has raised over $5000 towards the SA Discovery Tour, run by Tour De Cure to fund medical research here in South Australia since 2019. She was a visiting research fellow to Trinity College Dublin, 2018. Dr Logan was also invited to the judging panel for the student awards at the International society of toxinology World congress, China, 2017.

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Changing the clinical paradigm of colorectal cancer diagnosis and prognosis	Current
The role of membrane trafficking in prostate cancer metastasis	Current
Development of monoclonal antibody targeted therapeutics for prostate cancer	Completed
Endosomal-lysosomal biomarkers to define melanoma pathogenesis	Completed

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