Associate Professor Gorringe is a research scientist who studied in New Zealand before heading to the UK for PhD at Cambridge University. This was followed by postdoctoral positions at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne and at James Cook University in Townsville (Queensland) before returning to Peter Mac. She has held NHMRC Career Development and Victoria Cancer Agency Mid-Career Fellowships. She became a Group Leader at Peter Mac in 2016 and Co-Heads the Tumour Evolution and Metastasis Program.