Dr Jean Winter is the Lead of the Biomarker Discovery and Application Program within The Bowel Health Services Team at Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer. She coordinates a prospective clinical trial funded by the MRFF to investigate application of a blood biomarker test to diagnose and monitor gastrointestinal cancers, and an NHMRC study to develop novel biomarkers for colorectal cancers in patients presenting with symptoms. She also leads an NHMRC funded randomised controlled trial to assess the benefits of extending colonoscopy surveillance intervals in patients at increased risk of developing colorectal cancer. In 2025, Dr Winter was awarded a PanKind Early detection grant for discovery of novel protein biomarkers to detect early stage pancreatic cancer.