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Preacher: Professor Richard Gilbertson
Gilbertson is a paediatric oncology clinician scientist and a senior group leader at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute. He is the Li Ka Shing Chair of Oncology, and Director of the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre and the Children’s Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on understanding the link between normal development and the origins of cancer, with a particular focus on children’s brain tumours. In 2000, Gilbertson joined St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, USA. There, he served as the Comprehensive Cancer Centre and Scientific Director and Executive Vice President before moving to the University of Cambridge in 2015.
Gilbertson is a paediatric oncology clinician scientist and a senior group leader at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute. He is the Li Ka Shing Chair of Oncology, and Director of the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre and the Children’s Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on understanding the link between normal development and the origins of cancer, with a particular focus on children’s brain tumours. In 2000, Gilbertson joined St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, USA. There, he served as the Comprehensive Cancer Centre and Scientific Director and Executive Vice President before moving to the University of Cambridge in 2015.
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