Richard Gilbertson

Li Ka Shing Chair of Oncology; Head of Department of Oncology; Director CRUK Cancer Centre

University of Cambridge

Professor Richard Gilbertson trained as a pediatric oncologist in the UK before moving in 2000 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA where he served as Scientific and Comprehensive Cancer Center Director, Executive Vice President and Lillian R. Cannon Endowed Chair. In August 2015, he moved back home to England where he Chairs the Department of Oncology and Directs the CRUK Cambridge Centre at University of Cambridge. His laboratory research is focused on understanding the link between normal development and the origins of cancer, particularly brain tumors.