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Professional activities

Qualifications

MB ChB MSc (Cancer Medicine) PhD, Glasgow University.

FMedSci, Academy of Medical Sciences.

MSc Medical Oncology, Beatson Oncology Centre, University of Glasgow.

PhD Molecular Biology, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research UK. Glasgow University.

FRCP, Royal College of Physicians.

Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, Royal Society of Biology.

Awards, Prizes or Honours

FRCP (Glasgow), Royal Collecge of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow, 2003.

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians London (FRCP), Royal College of Physicians London, 2004.

Advanced Translational Fellowship in Anti-cancer Drug Development, IDD CTRC, UTHSCSA San Antonio Texas, 2000.

Scholarship "Methods in Clinical Cancer Research" FLIMS, AACR/ASCO/FECS, 1999.

Fellowship at the SWOG HQ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Seattle, Royal College of Physicians (Travelling Fellowship), 1999.

Foundation Award for clinical trial design and statistics, Berlex Oncology Foundation, 2000.

ASCO Merit Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2001.

ASCO Young Investigator Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2001.

Foundation Award, Berlex Oncology, 2001.

Clinician Scientist Career Development Award, Doris Duke Foundation, 2002.

FMedSci, The Academy of Medical Sciences, 2012.

ESMO Award, The European Society of Medical Oncology, September 2011.

AACR Team Science Award, American Association of Cancer Research, 2012.

RSC Teamwork in Innovation, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2011.

Elected Overall Scientific Program Chair for ESMO, European Society for Medical Oncology, January 2012.

Elected Member, Society for Translational Oncology, 2009.

Editorial Boards

Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2010.

European Journal of Cancer, 2012.

Cancer Discovery (focusing on Research Watch), AACR Scientific Editor, 2011.

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 2010.

Clinical Cancer Research, 2010.

The Oncologist, 2010.

External Committees

Scientific Committee, Member, AACR-NCI-EORTC Elected Member Scientific Committee, 2007.

Special Conferences Committee, Member, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), 2011-2014.

ESMO National Representative for the United Kingdon, Elected member, European Society for Medical Oncology, 2006-2008.

Prostate Cancer Clinical Studies Group, Elected member, National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI), 2006.

Scientific Committee, Chair for ESMO Madrid 2014, European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), 2012.

New Agents Committee, Committee member, Cancer Research UK, 2008.

Clinician-Scientist appointment committee, Committee member, Cancer Research UK, 2010.

Bursaries Committee, Committee member, Cancer Research UK, 2008.

AACR Scientific Program Committee, Committee member, American Association for Cancer Research, 2007.

AACR Special Conferences Committee, Committee member, American Association for Cancer Research, 2011-2014.

ASCO Education Committee, Committee member, American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2012.

European Male Urology Conference (EMUC) Organising Committee, Member, European Male Urology Conference, 2011.