Alan Ashworth
Alan Ashworth | |
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| Born | 1960 (age 64–65) Bolton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
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| Thesis | Cloning and characterisation of cDNAs derived from cytochrome P-450 mRNAs (1984) |
| Doctoral students | Elizabeth Iorns |
| Website | cancer |
Alan Ashworth, FRS (born 1960 in Bolton, Lancashire) is a British molecular biologist, noted for his work on genes involved in cancer susceptibility. He is currently the President of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Francisco, a multidisciplinary research and clinical care organisation that is one of the largest cancer centres in the Western United States. He was previously CEO of the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London.