Charles Swanton
Charles Swanton | |
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Swanton in 2018 | |
| Born | Robert Charles Swanton 1972 (age 52–53) Poole, Dorset, England, UK |
| Education | St Paul's School, London |
| Alma mater | University College London (MD, PhD) |
| Awards | Ellison–Cliffe Lecture (2017) EMBO Member (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cancer evolution |
| Institutions | Francis Crick Institute University College London |
| Thesis | Viral cyclin disruption of mammalian cell cycle control mechanisms (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | Nic Jones |
| Website | www |
Robert Charles Swanton is a British physician scientist specialising in oncology and cancer research. Swanton is a senior group leader at London's Francis Crick Institute, Royal Society Napier Professor in Cancer and thoracic medical oncologist at University College London and University College London Hospitals, co-director of the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, and Chief Clinician of Cancer Research UK.