Scientific Advisory BoardBob Souhami

Bob Souhami was appointed Physician and Senior Lecturer in Medical Oncology at University College London in 1975. In 1987 he was appointed to the Kathleen Ferrier Chair of Cancer Medicine at University College London. Ten years later he became Dean of University College and Middlesex Medical School and subsequently Principal of the newly-formed Royal Free and University College Medical School. In 2001 he became director of clinical research at Cancer Research UK. He created the first unit in the United Kingdom for the specialised care of adolescents with cancer, co-founded the London Lung Cancer Group, and chaired the cancer therapy committee of the Medical Research Council. His laboratory research has centred on investigations into how drugs bind to DNA. He has edited or co-authored numerous texts, including Tutorials in Differential Diagnosis, Textbook of Medicine, Textbook of Oncology, and Cancer and Its Management. He is a member of the scientific advisory boards of cancer research institutes in UK and France and is Foreign Secretary of the Academy of Medical Sciences.