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Professor Alastair M. Thompson
Meet Alastair, a co-investigator on PRECISION
Alastair Thompson trained as a Clinician Scientist, leading the National Breast Tissue Bank, NCRI Breast Clinical Studies Group and key international adjuvant trials in the UK. He has successfully supervised 24 PhD or MD students and over 250 high impact peer reviewed research papers have included several global firsts.
As Professor of Surgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas since 2014, his research focus is on translational collaborations and innovative clinical trials in the preoperative setting for DCIS and invasive breast cancer.
In the Grand Challenge he will focus on tissue procurement through to clinical application of knowledge gained from the PRECISION DCIS program.