Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Dr Stefan N Symeonides, MB BChir PhD FRCPE, is a Medical Oncologist and Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre (University of Edinburgh) and at the linked Edinburgh Cancer Centre (NHS Lothian). After clinical training in the UK (Cambridge - MB PhD, Edinburgh - FRCP), Australia (Melbourne) & New Zealand (Christchurch), and research in academia, clinic & industry, he now leads the Edinburgh Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, where he provides the link between Edinburgh’s laboratory discoveries and their clinical development. In the clinic, he runs the Edinburgh Phase I Cancer Trials Unit. He also continues to work in Pharmaceutical Medicine, as a medical advisor in CRUK’s Centre for Drug Development. His research spans cytotoxic, small molecule, metabolic and even psychological therapies, but his main focus is immunotherapies, where he is the clinical lead for the Edinburgh Cancer Immunology network.