David Kerr#
| Membership Number: | 7527 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/people/david-kerr |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-7811-6722 |
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Present and Previous Positions
- 2001 - present Professor of Cancer Medicine, University of Oxford
- 2001 - present Honorary Consultant Medical Oncologist, Oxford University Hospital
- 2022 - present Honorary Professor, University of Oslo
- 2017 - present Co-Director,Oxford-Sichuan University, Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Centre
- 2017 - present Honorary Professor, Huaxi Hospital and Sichuan University
- 1992 - 2001 Professor of Clinical Oncology and Clinical Director, University of Birmingham
- July 1989 - February 1992 Senior Lecturer in Medical Oncology and Pharmacology Group Leader, University of Glasgow
- July 1990 - 2000 Honorary Professor of Pharmacology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Fields of Scholarship
- Developing novel cancer therapies
- Clinical trials
- Biology and genetics of colorectal cancer
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Awarded China Friendship Medal
- 2022 Awarded Tianfu Medal for Cancer research
- 2022 Elected Fellow of the European Society of Medical Oncology (FESMO)
- 2020 Elected Fellow of the College of European School of Oncology
- 2019 Honorary Professor of Latin American School of Oncology
- 2018 Elected Fellow of Association of Cancer Physicians (FACP)
- 2017 - current Honorary Professor of Oncology, Sichuan University, China
- 2017 - current Honorary Professor of Oncology, University of Oslo
- 2017 Harvard Global Health Catalyst: Distinguished Leader Award
- 2016 Honorary Professor of Oncology, Seoul National University, Korea
- 2016 Elected Honorary Fellow of Hungarian Oncology Society
- 2016 Honorary Prof of Oncology, Xiamen University, China
- 2010 Elected Fellow of Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh (FRCP, Edin)
- 2009 Elected Founding Fellow of European Academy of Cancer Sciences (F Can Sci)
- 2007 Elected Honorary Fellow of Royal College of General Practitioners (FRCGP)
- 2002 Awarded Commander of Order of British Empire, by HM the Queen (CBE)
- 2000 Elected Fellow of Academy of Medical Sciences (FMed Sci)
- 1996 Elected Fellow of Royal College of Physicians, London (FRCP, Lon)
- 1995 Elected Fellow of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow (FRCP, Glas)
