Giles Named Deputy Director of Lurie Cancer Center

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FRANCIS GILES was named deputy director of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.

Giles will oversee Northwestern Medicine’s clinical research cancer programs and developmental therapeutics initiatives.

Giles previously served as the Lurie Cancer Center’s associate director for translational research and developmental therapeutics, and has been director of the Northwestern Medicine Developmental Therapeutics Institute since 2013. He is also a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, the Royal College of Pathologists, and the European Academy of Cancer Sciences.

“We have ambitious goals for the next few years, and our rapidly evolving translational programs will establish the Lurie Cancer Center as a national and international destination for tailored developmental therapeutics,” Giles said.

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