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Paul Workman (scientist)

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hypoxia and molecular targeted therapies. Workman also continued his service for the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) as Chairman of the EORTC Pharmacology and Molecular Mechanisms Group. Member of EORTC Board and Council as Chairman of the EORTC New Drug Development Coordinating Committee.
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In 1991 Workman was appointed as a Cancer Research Campaign (CRC) Life Fellow, Professor of Experimental Cancer Therapy, University of Glasgow and Director of Laboratory Research in the CRC Department of Medical Oncology, CRC Beatson Laboratories, Glasgow. Here he extended his research on tumour
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Cancer Therapeutics Unit. Overall, since 2005, the Cancer Therapeutic Unit has discovered 17 drug candidates, seven of which have progressed to the patient trial stage. Workman has attributed this record to "taking early academic risks, combining academic and pharmaceutical expertise, and
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implementing strong leadership and project management. Other contributing factors include running multiple projects on a competitive scale, establishing long-term financial support and – most important – selecting productive and timely industrial collaborations."
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Chau, Noan-Minh; Rogers, Paul; Aherne, Wynne; Carroll, Veronica; Collins, Ian; McDonald, Edward; Workman, Paul; Ashcroft, Margaret (1 June 2005).
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SABCS 2010: Molecular chaperones: cancer dependence and druggability – Prof Paul Workman – The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK
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The early part of his career (1976–90) was spent establishing and leading the Pharmacology and New Drug Development Laboratory at the
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and SRI International, California, USA where he continued his work on tumour hypoxia funded by a Fellowship from what was then the
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Workman is currently working on drugs that block molecules essential for the growth and survival of
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In 1990 Workman spent a sabbatical period in the Department of Therapeutic Radiology,
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Workman, Paul (2004). "Pharmacological Intervention With Multistep Oncogenesis".
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2014 awarded Raymond Bourgine Award for "exceptional contributions to oncology".
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in March 2011. He was later elected as President and CEO in November 2014.
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Workman, Paul. "Emerging Molecular Therapies: Small-Molecule Drugs".
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Powers, Marissa V.; Workman, Paul (2015). "Molecular Chaperones".
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New Approaches in Cancer Pharmacology: Drug Design and Development
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Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom)
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George and Christine Sosnovsky Award in Cancer Therapy
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Eccles, SA; Massey, A; Raynaud, FI (15 April 2008).
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Studies on some enzyme-activated anti-tumour agents
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FRSC
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Workington
Cumbria
University of Leicester
University of Leeds
FRS
FRSC
FMedSci
University of Cambridge
Institute of Cancer Research
Thesis
Studies on some enzyme-activated anti-tumour agents
www.icr.ac.uk/our-research/researchers-and-teams/professor-paul-workman
FRS
FRSC
FMedSci
oncology
President and CEO
The Institute of Cancer Research

Workington
Cumbria
BSc
Biochemistry
University of Leicester
PhD
University of Leeds

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