Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 479 7673
- parry.guilford@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Research Professor
- Department
- Department of Biochemistry
- Qualifications
- MSc PhD
- Research summary
- Cancer susceptibility, translational cancer research, personalised medicine
Research
Professor Parry Guilford is the Director of the Centre for Translational Cancer Research and the Research Director of Pacific Edge Biotechnology Ltd. He completed his MSc at Otago in 1983, and his PhD at Cambridge University in 1989. His research interests include the genetics of inherited cancers, in particular gastric cancer, and the application of gene expression analysis to the diagnosis and management of cancer.
Awards
- Parry Guilford
2016, Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand - Parry Guilford
2016, BMS Senior Researcher Award - Chris Harris
2014, Otago Medical School Research Society's Student Science Writing Prize, 1st place
Chris's entry was entitled ‘Unlocking Prostate Cancer’. - Parry Guilford
2014, Sir Charles Hercus Medal for excellence in biomedical and health sciences
For the discovery of the gene mutation that can lead to hereditary stomach cancer in families. - Bryony Telford
2013, Otago School of Medical Sciences Postgraduate Symposium Speaking Award, 2nd place - Parry Guilford
2013, HRC Beaven Medal for Translational Research - Parry Guilford
2013, OSMS Commercialisation Award ’translation of technological innovation to commercial reality’ - Parry Guilford
2009, James Cook Fellowship