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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 7673
Email
parry.guilford@otago.ac.nz
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

Publications

Decourtye-Espiard, L., Schulpen, E., McElroy, K., Charlton, A., van der Post, R. S., Godwin, T., Bougen-Zhukov, N., … Chen, A., Zou, D., Vaessen, C., Black, M., … Guilford, P. (2026). E-cadherin loss in Cd44-positive gastric cells initiates diffuse gastric cancer in a murine model. Gut. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2025-336182 Journal - Research Article

Vaessen, C., Redpath, K., Schulpen, E., & Guilford, P. (2026). The changing landscape of hereditary diffuse gastric cancer. Journal of Gastric Cancer, 26(1), 31-51. doi: 10.5230/jgc.2026.26.e5 Journal - Research Other

Moloney-Geany, K., Black, M. A., Day, R. C., Guilford, P., & Dunnet, M. J. (2025). A set cover algorithm identifies minimal circulating tumour DNA sequencing targets for colorectal cancer detection. Scientific Reports, 15, 40949. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-24719-9 Journal - Research Article

Decourtye-Espiard, L., Godwin, T., & Guilford, P. (2025). Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: the evolution of a cancer syndrome*. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2025.2511007 Journal - Research Other

Guilford, P. (2025, March). Community driven early detection of colorectal cancer using ctDNA [Panel discussion: Investing in the future: Transforming cancer screening through innovation]. Verbal presentation at the Cancer Society of New Zealand Inaugural In Pursuit of Cancer Research and Innovation Conference, Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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