Meet the Researchers
We have discovered a small and determined group of scientists who are dedicated to their research of Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer syndrome (HDGC). We have read their work, corresponded with them at length, consulted with them regarding our family’s HDGC medical issues, and met some of them in person during our journey. We are indebted to them for their efforts and successes to date, and intend to support them in their continuing research.
We are deeply grateful to these individuals for their efforts to help us educate other researchers, medical providers, and patients/families toward our shared missions of preventing, treating, and some day eliminating HDGC.
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Dr. Parry J. Guilford
Assoc. Prof. Parry Guilford is a principal Investigator in the Cancer Genetics Laboratory, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, and the Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder of Pacific Edge Biotechnology Ltd. He completed his MSc at Otago in 1983, and his PhD at Cambridge University in 1989. During postdoctoral studies at the Paasteur Institute in Paris, he led a team that localised the first genes for non-syndromic recessive deafness. His current reserach interests include the genetics of inherited cancers, in particular stomach cancer, and the application of genetics to the diagnosis and management of cancer. He has worked for the last 10 years with the Maori tribe Ngai te Rangi researching the causes and treatment of inherited stomach cancer.
University of Otago, New Zealand
University of Otato, Cancer Genetics Laboratory
Dr. David Huntsman
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Gregory Y. Lauwers, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Director of Gastrointestinal Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital, Pathology Service, Boston, MA
Dr. Raquel Seruca, MD, PhD.
