Janusz Jankowski

Gastroenterological Oncology, Department of Clinical Pharmacology
Oxford University
Radcliffe Infirmary
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6HE


Research Goals
Our research group resides at both the University of Oxford and Cancer Research UK where we study the biology of GI stem cells exploiting our expertise in various in vitro and in vivo models, relevant proof of concept translational projects and chemoprevention. In this regard we are running two of the largest randomised trials in gastroenterology (AspECT and ChOPIN) in order to provide an evidence base to help support the service delivery.

Qualifications and Personal History
Education
1983 - awarded M.B. Ch.B., Glasgow University Medical School
1995 - awarded M.D., (Molecular Medicine), Dundee University
1996 - awarded Ph.D., (Translational Pathology), London University
1997 - elected Specialist Register for Medical Practitioners (GI and Medicine)
1999 - elected F.R.C.P.E., Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
2000 - elected F.R.C.P., Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians, London
2006 - in progress M.Sc., (Clinical Pharmacology), Oxford University

Selected Honours and Awards
Invited and Prize lectures: over 100 prize or plenary lectures.
Undergraduate Clinical awards: Medicine, 1981; Surgery, 1982; Gynaecology, 1983.
Fellowship Clinician Scientist Award: Imperial Cancer Research Fund, 1991.
AveryJones Science Gold Medal: British Society of Gastroenterology, 1994.
Fellowship Clinician Scientist Award: University of California, San Francisco, 1995.
Millennium Research Prize: University of Kyoto and Surgical Research Society, 2000.
Presidents Research Prize: Irish Society of Gastroenterology, 2002.
GEEMO Research Medal: Groupe Etude European Maladies Oesophage, 2005
Member of Linacre College: Unversity of OXford, 2005

Current salaried posts (marked with 'p') with Prinicipal Honorary Affliations in brief (marked with 'a')
2005 et seq - Consultant in Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (p)
2005 et seq - Senior Clinical Research Fellow/Visiting Professor of GI Oncology University of Oxford (p)
2004 et seq - Honorary Consultant in Gastroenterology (GI Oncol), Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust (a)
2003 et seq - Visiting Worker, Cancer Research UK (a)

Previous posts with principal honorary affliations in brief
1984-1988 - Postgraduate Clinical Training, Southern General and Royal Infirmary, University of Glasgow (p)
1988-1993 - Registrar in Gastroenterology and Lecturer, Ninewells Hospital (p) and University of Dundee (a)
1991-1994 - Clinician Scientist and Lecturer, Imperial Cancer Research Fund Institute (p) and University of London (a)
1994-1996 - Assistant Professor in Medicine, VA Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco (a)
1995-2002 - Senior Lecturer/Reader/Titular Professor, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Birmingham (p)
2002-2005 - Foundation Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology, Royal Infirmary, University of Leicester (p)

Research experience and publications

Current Grants:
Cancer Research UK, National Cancer Institute, NHS/Department of Health and Industry of more than £10,000,000.

Major collaborations:
Cancer Research UK, Oxford University and McMaster University, Canada

Member of:
National Cancer Research Institute Committees in GI Cancer and Translational Science, and various international medical journals.

Publications includes:
100 papers in journals such as the American Journal of Pathology, British Medical Journal, Cancer Research, Gastroenterology, Human Molecular Genetics, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Lancet, Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Oncogene and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA.

Education:
I have also edited authoritative textbooks in molecular biology and GI Oncology, and organise the Gastroenterology Grand Rounds National Course based in Oxford.

Brief biography
I trained in gastroenterology (GI) at the University of Dundee (lab research in oesophageal cancer). I was then awarded two GI research fellowships first at Cancer Research UK/Imperial College London (lab research in colitis and colorectal cancer) and then at the University of California, San Francisco (GI genetics). At senior faculty level I have been Professor/Principal Investigator of internationally competitive research groups at the University of Birmingham, the University of Leicester and now most prominently the University of Oxford (basic, translational and clinical trials).