The Children’s Cancer Research Institute (CCRI) at the Health Science Center welcomes a legendary physician and scientist to the External Advisory Board.
Alfred G. Knudson Jr., M.D., Ph.D., senior member of the scientific research staff at Fox Chase Cancer Center, is one of the preeminent cancer researchers in the world and has more than 50 years of professional experience in the field.
Dr. Knudson is internationally recognized for his “two-hit” theory of cancer causation. His theory explained the relationship between the hereditary and non-hereditary forms of a cancer and predicted the existence of tumor-suppressor genes that can suppress cancer cell growth.
Dr. Knudson is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has received numerous awards and prizes including the 2005 Briston-Meyers Squibb Freedom to Discover Award, the 2004 Kyoto Prize, the 1998 Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research and the Distinguished Career Award of the American Society of Hematology/Oncology.
Dr. Knudson went to Fox Chase from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, where he was dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital and Cancer Center in Houston, where he specialized in pediatrics and biology.
"We are extremely fortunate to have attracted an individual of such stature to our Board," said Sharon Murphy, M.D., director of the CCRI.
Dr. Knudson will attend the annual CCRI meeting on July 28.
