Thomas Powles

Dr. Powles is a Clinical Professor of Genitourinary Oncology and the lead for solid tumor research at Barts Cancer Institute in the United Kingdom. His work focuses on a spectrum of clinical studies from Phase I to randomized Phase III, with the majority of the studies being translational Phase II investigating novel targeted and immune therapies. Alongside these trials, Dr. Powles’ research focuses on correlation of novel biomarkers and aims to define markers that are of prognostic value and can predict response or resistance to therapy. Dr. Powles has written in over 100 peer review papers in this area and has received grant income from national and international funding bodies. He graduated from St. Bartholomew’s Medical School, London in 1996, and completed his post-graduate training in oncology in 2005, receiving an MD from the University of London in 2006.