Alan Ashworth

Alan Ashworth is the President of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Sr. Vice President for Cancer Services with UCSF Health. He was on the team that identified the BRCA2 breast cancer susceptibility gene, and a decade later, discovered how to kill related tumor cells with PARP inhibitors. Four different PARP inhibitors have now been approved by the FDA for the treatment of ovarian, breast, pancreatic and prostate cancer based on his work. Beyond driving serious progress, Alan prefers to stay on the British-humorous side, with a cat at home named Jonesy after the cat in the film Alien.