Dr Richard Adams

Director
School of Medicine
Cardiff University School of Medicine
United Kingdom

Professor Medicine
Biography

Richard Adams is Professor and Honorary Consultant Clinical Oncologist at Cardiff University and Velindre Cancer Centre. He is Director of Cancer Trials for the Centre for Trials Research and Director of the Wales Cancer Bank. His clinical practice and research is focused on lower gastrointestinal cancers. He is chair of the National Cancer Research Institute anorectal cancer and CTRad WS2 (UK radiotherapy research) subgroups. He is active in national and international research organisations including IRCI the International Rare Cancer Initiative (for anal cancer) and ARCAD. Richard chairs the biomarker development group for the UK phase III FOCUS4 trial in metastatic colorectal cancer and is Chief investigator for the FOCUS4 D and F trials. He leads on the radiotherapy quality assurance programme for the UK ARISTOTLE and SAILOR trials. He has a role within Wales to engage researchers in translational research and leads work package 3 of the Wales Cancer Research Centre. H e oversees collaborative translational research in numerous phase II/ III colorectal cancer trials. He was a founder member of and now chairs the South Wales Sierra Leone Cancer Care link..

Research Intrest

Cancer Trials Solid Cancer Clinical Trials Clinical Oncologist