Dr. Ashray Gunjur
2021
Helen and Michael Gannon John Monash Scholar
PhD in Biological Science (Wellcome Sanger Institute)
Oncology
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
Medicine and Health
Oncology, cancer immunotherapy
Ashray Gunjur is a medical oncologist, raised and educated in Melbourne, Australia. He completed his undergraduate medical studies (with honours) at the University of Melbourne, and has since completed a Master of Public Health & Tropical Medicine (for which he was honoured with an academic medal) as well as an editorial internship with the prestigious medical journal ‘The Lancet’ (London, UK). He intends to use his John Monash Scholarship to undertake a PhD at the Wellcome Sanger Institute (University of Cambridge), exploring tumour, host and gut microbiome determinants that predict response and side-effects from cancer immunotherapy. He will return to Australia to contribute as a cancer clinician-scientist, helping to bridge the gap between rapidly advancing basic sciences, and the patients that need it the most.
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