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, gut microbiome
Ashray Gunjur is a specialist medical oncologist, with specific expertise in cancer immunotherapy and cancer-microbiome interactions. He completed his undergraduate medical studies (with honours) at the University of Melbourne, a Master of Public Health & Tropical Medicine via James Cook University (for which he was honoured with an academic medal), and specialist training through the Victorian Medical Oncology Training Program. With the support of a John Monash Scholarship and Cancer Research UK clinical research training fellowship, Ashray completed a PhD at the Wellcome Sanger Institute (University of Cambridge), exploring the relationship between the gut microbiome and the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy. As of 2025, he is working as a consultant medical oncologist at Cambridge University Hospitals, and a post-doctoral fellow at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, continuing his research into the link between gut microbiota and cancer development, prognosis and therapy response.
@Agunjur