Prof Parry Guilford

Prof. Parry Guilford is a Principal Investigator in the Cancer Genetics Laboratory, University of Otago and co-founder of the cancer diagnostics company Pacific Edge Ltd. He completed his MSc at Otago in 1983, and his PhD at Cambridge University in 1989. His current research interests include the genetics of inherited and sporadic cancers, in particular stomach cancer. He led the research group that first described the inherited cancer syndrome Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer, and he continues to work on approaches for the chemoprevention of this cancer. Other active research involves the development of circulating tumour DNA for early cancer detection and the monitoring of treatment response, with an emphasis on how this technology can be made cost effective and accessible.