Richard "Dick" P. Hill is a scientist. His work in Applied Molecular Oncology has led to advanced cancer treatments.
He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and gained a B.A in Physics from
St John's College, Oxford
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in 1964 and a Ph.D from
London University
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in 1967. He carried out research at the
Ontario Cancer Institute
The Ontario Cancer Institute (OCI) is the research division of Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, affiliated to the University Health Network of the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. As Canada's first dedicated cancer hospital, it opened off ...
from 1967 to 1971, the
Institute of Cancer Research
The Institute of Cancer Research (the ICR) is a public research institute and a member institution of the University of London in London, United Kingdom, specialising in oncology. It was founded in 1909 as a research department of the Royal Ma ...
, London from 1971 to 1973 and from 1973 at the Ontario Cancer Institute.
In 2015, Hill was a professor at the
Ontario Cancer Institute
The Ontario Cancer Institute (OCI) is the research division of Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, affiliated to the University Health Network of the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. As Canada's first dedicated cancer hospital, it opened off ...
and a Senior Scientist at the
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (previously, ''Princess Margaret Hospital'') is a scientific research centre and a teaching hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, affiliated with the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine as part of the Un ...
within the
University Health Network
University Health Network (UHN) is a public research and teaching hospital network in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is affiliated with the University of Toronto, and is the largest health research organization in Canada, ranking first in Canada for ...
, which is affiliated with the
University of Toronto
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Faculty of Medicine.
Honours
* 2007, awarded the
Robert L. Noble Prize for Excellence in Cancer Research by the
Canadian Cancer Society
The Canadian Cancer Society () is Canada's largest national cancer charity and the largest national charitable funder of cancer research in Canada.
History
The Saskatchewan Medical Association formed Canada's first cancer committee in 1929, whi ...
References
External links
Biomed Experts Profile
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Canadian cancer researchers
Stem cell researchers
Academic staff of the University of Toronto
Scientists from Belfast
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people