Professor Charlie Gourley

Biography

Charlie graduated from Glasgow University in Genetics (1991) and Medicine (1994) before completing medical oncology training and a PhD in ovarian cancer genetics in Edinburgh (2005). He was appointed Senior Lecturer in Medical Oncology (University of Edinburgh) in 2005, Reader in 2011 and Professor (Personal Chair) in 2012. He received a Scottish Senior Clinical Fellowship Award in 2010. He became Director of the Nicola Murray Centre for Ovarian Cancer Research in 2016, Clinical Director of the Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre in 2019 and Clinical Director of the Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre in 2022. Charlie’s translational research focuses on molecular characterisation of ovarian cancer in order to improve understanding of drug sensitivity and resistance. His current priorities include targeting the molecular subgroups revealed by whole genome sequencing of high grade serous ovarian cancer and discovering new therapeutic strategies for treatment of low grade serous ovarian cancer.