Dr. Gareth Owen
Dr. Gareth Owen
Principal Investigator P. Universidad Católica.
Full professor in the Faculties of Biological Sciences and Medicine at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. BSc. King’s College London & PhD Biochemistry from the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London UK (Imperial College London). Post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Colorado USA and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR-UK). Director in the Chilean National Cancer Forum, and the Cooperative Group for Clinical Investigation in Oncology (GOCCHI).
Areas of cancer investigation:
1. Identification of novel mutations in South American Cancer patients:
2. Role of the coagulation in response to cancer immunotherapy: Modification of the tumor immunosuppressive microenvironment.
3. Novel methods of cancer irrigation: angiogenesis and vasculogenic mimicry.
4. International collaboration in initiatives to promote cancer policy