Andy Futreal, Ph.D.
Department Chair, Department of Genomic Medicine, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Futreal is currently a Professor in the Department of Genomic Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he applies his knowledge of cancer genomics to…
Dr. Futreal is currently a Professor in the Department of Genomic Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he applies his knowledge of cancer genomics to improve both short-term and long-term patient outcomes extending to cancer survivorship, and also serves as a platform leader for genomics and informatics for the Cancer Moonshot initiative. Before joining MD Anderson in July 2012, he was the co-director of the Cancer Genome Project at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, where he continues to be an honorary faculty member. His chief scientific accomplishments include the identification of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast/ovarian cancer susceptibility genes, leading a pioneering effort in large-scale systematic cancer genomics leading to the identification of the BRAF mutations in melanoma, ERBB2 mutations in non-small cell lung cancer and multiple new cancer genes in renal cell carcinoma. He has published over 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He received the NIH Public Service Award in 1995 for discovering the BRCA1 gene involved in subsets of breast and ovarian cancer.