Thomas Powles

Professor Thomas Powles is the Chair of Barts Cancer Centre, London, one of the UK’s largest Cancer Centres. He leads the Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre and Biomedical Research Cancer Grants at Barts/QMUL.

He has led 23 randomised cancer trials, including studies that resulted in multiple EMA and FDA approvals. He has also led clinical and high-impact translational science projects, leading to over 20 NEJM/Nature/Nature Med articles.

He has an H-index of over 100 and has given plenary presentations at all the major cancer meetings. He co-leads the Uromigos podcast, which has 400,000 listens, and European Guidelines for GU cancer. He is editor-in-chief of the Annals of Oncology Journal.

In 2023, he was selected as one of Nature’s 10 global scientists and was included in TIME magazine’s 100 Healthcare List 2024.