Contact information
benjamin.fairfax@oncology.ox.ac.uk
+44 (0)1865 222310
Research groups
COLLABORATORS
Benjamin P Fairfax
BM BCh PhD MRCP
Associate Professor
- Principal Investigator
- Consultant in Medical Oncology
Research Summary
I am interested in the genetic and epigenetic determinants of inter-individual variation in immune responses. This variation has a critical impact on events throughout our lives, from propensity to infection, to ability to respond to cancer immunotherapy. My group is using a variety of tools to explore these determinants and from these data get insights into improving human health.
For a full list of my work:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=d6N18F8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Biography
I did my PhD at the MRC-LMCB, UCL completing this in 2003 and then completed my clinical training in Oxford.
I was accepted onto the Oxford Academic Foundation programme and, having become interested in human genetics, took time away from clinical training to gain postdoctoral experience. I was awarded a Wellcome MB-PhD postdoctoral Fellowship and I did this in Julian Knight's group at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics.
Upon completion of this I specialised in Medical Oncology. I see skin cancer patients as a Consultant in the Oxford Cancer Centre. I am co-lead for Immunology on the NIHR Oncology Translational Research Group.
CURRENT TEAM
GROUP ALUMNI & NEXT DESTINATIONS
Sara Danielli, Research Assistant - Undertaking a DPhil with Jelena Mirkovic at the Kennedy Institute, Oxford