Professor Maura Gillison – Current understanding of HPV in Head and Neck Cancer

Dr. Gillison is a Professor of Medicine and Jeg Coughlin Chair of Cancer Research at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. The Gillison laboratory studies the role of human papillomavirus in the pathogenesis of head and neck cancer. Dr. Gillison received her undergraduate degree from Duke University (Durham, N.C., U.S.A) and her Doctorates in Medicine and Philosophy from The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.). She rose to the rank of Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins prior to accepting her current position.