Maura Gillison, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine in thoracic/head and neck medical oncology at Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, died June 21 at the age of 61.
Dr. Gillison is widely recognized as the first researcher to establish a link between the human papillomavirus and a subset of head and neck cancers, according to a June 26 report in ASCO Connection.
“This finding overturned nearly a century of conventional wisdom attributing all head and neck cancers to tobacco and alcohol,” the report said. “In recognition of her far-reaching contributions to understanding HPV-associated cancers, ASCO presented Dr. Gillison with the David A. Karnofsky Memorial Award, the Society’s highest scientific honor, in 2021.”
Read the full ASCO Connection report on Dr. Gillison and her contributions to cancer research here.
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