Andrew Beggs

Andrew Beggs is a Professor of Cancer Genetics & Surgery in the Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham. He currently holds a Cancer Research UK & Royal College of Surgeons Advanced Clinician Scientist award. He is also a Consultant Colorectal & General Surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, with a subspeciality interest in laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery and advanced endoscopy. He was the clinical theme lead of the Cancer Genomics research theme for the Cancer Research UK Birmingham Centre, 2017–2022. He is co-lead of the Molecular Oncology, Pathology and Genetics research theme within the Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, and Research Director for cancer in the NHS South and Central Genomic Medicine Service Alliance.

His major research interests include colorectal, oesophageal and sarcoma cancer biology and translational medicine. He has published articles in The Lancet, Gut, Journal of Pathology and PLoS Genetics. He collaborated in writing the European consensus guidelines for the management of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.

He has been awarded grant funding from Cancer Research UK, the Medical Research Council, Wellcome Trust, Illumina UK, the Mason Medical Research Foundation, the Peel Medical Research Trust & St George's Hospital Charity.