Professor Dunlop is a specialist colorectal surgeon with a strong academic translational research interest including in colon cancer genomics. Image Professor Malcolm Dunlop - Colorectal Unit/ Western General Hospital Consultant colorectal surgeonColorectal UnitWestern General Hospital, EdinburghContact details NHS Clinical Secretary: 0131 537 1547 Email: Malcolm.Dunlop@ed.ac.ukAppointments and ActivitiesCurrent:He is a clinical academic colorectal surgeon with a focus on clinical management, surgery and research to best understand, treat and prevent colorectal disease.He has an active grant portfolio and a strong laboratory research programme focused around the ultimate aim of reducing mortality from large bowel cancer through early detection and prevention. He has a major interest in elucidating the genetic basis of large bowel cancer and applying genetic information to prevent the disease as well as to understand disease causation. His team and his collaborators have been highly successful in identifying genes and genetic risk factors predisposing to colorectal cancer. The ultimate aim is to understand disease causation and apply genetic information to prevention.He has held Cancer Research UK and MRC Programmatic funding for over 20 years, and he is a Group Leader in the MRC Human Genetics Unit.QualificationsBachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB), University of Edinburgh, 1982Fellow Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), Edinburgh, 1986Doctor of Medicine (MD), Edinburgh, 1991Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci), 2005Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) 2008Current grant portofolioCancer Research UK Programme Grant - Integrative genomics in colorectal cancer susceptibility: developing risk reducing interventions through understanding biology.Principal investigator - £3,069,849 for 5 yrs from 1/1/16 MRC Human Genetics Unit - Centre Grant U127527202Project Leader - £562k over 5 years. Start date - 1/4/2018Cancer Research UK Accelerator Award – ACrCelerate: a colorectal cancer preclinical modelling platform.Co-Investigator. £141K (PhD stipend and £48K lab costs)Cancer Research UK Early Detection Committee – Project Grant: Multiplex methylation analysis of cell-free DNA for early cancer diagnosis.Co-InvestigatorCommittee MembershipsCurrent:Medical Research CouncilNon-Clinical Career Development and Senior Non-Clinical Fellowships PanelCancer Research UK Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre Governance BoardPast:MRC Molecular and Cellular Medicine BoardCRUK Experimental Medicine Expert Review PanelAcademy of Medical Sciences Research Careers CommitteeCancer Research UK Clinical Fellowships BoardScottish Government Biomedical and Therapeutics Research CommitteeScientific Advisory Committee of the Melville Trust for the Care and Cure of CancerTENOVUS Scientific Advisory CommitteeNational Guideline Development CommitteesBritish Society of Gastroenterology IBD Surgery Guidelines CommitteeBritish Society of Gastroenterology High Risk Genetics Guidelines CommitteeAssociation of Coloproctology of GB & I National IBD Surgery Guidelines CommitteeAssociation of Coloproctology of GB & I IBD National Clinical Advisory GroupEvidence for recognition of esteemElected Fellow Academy of Medical Sciences - July 2005Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh – May 2008Chancellor’s Award – The University of Edinburgh - October 2008Canadian Association of General Surgeons Bernard Langer Visiting Professorship - 2011Scottish Cancer Foundation Prize - 2017 (£10,000)Evans-Forrest Medal Awarded November 2017Goligher Medal – Association of Colproctology of GB & I - Awarded July 2018Numerous Plenary Lectureships at major National/International Conferences – Examples from last 12months – NCRI National Conference, Association of Association of Colproctology of GB & I ConferenceGrant reviewerBoard member - UK MRC Molecular and Cellular Medicine BoardCancer Research UKAcademy of Medical SciencesNational Institutes of Health of USAChief Scientist’s Office of Scottish GovernmentDutch Cancer SocietyManuscript reviewerNatureNature GeneticsNature MedicineNew England Journal of MedicineLancetBritish Medical JournalAmerican Journal of Human GeneticsEuropean Journal of Human GeneticsCarcinogenesisJournal of National Cancer Institute (USA)Cancer ResearchGutBritish Journal of SurgeryBritish Journal of Cancer (formerly Editorial Board)PublicationsHe has 282 publications with 26,277 citations through career, 10,215 citations through last 5 years, and 960 mean citations for top 10 cited papers. His current H-Index is 77. HTML This article was published on 2024-02-06