Iain McNeish is Head of Division of Cancer at Imperial College London. He is one of a small cadre of Medical Oncologists in the UK who are capable of combining the roles of compassionate physician, clinical scientist and departmental head. He has demonstrated a keen interest in improving the therapy of patients with ovarian cancer, a deadly cancer that often presents with advanced disease and which, although remaining incurable, can now be controlled with therapies for many years. He is Chief Investigator of the key Ovarian Cancer studies here and internationally and has been recognised by the award of programmatic support from Ovarian Cancer Action.