David Ashley
Rory David Deutsch Distinguished Professor of Neuro-Oncology
Overview
My career in cancer research dates more than two decades. I am credentialed in both pediatric and adult neuro-oncology practice and this has been the focus of my efforts in translational research and leadership. As evident from my publication and grant support record, my primary academic focus has been on neurologic tumors, the development of innovative therapies and approaches to care. These efforts have included basic and translational laboratory research. My experience includes moving laboratory findings in brain tumor immunology and epigenetics into early phase clinical trials. I have expertise in immuno-oncology, having developed and clinically tested dendritic cell vaccines and other immuno-therapeutics. My achievements in research have led to change in practice in the care of children and adults with brain tumors, including the introduction of new standards of practice for the delivery of systemic therapy. I am highly regarded for this work, as evidenced by numerous invitations to plenary sessions and symposia of international standing. I have been the principal investigator of a number of important national and international studies, both clinical and pre-clinical. I am recognized as a senior figure and opinion leader in neuro-oncology nationally and internationally. I have held several significant leadership roles, including Director of two major cancer centers, I served as the Chair of Medicine at Deakin University, the Program Director of Cancer Services at University Hospital Barwon Health, and Executive Director of the Western Alliance Academic Health Science Centre (Australia). I began my current position as Director of The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, Head, Preuss Laboratory, in March 2018. In this role, I am responsible for the clinical care, research, and educational program related to Brain Tumor Center. I am also a senior investigational neuro-oncologist within the adult brain tumor program at Duke.
Positions
Rory David Deutsch Distinguished Professor of Neuro-Oncology in the School of Medicine
2019 School of Medicine
Professor of Neurosurgery in the School of Medicine
2017 School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine
2017 School of Medicine
Professor in Pathology in the School of Medicine
2018 School of Medicine
Professor in Pediatrics in the School of Medicine
2020 School of Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine
2017 School of Medicine
Education
M.B.B.S. 1986
1986 Monash University (Australia)
F.R.A.C.P. 1993
1993 Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Australia)
Ph.D. 1994
1994 University of Melbourne (Australia)
Internship, Adult Medicine
1987 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (Australia)
Resident
1989 The Royal Children's Hospital (Australia)
Hematology and Oncology Research Fellow
1994 The Royal Children's Hospital (Australia)
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Pediatrics
1995 Duke University School of Medicine
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Neuro Oncology
1997 Duke University School of Medicine
Clinical Associate, Neurosurgery, Oncology
1997 Duke University School of Medicine
Clinical Hematologist and Oncologist
2010 The Royal Children's Hospital (Australia)
Director of Cancer Program and Andrew Love Cancer Centre
2017 Deakin University (Australia)
Clinical Trials
Publications, Grants & Awards
- Grants (29)
- Academics Articles (200)
- Conference Pages (173)
- Book Sections (1)
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
The Regents of the University of California
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Australian and New Zealand Children's Haematology/Oncology Group
National Institutes of Health
Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Inc.
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
B*Cured
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
National Institutes of Health
Jewish Communal Fund
Jewish Communal Fund
The Regents of the University of California
Brain Tumor Research Charity
St. Baldrick's Foundation
National Institutes of Health
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
V Foundation for Cancer Research
Michael Mosier Defeat DIPG Foundation
Neuro Oncology Practice
Clinical Cancer Research
Lancet Child Adolesc Health
Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Clinical Cancer Research
bioRxiv
Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer
Acta Neuropathologica Communications
Sci Transl Med
Neuro Oncology Advances
Neuro Oncology Advances
Nature Communications
Clinical Cancer Research
Clinical Cancer Research
F1000research
Clinical Cancer Research
Cancers
Cns Oncology
Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer
Neuro Oncology Practice
Nature Communications
Nature Communications
Frontiers in Oncology
Clinical Cancer Research
Clinical Cancer Research
Ca: a Cancer Journal for Clinicians
Nature Communications
Transl Pediatr
Nature Communications
Nat Rev Cancer
Cancer Medicine
The Lancet. Infectious Diseases
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry
Complement Ther Clin Pract
Neuro Oncology Advances
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol
The New England Journal of Medicine
Clinical Cancer Research
Oncotarget
Qual Life Res
Aust J Rural Health
Clinical Cancer Research
Support Care Cancer
Aust J Rural Health
J Natl Compr Canc Netw
Pharmacoeconomics
Asia Pac J Clin Oncol
Journal of Personalized Medicine
Clinical Cancer Research
Aust J Rural Health
Aust J Rural Health
J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol
Pediatr Blood Cancer
Epigenetics : Official Journal of the Dna Methylation Society
Bmc Health Services Research
J Oncol Pharm Pract
Lancet Oncol
J Oncol Pharm Pract
Journal of Traumatic Stress
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Epigenetics : Official Journal of the Dna Methylation Society
Pediatr Blood Cancer
Epigenetics : Official Journal of the Dna Methylation Society
Stem Cells Translational Medicine
Pediatr Blood Cancer
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture
Pathology
Epigenomics
Pediatr Blood Cancer
Psychooncology
Pediatr Blood Cancer
J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol
British Journal of Cancer
Neuro Oncology
Cancer Treatment and Research
Experimental Hematology
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
Pediatric Blood & Cancer
Pediatric Blood & Cancer
Pharmacogenetics and Genomics
Developmental Neuropsychology
Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing : Official Journal of the Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses
Journal of Neuro Oncology
Journal of Cell Science
The Medical Journal of Australia
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
J Pediatr Surg
Cell Death and Differentiation
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
The Medical Journal of Australia
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Molecular Carcinogenesis
The Medical Journal of Australia
Neuro Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Archives of Disease in Childhood
International Journal of Cancer
Cell Death and Differentiation
British Journal of Haematology
British Journal of Haematology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Internal Medicine Journal
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
International Journal of Cancer
Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Apoptosis : an International Journal on Programmed Cell Death
Cancer Research Therapy and Control
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Cancer Forum
Journal of Neuro Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Clinical Cancer Research : an Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Research
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Neuroimmunology
Neurosurgical Focus
Medical and Pediatric Oncology
Journal of Neuro Oncology
Current Opinion in Neurology
Neurosurgery
The Journal of Experimental Medicine
Journal of Neuroimmunology
Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Medical and Pediatric Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
Cancer Research
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Supportive Care in Cancer : Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
Neuro Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Pediatric Blood & Cancer
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Public Health
Neuro Oncology
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Proceedings International Conference on Pattern Recognition
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Pediatric Blood & Cancer
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology
Psycho Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Acta Neuropathol
Journal of Thoracic Oncology
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology
Pediatric Blood & Cancer
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Pediatric Blood & Cancer
Neuro Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Cancer Research
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Pediatric Blood & Cancer
Pediatric Blood & Cancer
Pediatric Blood & Cancer
Pediatric Blood & Cancer
Pediatric Blood & Cancer
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Neuro Oncology
Experimental Hematology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Cancer Research
Neuro Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Epigenomics: From Chromatin Biology to Therapeutics
DCI Centers, Cancer Types & Labs
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