Pennsylvania Cancer and Regenerative Medicine Research Center

USA

Principal: Professor RG Pestell, MD, PhD, MBBS, MBA, FACP, FRACP

President Pennsylvania Cancer and Regenerative Medicine Research Center

https://www.pcarmrc.org

Dr. Pestell’s research in cell cycle, prostate cancer, oncology and stem cells is highly cited; he is ranked first in the world by Google scholar citations in cell cycle and prostate cancer, and second in the world for oncology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pestell. The PCARMRC is administratively housed through the Baruch S Blumberg Institute at the PA Biotechnology Center in Pennsylvania, USA.   

Awards and Honors

• 1975-1981 University Commonwealth Scholarship

• 1976 St George’s College Prize for first place overall Medical School, University of Western Australia

• 1988-1991 National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC), Postgraduate Scholarship

• 1988-1991 Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS), Postgraduate Scholarship

• 1990 The Royal Australian College of Physicians, Winthrop Fellowship (1 award given in Australia)

• 1991-1994 Neil Hamilton Fairley NHMRC, Postdoctoral Fellowship

• 1997 NIH Shannon Award

• 1998 - 2002 Irma T. Hirschl Weil Caulier Career Scientist Award

• 2000 Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation

• 2002 Diane Belfer Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research

• 2002 Francis L. and Charlotte Gragnani Endowed Chair, professor with tenure, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

• 2005 Australia Endocrine Society, Keith Harrison Memorial Lecture Prize

• 2007 Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine

• 2008 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Western Australia

• 2009 Elected Fellow, College of Physicians of Philadelphia

• 2009 Elected Honorary Fellow, American College of Physicians

• 2010 RD Wright Medallion, University of Melbourne

• 2010 Susan G. Komen for the Cure "Light of Life" Award

• 2010 Raine Distinguished Professor

• 2011 Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

• 2014 Biotechnology Award, 2014 Advance Global Australian Awards

• 2015 The Eric Sussman Prize Awarded by The Royal Australasian College of Physicians

• 2016 Doctor of Medical Sciences, Honoris Causa, University of Melbourne Australia

• 2016 Member, National Academy of Inventors, Thomas Jefferson University Chapter

• 2016 Jamie Brooke Lieberman Remembrance Award, Susan G. Komen

• 2019 Order of Australia (AO)

• 2022 Elected to Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (FRCPI)

• 2022 Elected to Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians of England (FRCP, London)

Personal Life

Pestell is married to Anna Pestell and has three children, Dr. Timothy Pestell, MRCVS (London), Elizabeth and Victoria. He is the great-grandson of Albert Green, Minister for Defence under the Scullin Government, son of George Pestell and related to other assorted ancestors.

He was intercollegiate cross country champion, received the HA Craven (best track distance runner), and full blue for athletics (1981) and in 1984, Pestell won the WA State running (5,000 meters track, 10,000 meters road) and walking championships (5,000 m, 20K and 50K).

http://www.labpestell.com/