Sergio A. Quezada PhD

Sergio Quezada is a Professor of Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy at the University College London Cancer Institute. He earned his undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the P. Universidad Católica de Chile and a Ph.D. from Dartmouth Medical School in the US. In 2004, he joined the laboratory of Prof James Allison at MSKCC, where he studied mechanisms governing anti-tumor T-cell immunity.

Prof Quezada’s research also focuses on the characterization and interrogation of immune reactivity and function within the microenvironment of different human cancers including melanoma, lung, and kidney cancers which is helping identify mechanisms of response and resistance to immunotherapy. He was a recipient of Dartmouth’s John W. Strohbern Medal for excellence in biomedical research, the Cancer Research Institute's new investigator award, a CRUK Career Development Fellowship, and a CRUK Senior Cancer Research Fellowship.