Peter Boyle FRSE FFPH FRCPS(glas)

Peter Boyle is from Glasgow in Scotland and he was also educated there. Following appointments at Glasgow University and Harvard School of Public Health, Professor Boyle was Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, Italy. He is Professor of Cancer Epidemiology at Birmingham University in the United Kingdom, Honorary Professor of Cancer Prevention at Oxford University and Visiting Professor at Glasgow University.

From 1st January 2004, he has been the Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France.

His main research interests lie in disease prevention and he is particularly interested in the association between tobacco, nutrition, hormones and cancer risk and how this risk is affected by genetic susceptibility. Professor Boyle has published widely on a number of different types of cancer notably breast, colorectal, pancreas, prostate and oral cavity cancers as well as on benign urological conditions.

In 2000, he was honoured by the award of the Knight's Cross of Order of Merit of Republic of Poland (for contribution to Public Health in Poland) and by election to Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the National Academy of Scotland.