Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology

MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology
Formation1953 (as British Empire Cancer Campaign Research Unit in Radiobiology at Mount Vernon Hospital)
PurposeRadiation biology research
HeadquartersDepartment of Oncology
Location
Director
Professor Amato Giaccia
AffiliationsMedical Research Council (United Kingdom)
Websitewww.oncology.ox.ac.uk/mrc-oiro
Formerly called
  • Gray Cancer Institute
  • Cancer Research Campaign Gray Laboratory
  • British Empire Cancer Campaign Research Unit in Radiobiology

The MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology (formerly the Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology) is a research institute at the Department of Oncology at the Medical Sciences Division at the University of Oxford in England. It focuses on the research of radiobiology and radiotherapy. It is funded by the Medical Research Council of the UK Research and Innovation under the British government.

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