UCD School of Medicine Professor Bill Watson and his family have been recognised for their shared commitment to cancer research in an Irish Times article 'The push to understand metastasis: new frontier in cancer research aims to improve survival rates’. The family was also interviewed on the RTÉ Radio 1 series 'Sunday with Miriam' on Sunday 29th January 2023.
Prof Bill Watson is a professor of cancer biology in the UCD School of Medicine, Head of Pathology and Director of the Biomedical Health and Life Science honours BSc programme. As a translational biologist, Watson is now involved in prostate cancer research at UCD’s Conway Institute. He has dedicated much of his life to cancer research, having been influenced by his father, Gordon Watson, a retired breast cancer surgeon.
Following in her family’s footsteps, Louise Watson, Prof Bill Watson’s daughter, graduated from UCD last year with a BSc in genetics and has been awarded the Orla Byrne PhD scholarship by Breast Cancer Ireland (BCI) to research metastatic breast cancer.
The cross-generational interest in research and medicine extends through the Watson family tree and includes Louise's mother, Chanel Watson, who once worked as a research nurse in surgery at the Mater and now lectures at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland.
UCD School of Medicine would like to congratulate the Watson family for their dedication to the fight against cancer.