Mr Robert Jones

I am a Liver Surgeon and Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Liverpool. An NIHR funded researcher, I am the Royal College of Surgeons & Bowel Cancer UK metastatic colorectal cancer research lead for the United Kingdom. I am the UK Chief Investigator for BNT-122, the UK’s first personalised mRNA cancer vaccine study looking at adjuvant vaccine treatment in resected colorectal cancer. I have designed and delivered numerous phase 2 & 3 studies, incorporating novel trial designs and approaches to ensure rapid recruitment and leverage the inherent advantages the networked UK healthcare system provides. I am also the NIHR UK Research co-lead for the Cancer Vaccine Innovation Pathway.

I am a Consultant Hepatobiliary and General Surgeon with an NHS practice at Liverpool University Hospitals where I specialise in diseases of the gallbladder, bile ducts and liver. I am the Royal College of Surgeons UK Lead for research into metastatic colorectal cancer and hold a National Institute for Healthcare Research (NIHR) Fellowship for clinical research and trials in metastatic colorectal cancer and advanced hepatobiliary disease. As a member of the Liverpool Hepatobiliary Unit, I perform over 60 major open and laparoscopic liver resections a year as well as over 100 day-case laparoscopic gallbladder operations. My practice covers a wide spectrum of benign and malignant liver and gallbladder conditions which I see as direct referrals from GPs and referrals from other specialists across the region (for example, patients who have had previous surgery). I also provide a hernia assessment and surgery service.