Dr Austin Duffy

Austin Duffy is a consultant medical oncologist at The Mater Hospital, Director of Research for START Dublin and Associate Professor of Translational Oncology at UCD. After completing Advanced Oncology Fellowship at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Professor Duffy worked at the National Cancer Institute, USA from 2008 to 2017 where he developed and led over 25 early-phase clinical trials including the first-in-human combination of immune checkpoint inhibition with loco-regional treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma.

In 2016 Professor Duffy was awarded a National Cancer Institute Director’s Award for Innovation in cancer research before returning to Ireland as a medical oncologist at The Mater. In October 2021 the National University of Ireland conferred the higher doctorate degree, Doctor of Medicine (DMed), on Professor Duffy in recognition of his internationally recognised research. In 2023 he established START Dublin, Ireland’s first dedicated site for phase 1 clinical trials in oncology and the result of a tripartite partnership between The Mater, UCD and The START Center for Cancer Research. The mission of START Dublin is to provide access to novel cancer therapeutics for Irish patients.