# John Kennedy

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## TL;DR

Professor who is Medical Director of Trinity St James's Cancer Institute, Ireland's first academic comprehensive cancer institute, in Dublin.

## Summary

Professor John Kennedy is Medical Director of Trinity St James's Cancer Institute (TSJCI), a partnership between St James's Hospital and Trinity College Dublin on Ireland's largest academic health campus. The institute describes itself as the first of its kind in Ireland, building on the campus's long tradition of comprehensive cancer care. He leads it alongside Academic Director Professor Maeve Lowery, whose stated ambition for the institute is to develop a comprehensive cancer centre with national services in areas such as genomics and immunology.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; clinician-scientist; comprehensive-cancer-centre
- Role: Medical Director, Trinity St James's Cancer Institute
- Specialisms: Oncology; Comprehensive cancer care; Academic cancer centre leadership

## Sources

- Source: St James's Hospital cancer institute page naming the directors: https://www.stjames.ie/cancer/

## Connected records

- institutions: [Trinity St James's Cancer Institute](https://onco.cc/institutions/trinity-st-jamess-cancer-institute/)
- journals: [Clinical breast cancer](https://onco.cc/journals/clinical-breast-cancer/), [Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer](https://onco.cc/journals/jitc/)

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