# Louis Chesler

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## TL;DR

Paediatric oncologist and neuroblastoma researcher who leads Children's Cancer Institute in Sydney, Australia's dedicated childhood cancer research institute.

## Summary

Professor Louis Chesler is Executive Director of Children's Cancer Institute (CCI) in Sydney, which partners with the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network on paediatric oncology research and the Zero Childhood Cancer precision medicine programme. He is a paediatric oncologist whose laboratory research focuses on MYCN-driven neuroblastoma and paediatric brain tumours and on developing targeted therapies for children. He previously led paediatric solid tumour biology at The Institute of Cancer Research, London.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; clinician-scientist; paediatric oncology; neuroblastoma
- Role: Executive Director, Children's Cancer Institute
- Specialisms: Paediatric oncology; Neuroblastoma; Paediatric drug development

## Sources

- Institution profile: https://www.ccia.org.au/about-cci/our-people
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Chesler+L%5BAuthor%5D

## Connected records

- cancers: [Medulloblastoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/medulloblastoma/), [Neuroblastoma (paediatric)](https://onco.cc/cancers/neuroblastoma/)
- institutions: [Sydney Children's Hospitals Network / Children's Cancer Institute](https://onco.cc/institutions/sydney-childrens-hospitals-network/)

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