V. Craig Jordan

V. Craig Jordan
Professor V. Craig Jordan
Born	New Braunfels, Texas, US
Residence	UK, US
Fields	Pharmacology, Cancer Research
Institutions	University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; University of Leeds; Ludwig Institute, Bern, Switzerland; University of Wisconsin–Madison; Northwestern University; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Georgetown University
Alma mater	University of Leeds
Known for	"Father of Tamoxifen"; Research on SERMs, particularly tamoxifen and raloxifene
Notable awards	Kettering Prize; American Cancer Society Medal of Honor; American Society of Clinical Oncology 38th David A. Karnofsky Award and Lecture; Honorary Fellow Royal Society of Medicine (UK); Fellow Academy of Medical Sciences (UK); Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences (US); St. Gallen Prize (Switzerland); Elected Fellow AACR Academy; ASCO 50 Oncology Luminaries; The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas

Virgil Craig Jordan, OBE, PhD, DSc, FMedSci (born Texas, US, British/American joint national) is a scientist specializing in drugs for breast cancer treatment and prevention. Currently, he is Professor of Breast Medical Oncology, and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Previously, he was Scientific Director and Vice Chairman of Oncology at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center of Georgetown University. Jordan was the first to discover the breast cancer prevention properties of tamoxifen and the scientific principles for adjuvant therapy with antihormones. More recently his work has branched out into the prevention of multiple diseases in women with the discovery of the drug group, selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERMs). Currently, he plans to develop a new Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) for post-menopausal women that prevents breast cancer and does not increase the risk of breast cancer.

A highly regarded researcher, his paper The Effect of Raloxifene on Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women - Results from the more Randomized Trial was one of the top 20 most cited papers in breast cancer research during 2003 and 2004.

Born in New Braunfels, Texas, US, Jordan moved to England with his family as a child. He went to school at Moseley Hall Grammar School in Cheshire before attending the University of Leeds where he received BSc, PhD and DSc degrees in Pharmacology.

Jordan began working on the structure-activity of anti-estrogens as part of his PhD program at Leeds University. During that time, he met Arthur Walpole, the patent holder for the drug that became tamoxifen.