David Flavell
David J. Flavell FRCPath is a British academic research scientist who specializes in the development of antibody-based treatments for adults and children with various forms of leukaemia and lymphoma. Early life 

Born in Southport, Lancashire, in 1953, he obtained his bachelor's degree in applied Biology from Liverpool in 1975, and his Ph.D. in cancer immunology from Sheffield in 1978. He has held posts at the University of Sheffield (1975–78), Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand (1978–79), The University of London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (1979–1983) and the University of Southampton Medical School (1984–2005). He became a member of The Royal Society of Pathologists in 1997, and later a Fellow of the same Royal Society in 2004. Career 

With his wife Sopsamorn and two other couples, Flavell started a children's leukaemia research charity, Leukaemia Busters. His research is concerned with the development of the next generation of genetically engineered immunotoxins. References 

Living people
Cancer researchers
1953 births
British medical researchers
20th-century British scientists
21st-century British scientists
Scientists from Lancashire
People from Southport
Academics of the University of Sheffield
David Flavell
Academics of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Academics of the University of Southampton
Fellows of the Royal College of Pathologists