{"entity":{"id":"ken-smith","kind":"person","name":"Ken Smith","aka":[],"tldr":"Clinician-scientist and immunologist who directs WEHI, Australia's oldest medical research institute and a major centre for cancer biology.","summary":"Ken Smith is Director of WEHI (the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) in Melbourne. The institute has a long record in cancer research, including the discovery of the BCL-2 family's role in cell survival that underpinned the leukaemia drug venetoclax. A clinician-scientist and immunologist, he leads WEHI's research strategy across cancer, infection, immunity and healthy development. His role is listed on WEHI's About page.","asOf":"2026-09-10","links":[{"label":"Institution profile","url":"https://www.wehi.edu.au/about/"}],"tags":["leadership","clinician-scientist","immunology"],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["wehi"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"role":"Director","institutionId":"wehi","specialisms":["Immunology","Medical research leadership","Translational medicine"],"profiles":[{"label":"Institution profile","url":"https://www.wehi.edu.au/about/"}],"papers":[{"title":"Intratumoral antigen signaling traps CD8 + T cells to confine exhaustion to the tumor site","journal":"Science Immunology","year":2024,"doi":"10.1126/sciimmunol.ade2094"}]},"route":"/people/ken-smith/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"wehi","kind":"institution","name":"Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research","route":"/institutions/wehi/"}]}}