Robert Gillies has received numerous local, national and international awards for his teaching and research, including Researcher of the Year 2012 (Moffitt Cancer Center), Furrow award for innovative teaching (U. Arizona), the Yuhas award for radiation oncology research (U. Penn) and the TEFAF professorship (U. Maastricht) a named Fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and the distinguished Basic Scientist award from the Academy for Molecular Imaging. Dr. Gillies' vision for the Moffitt imaging initiative includes development of new applications to diagnose, predict and monitor therapy response using noninvasive imaging. This work spans a breadth from molecular and chemical work, to animal studies and to human clinical trials and patient care. Dr. Gillies also leads a post-doctoral/resident training program in cancer imaging. His research is focused on functional and molecular imaging of cancer, specifically with an emphasis on the use of imaging to inform evolutionary models of carcinogenesis and response to therapy.