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Theme lead: Professor Jean Abraham

Jean Abraham is Professor of Precision Breast Cancer Medicine and an Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology at the University of Cambridge.

Jean directs the Precision Breast Cancer Institute and co-leads the Integrated Cancer Medicine theme in the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre. She is Chief Investigator of eight national/regional trials. She is a member of the National Clinical Studies Group for Breast Cancer and has advised NICE on breast cancer therapeutics and the House of Commons Select Committee on Genomics.

Jean’s research aims to develop innovative clinical trials in high risk and hereditary early stage breast cancers; and to use multi-modal data integration to develop predictive and prognostic tools to provide individualised treatment strategies for breast cancer patients to improve clinical outcomes.

Contact: ja344@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Professor Brian Huntly

Theme Co-lead: Professor Brian Huntly

Brian Huntly is a clinical research scientist who combines running a laboratory group at the University of Cambridge with his practice as a consultant haematologist at Cambridge University Hospitals.

As well as Head of the Department of Haematology at the University of Cambridge, he is a member of the European Hematology Association Executive Board and Chair of their Research Committee.

Brian studied Medicine at Edinburgh, trained in Haematology in Dundee and Cambridge, where he studied for his PhD. He won the EHA-José Carreras Young Investigator Award while at Harvard, before returning to Cambridge to set up his own research group.

His lab is interested in understanding how normal stem and progenitor cell function is subverted during the step-wise evolution of acute myeloid leukaemia and other haematological malignancies. Amongst other recognitions for his research, he has been elected to Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Contact: bjph2@cam.ac.uk

James Brenton

Professor of Ovarian Cancer Medicine, Senior Group Leader at CRUK Cambridge Institute, Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology

Contact: James.Brenton@cruk.cam.ac.uk

Charlotte Coles

Professor of Breast Radiation Oncology, NIHR Research Professor, Deputy Head of Department of Oncology, Cancer Research UK RadNet Cambridge Lead, Honorary Consultant in Clinical Oncology

Contact: cec50@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Rebecca Fitzgerald

Professor of Cancer Prevention,
Director of Early Cancer Institute, Honorary Consultant in Gastroenterology

Contact: rcf29@MRC-CU.cam.ac.uk

Fiona Gilbert

Professor of Radiology, Head of Department of Radiology, Honorary Consultant Radiologist

Contact: fjg28@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Duncan Jodrell

Professor of Cancer Therapeutics, Director of Cambridge Cancer Trials Centre

Contact: Duncan.Jodrell@cruk.cam.ac.uk

Serena Nik-Zainal

Professor of Genomic Medicine and Bioinformatics, CRUK Advanced Clinician Scientist, Honorary Consultant in Clinical Genetics

Contact: sn206@cam.ac.uk

Robert Rintoul

Professor of Thoracic Oncology, Consultant Physician

Contact: robert.rintoul@nhs.net

Grant Stewart

Professor of Surgical Oncology, Consultant Surgeon

Contact: gds35@cam.ac.uk

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