Cancer in Medicine

Cancer in all its forms, encompasses research, prevention, detection, treatment, care and health system transformation to address this most significant burden of disease.

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
A monoclonal antibody (mAb1F5) has been developed that identifies a unique marker, a membrane protein expressed by pericytes and meningeal cells	Peter Wookey	Medicine	PhD students
A systematic review of end of life quality of care indicators	Jennifer Philip	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
A systematic review of the management of sleep in palliative care cancer patients	Jennifer Philip	Medicine	Masters by Research
A therapeutic strategy for killing cancer cells by DNA repair inhibition	Andrew Deans	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
An anti-calcitonin receptor (CTR) antibody for detection of programmed cell death: the role of CTR in a novel adaptive response to cell stress	Peter Wookey	Medicine	PhD students
Cancer drug discovery by inhibition of a DNA repair pathway with Crispr/Cas9 gene editing and biochemistry	Wayne Crismani	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Driving Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children	Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science, Post Doctor Researchers
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Driving Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children	Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Characterising Respiratory Infections in Immune-suppressed Haematology and Transplant Patients	Monica Slavin	Medicine	PhD students
Defining new biomarkers and therapeutic targets in heart failure	Morag Young	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science, Post Doctor Researchers
Defining the Role of Transcriptional Stress Pathways in Cancer Cell Resistance Towards Anti-Cancer Therapeutics	John Price	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Enteric Neuropathy as a Target to Alleviate Gastrointestinal Side-effects of Chemotherapy	Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Fertility decision tools for young women with breast cancer	Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Fertility preservation in children with cancer	Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Finding a needle in the haystack: ctDNA detection for tracking cancer evolution and refining cancer risk	Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology	Masters by Research
Function and cryo-EM structure of the breast cancer predisposition gene BRCA1	Andrew Deans	Medicine	PhD students
Gene regulation in the developing retina and the childhood eye cancer retinoblastoma	David Eisenstat	Paediatrics	PhD students
Heterogeneity of treatment response in advanced cancer: role of intrinsic and microenvironmental factors	Frederic Hollande	Clinical Pathology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Identification and Characterisation of Molecular Mediators of Cancer Metastasis	John Price	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Identifying better therapies for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.	Louise Purton	Medicine	Masters by Research
Inflammation-induced Cancer: Mechanisms and Novel Treatments	Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Integrative genomics and immunobiology in Hairy Cell Leukaemia	David Ritchie	Medicine	PhD students
Investigating the link between phenotype change and treatment resistance in prostate cancer	Niall Corcoran	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Linking determination of cell fate in the developing nervous system to paediatric brain tumours	David Eisenstat	Paediatrics	PhD students
Manipulating Recipient Immunological Microenvironment to Improve Outcomes in Allogeneic Transplantation	David Ritchie	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Mesenchymal Stem Cell-based Therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Colorectal Cancer	Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Novel Approaches in Therapeutic Endoscopy	Alan Moss	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Novel genetic interactions with the double-stranded RNA-induced autoimmunity pathways	Carl Walkley	Medicine	Masters by Research
Recipient immunity as a determinant of long term outcome in bone marrow transplantation	David Ritchie	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Regulation of blood cell production by endothelial cell-derived retinoic acid receptor gamma	Louise Purton	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Role of the Nervous System in Cancer Development and Progression	Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Sex and the broken heart: sex-specific mechanisms driving heart failure	Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Structural biology of proteins involved in cancer	Craig Morton	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Fully Funded. Systematic EndoscopIc Staging of Mediastinum to determine Impact on radiotherapy for locally advanced lung Cancer (SEISMIC): an international multi-centre cohort study	Daniel Steinfort	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
The development of anti-NPY1 receptor antibodies for research into and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer	Peter J Wookey	Medicine	PhD students
The Genomic Drivers of High Risk Prostate cancer	Christopher Hovens	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
The impact of cancer therapies on the bone marrow microenvironment	Louise Purton	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
The role of EGFR Signaling in Glioblastoma Progression and Resistance to Current Therapies	Rodney Luwor	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
The role of FANCM gene in inherited breast cancer	Andrew Deans	Medicine	PhD students
The role of invadopodia in glioma invasion and response to therapeutics	Stanley Stylli	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
The role of RECQL4 gene in cancer predispositon	Andrew Deans	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
The role of RNA editing enzyme ADAR1 in liver homeostasis and metabolism	Carl Walkley	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
The role of STAT3-mediated Cancer Progression and Resistance to Current Therapies	Rodney Luwor	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Understanding how immune cell function is impacted by novel therapies in patients with B cell malignancies	David Ritchie	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Understanding the microenvironment of lymphodema	Ramin Shayan	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Understanding the role of CXCR7 in lymphodema following radiation injury	Ramin Shayan	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Unravelling the causes of persistent exercise intolerance in cancer survivors	Steve Foulkes	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Honours students
WomenCAN: Promoting and advancing women’s health and wellbeing after cancer	Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research