Roles and Responsibilities
Principal Investigator, Paediatric Brain Tumour Group, NU Centre for Cancer.
Qualifications
PhD (molecular genetics) 2009, Newcastle University
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences (molecular biology), 2003, University of Edinburgh
Previous positions
2019-2022: Newcastle University Research Fellow,
2014 - 2019: Faculty Fellow / Senior Research Associate, Paediatric Brain Tumour Group, NU Centre for Cancer, Newcastle University.
2004-2014; Researcher to Faculty Fellow; John Walton Neuromuscular Disease Centre, Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University.
Honours and Awards
Best "Basic and Translational Science" research at International Society of Paediatric Oncology, Lyon, 2019
Newcastle University Research Fellowship awarded in 2019 in molecular cancer survivorship.
Newcastle University Faculty Fellowship awarded in June 2013 by the Faculty of Medical Sciences in recognition of academic leadership potential.
Elsevier award for best oral presentation. 18th Congress of the World Muscle Society, Asilomar, California, October 2-6, 2013.
Poster selected from >200 for presentation in ‘highlights’ session, 15th Congress of the World Muscle Society, Kumamoto, Japan, October 12-16, 2010.
Elsevier Award for best oral presentation. 13thCongress of the World Muscle Society, Newcastle, UK, October 17-20, 2008.
Student Supervision
PhD: Lead supervisor on 2 current PhD studentships. Named co-supervisor of two other PhD students (2012-2016)
Erasmus traineeship: Lead supervisor, April-August 2018
MRes (Medical Genetics/Cancer studies); 16 students (2011-current)
BSc Biomedical Sciences: 20 students (2010-current)
Memberships
UK Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG)
International Society for Paediatric Oncology; SIOPE-Brain Tumour Group Quality of Survival, Embryonal Tumours and Biology working groups.
British Association for Cancer Research
European Association for Cancer Research
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