Each year the Scientific Committee plays an important role in the development of the Conference programme. Below are the current Committee members divided into their areas of expertise.
Professor Rob Bristow – Scientific Committee Chair
The University of Manchester/ CRUK Manchester Institute
Eric O'Neill
CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute
University of Oxford
Paul Huang
Team Leader
The Institute of Cancer Research
Clare Isacke
Professor of Molecular Cell Biology
The Institute of Cancer Research
Richard Kennedy
Professor in Medical Oncology
Queen’s University Belfast / Almac diagnostics
Simon Leedham
Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist and an Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist
University of Oxford
Ian Mills
John Black Associate Professor of Prostate Cancer
University of Oxford
Jim Norman
Deputy Director
Cancer Research UK – Beatson Institute
Liz Patton
Programme Leader, MRC Human Genetics Unit Reader
CRUK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Sakari Vanharanta
Programme Leader, MRC Cancer Unit
University of Cambridge
Manuel Rodriguez-Justo
Consultant in Histopathology and Senior Lecturer
University College London Hospitals NHS Trust
Jaine Blayney
Lecturer
Queen’s University Belfast
Margaret Grayson
NCRI Consumer Forum
National Cancer Research Institute
Richard Houlston
Team Leader
The Institute of Cancer Research
Suneil Jain
Clinical Reader and Consultant Clinical Oncologist
Queen’s University Belfast
Mark Lawler
Dean of Education – Translational Cancer Genomics
Queen’s University Belfast
Eva Morris
Professor of Cancer Epidemiology
University of Leeds
Nitzan Rosenfeld
Senior Group Leader
CRUK-CI, University of Cambridge
Linda Sharp
Professor of Cancer Epidemiology
Newcastle University
Rob Bristow
University Professor of Cancer Studies, Director of MCRC – Tumour hypoxia, DNA & Genomics – Therapies, treatment response
The University of Manchester/ CRUK Manchester Institute
Sarah Danson
Professor of Medical Oncology
University of Sheffield
Mererid Evans
Consultant Clinical Oncologist
Velindre Cancer Centre
Sean Lim
Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Haematological Oncology
University of Southampton
Stuart Mcintosh
Clinical Senior Lecturer/Consultant Breast Surgeon
Queen’s University Belfast
Ruth Plummer
Consultant Medical Oncologist
Newcastle University
Ganesh Radhakrishna
Consultant Clinical Oncologist -Gastrointestinal, Pancreatic, Oesophageal and hepaticopancreaticobiliary(HPB) cancers
Royal College of Radiologists
Manuel Salto-Tellez
Clinical Professor Pathway of cancer biomarker development, discovery – diagnosis – treatment
Queen’s University Belfast
Matt Seymour
Chair of Gastrointestinal Cancer Medicine & Hon. Consultant Medical Oncologist Director of NIHR Cancer Research Network (NCRN)
NIHR Clinical Research Network
Dan Stark
Associate professor in cancer medicine and honorary consultant in medical oncology
University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Richard Wilson
Professor of Gastro-Intestinal Oncology
University of Glasgow
Richard Simcock
Consultant Clinical Oncologist
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
Sam Ahmedzai
National Speciality Lead for Supportive Care and Community-based Research
NIHR CRN Cancer Cluster
Sara Faithfull
Professor of Cancer Nursing Practice
Lead for Clinical Innovation University of Surrey
Camille Maringe
Research Fellow
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Agata Rembielak
Consultant Clinical Oncologist
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Richard Stephens
Former Chair of the NCRI Consumer Forum
National Cancer Research Institute
Galina Velikova
Professor Medical Oncology
University of Leeds
Eila Watson
Professor Supportive Cancer Care
Oxford Brookes University