A Warm Welcome To Our New PhD Students

MCRC Clinical, Non-clinical and MBPhD Cohort of 2024

On Friday 4th October 2024, we invited our new cohort of postgraduate researchers to our Withington campus for our Manchester Cancer Research Centre – Division of Cancer Sciences Postgraduate Researcher Welcome Event.

This special event provided a warm welcome to MB-PhD, Clinical PhD and Non-Clinical PhD students starting their postgraduate research studies in 2024 and gave a detailed overview of the MCRC, DCS and our vibrant research community.

Throughout the day, students heard talks from the MCRC Training Office, Communications Team, Education Chairs, current postgraduate researchers, and discover the many resources available to support them through their postgraduate careers in Manchester. Students also had the chance to network with the staff and fellow students and start building connections within the MCRC-DCS community.

I was able to meet our new cohort one-on-one and discuss exciting hopes for the future. I am looking forward to hearing about developments from all of our incredible students.

Professor Rob Bristow

Director of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre

Get to know some of our new students

To help you get to know some of our new postgraduate researchers, we asked them to summarise what inspired them to apply for a PhD in Manchester and what they’re looking forward to most about their PhD.

Here’s what a few of our students had to say:

Chloe Withey - Cancer Research UK MB-PhD Student
Georgina Elder - Cancer Research UK MB-PhD Student
Gala Konteva - Sear Family Cancer Research Non-Clinical PhD student
Jasmine Morrison - Cancer Research UK Non-Clinical Student
Zoe Pagett - Cancer Research UK Non-Clinical PhD Student
Dr Laura Spurgeon - Cancer Research UK Leeds-Manchester Clinical Research Training Fellow
Dr Eleanor Richards - Cancer Research UK Clinical Research Training Fellow

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