Researcher Stories
Researcher Stories
20/02/2026
Eleanor Richards
Eleanor Richards is an Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar and Clinical Research Training Fellowship PhD student. Her research focuses on endometrial cancer – the most common gynaecological cancer in the UK – with the aim of predicting which individuals are most at risk so that targeted prevention strategies can be implemented.
Researcher Stories
11/02/2026
Matthew Harris
Matthew Harris is a General Surgery Registrar and Leeds-Manchester CRUK Clinical Research Training Fellowship PhD student. His research focuses on the complex relationship between obesity and cancer, specifically investigating whether weight loss interventions can help reverse obesity-related cancer risk.
Researcher Stories
12/06/2025
Meet Dr Eleanor Roberts
Dr Eleanor Roberts is a postdoctoral researcher working on the BCAN-RAY study and here she describes how the study aims to improve the outcomes for young women at risk of developing breast cancer.
Researcher Stories
06/11/2024
Meet Melville Nyatondo
Researcher Stories
04/11/2024
Meet Vlasios Gourgiotis
Ever wondered what an MB-PhD in Cancer Science student does? We met with first year student Vlasios Gourgiotis to find out.
Researcher Stories
16/09/2024
Meet Dr Alicia Marie Conway
Researcher Stories
22/05/2024
Meet Dr George Morrissey
George is doing a clinical research training fellowship, funded by Cancer Research UK. His PhD project investigating acquired resistance to G12C inhibitors in KRAS G12C mutant non-small-cell lung cancer.
Researcher Stories
22/02/2024
Mentorship Spotlight: Mala Carys
Alumni Stories
08/02/2024
Meet Dr Diego Sanchez-Martinez
Rille was a clinical PhD Fellow in the HPB team from April 2016 to September 2019 and a Senior Research Fellow in the ECMT from October 2019 until March 2021
Researcher Stories
13/10/2023
Charlotte Mellor wins BACR Student Impact Award 2023
Researcher Stories
19/06/2023
Meet Adesewa Adebisi
She’s undertaking a Non-Clinical PhD, funded through the MCRC-CRUK Manchester Centre PhD training scheme. The aim of her PhD is to investigate how radiotherapy affects immune cells and their ability to fight off cancer cells in the body.
Researcher Stories
16/06/2023