Clinical DPhil Studentships & Fellowships

Tamsyn Clark, Oxford Institute of Biomedical Engineering

• Development of normothermically perfused human organs as preclinical models of pharmacokinetic response
• Prof Constantin Coussios

Karen Sayal, Department of Oncology

• Targeting PRMT5 as a Novel Strategy for Radiosensitisation in Non-Small Cell Lung cancer
• Prof Ester Hammond

Ashvina Segaran, Ludwig institute

• Nutrient supply and nucleotide metabolism in oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer
• Prof Skirmantas Kriaucionis

Nina Wietek, Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health

• Development of novel fluorescence imaging techniques to identify and characterize serous tubal intraepithelial carcinomas (STICs)
• Dr Ahmed, Ahmed

Ben Harris, Department of Oncology

• Using functional genetics to assess the link between obesity and altered mitochondrial metabolism in breast cancer
• Dr Francesca Buffa, Dr Simon Lord

Rosalin Cooper, Department of Oncology

• Using genomics to dissect the interaction between host immunity and tumour biology: Identifying Cancer associated immune profiles and predicting therapeutic responses
• Dr Benjamin Fairfax, Prof Mark Middleton

Ruichong Ma, Radcliffe Department of Medicine

• A dissection of the immune environment in glioblastoma
• Prof Graham Ogg, Dr Puneet Plaha

John Mason, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics

• The pathophysiological role of the exosome switch in colorectal cancer growth and metastasis
• Prof Deborah Goberdhan, Mr Chris Cunningham

Nikolaos Sousos,  Nuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Services

• Tracking the origins of post-transplant myelofibrosis relapse at the single cell
• Prof Adam Mead & Dr Andrew Peniket

David Bruce, Department of Oncology & Nuffield Department of Medicine

• • Integrated genomic and functional characterisation of intra-tumour heterogeneity in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)

• • Dr Anna Schuh, Dr Samantha Knight

Jennifer Thomas, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research & Department of Oncology

• • Translational Control of Invasion in Melanoma

• • Prof Colin Goding, Dr Sarah Blagden

Victoria Woodcock, MRC Human Immunology Unit & Department of Oncology

• • Dissecting T cell responses to immunotherapy

• • Prof Mark Middleton, Prof Vincenzo Cerundolo

Daniel Stevens, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics

• Investigating the roles of the PAT‐mTORC1 axis and exosome signalling in prostate cancer growth and metastasis
• Dr Deborah Goberdhan, Dr Clive Wilson, Prof Freddie Hamdy

Laurent James Livermore, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences

• Intra-­operative and ex-­vivo characterisation of gliomas with Raman spectroscopy and mass spectrometry
• Prof Claire Vallance, Prof Olaf Ansorge

Jessica Whitburn, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences 

• The effects of metformin in prostate cancer progression and bone metastases
• Prof Claire Edwards, Prof Freddie Hamdy, Mr Prasanna Sooriakumaran

Nicholas Coupe, Department of Oncology

• Investigating the link between angiogenesis and BRAF status in melanoma
• Prof Mark Middleton, Dr Valentine Macaulay

Semira Sheikh, Department of Oncology & Oxford Universities Hospitals NHS Trust

• Histone deacetylase inhibitors in lymphoma: from molecular mechanisms to predictive biomarkers and personalised cancer medicine
• Professor Nicholas La Thangue & Dr Graham Collins

Michael White, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research & Department of Oncology

• Investigating the relationship between inflammation and ASPP/p53/p63 signalling in the development and prognosis of Barrett’s Oesophagus
• Professor Xin Lu & Professor Mark Middleton

Kezia Gaitskell, Clinical Epidemiology Unit & Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

• Risk factors for ovarian cancer by histological phenotype in the Million Women Study
• Professor Dame Valerie Beral and Professor Ahmed Ahmed

Paul Miller, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research & Department of Oncology

• Investigating the role of ASPP/p53 and Dll4/Notch cross talk in patient’s response to anti-VEGFR based therapy
• Professor Xin Lu, Dr Sarah De Val and Professor Adrian Harris

Ruth Clifford, Nuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Sciences & Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

• Response Prediction in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia by Elucidating Genomic Aberrations using Whole Genome Analysis
• Dr Samantha Knight and Dr Anna Schuh

Lianne Castle, Department of Oncology & CRUK/MRC Institute for Radiation Oncology

• Targeting Rad18 in NSCLC to sensitise tumours to platinum drugs and defend against acquired drug resistance
• Dr Peter McHugh, Dr Geoff Higgins and Dr Denis Talbot

Alex Gordon-Weeks, CRUK/MRC Institute for Radiation Oncology

• Liver Metastasis: Host-Tumour Interactions
• Professor Ruth Muschel

Aaron Leiblich, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences

• The Drosophila Accessory Gland as a Novel Model for Prostate Cancer
• Professor Freddie Hamdy