Information about Research Group Leaders in Oncology
Dr. Rebecca Fitzgerald
Departmental title: Associated Senior Research Group Leader.
University Department(s): Associated - Oncology.
Other Affiliation(s): Medical Research Council Cancer Cell Unit (MRC CCU), Hutchison/MRC Research Centre; Associate Faculty, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute (CR-UK CRI).
Department of Oncology position(s) held: Associated Senior Research Group Leader at MRC CCU, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre.
Other position(s) held: Honorary Consultant Physician, Addenbrooke's NHS Trust; Director of Studies for Medical Sciences, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Contact:
- Postal address: Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Box 197, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ.
- Email: rcf@hutchison-mrc.cam.ac.uk
Other relevant links:
- Medical Research Council Cancer Cell Unit (MRC CCU)
- Cambridge Cancer Centre (CCC) personal page
- Department of Gastroenterology
- Hutchison/MRC Research Centre
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
Prospective Students
Applicants for graduate courses (PhD and MPhil):
- Please contact me to discuss whether I am able to offer you a project BEFORE you submit your online GRADSAF application form for admission to the University.
- If I am able to offer you a position, you should then make your online GRADSAF application to the Department of Oncology and state my name in section A(12) of the form.
Research
Title: Gastro-oesophageal Cancers; Understanding Pathogenesis of Barrett’s Oesophagus and Oesophageal Adenocarcinomas in Order to Improve Disease Management and Patient Care:
- BEST: Barrett’s oesophagus screening trial in a primary cohort using a non-endoscopic sampling device.
- A study to identify Barrett’s oesophagus susceptibility genes.
- NOSE: Nasal or Standard Endoscopy Study.
- COUGAR-01: study of predictive biomarkers in patients with oesophago-gastric cancer treated with chemotherapy.
Overview & further nformation: Please click here
Areas:
- Clinical trials
- Diagnostics and experimental therapeutics
- Molecular, cellular & structural biology
- Site specific: upper gastro-intestinal tract
- Surgical & clinical research: stomach and oesophagus
Group members
Research staff:
- M. Abdullah Alvi
- Mariagnese Barbera
- Madhumita Das
- Massimiliano Di Pietro
- Xin Yi (Chloe) Goh
- Sudarshan Kadri
- Pierre Lao-Sirieix
- Elaine Moore
- Maria O'Donovan
- Chin-Ann Johnny Ong
- Laura Schulz
- Nick Shannon
- Kareem Shariff
- Sibu Varghese
Infrastructure support staff:
- Zarah Abdullahi - MRC funded Research Nurse
- Irene Debiram - ECMC Research Nurse
- Sarah Hilborne - BMRC Research Nurse
- Adrienne Pate- Full time MRC funded administrative support
- Andy Scully - Data Manager (part-time data manager for research and overseas research governance for Hutchison/MRC, part time Joint Clinical Information Systems Project)
- Sarah Vowler - Statistical advice
- Pauline Waite - Part time administrative support
Key publications
For a list of publications please click here.