Our Research Group Leaders lead multi-disciplinary teams focusing on clinical and laboratory research into the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancers.
Many of our Research Leaders are also medical doctors, which ensures strong links between our laboratory science and its clinical application for the benefit of patients.
Professor Carlos Caldas
- Professor of Cancer Medicine
- Director of the Cambridge Breast Cancer Research Unit
- Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology
+44 (0)1233 769648
Dr Alison Dunning
- Reader in Molecular Cancer Genetics
- Director of Graduate Education
Professor Helena Earl
- Professor of Clinical Cancer Medicine
- Honorary Consultant Medical Oncologist
+44 (0)1223 769308
Professor Tim Eisen
- Professor of Medical Oncology
- Honorary Consultant Medical Oncologist
Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald
- Professor of Cancer Prevention
- Honorary Consultant Physician
- Interim Director of the MRC Cancer Unit
- Interim Co-Director of the Hutchison/MRC Research Centre
- Co-Lead of CRUK Cambridge Centre Early Detection Programme
+44 (0)1223 763352
Professor Richard Gilbertson
- Head of Department of Oncology
- Li Ka Shing Professor of Oncology
- Director of CRUK Cambridge Centre
- Co-Lead of Cambridge Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre
- Co-Director of Hutchison/MRC Research Centre
+44 (0)1223 769838
Mr Vincent Gnanapragasam
- University Lecturer in Uro-oncology
- Honorary Consultant Urologist
- (Jointly affiliated with the University Department of Surgery)
+44 (0)1223 274316
Professor Greg Hannon
- Director of Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
- Royal Society Research Professor of Molecular Cancer Biology
Professor Duncan Jodrell
- Professor of Cancer Therapeutics
- Director Cambridge Cancer Trials Centre
- Academic Clinical Lead for Early Phase Clinical Trials
- Co-Lead of Cambridge Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre
- Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology
+44 (0)1223 769750
Dr Daniel Munoz-Espin
- Group Leader
- CRUK Cambridge Centre Early Detection Programme
+44 (0)1223 763337
Professor Anna Philpott
- Head of the School of Biological Sciences
- Professor of Cancer and Developmental Biology
+44 (0)1223 762675
Professor Ashok Venkitamaran
- Ursula Zoellner Professor of Cancer Research
- Professor of Oncology
- Joint Director of The Cambridge Molecular Therapeutics Programme (CMTP)
+44 (0)1223 336901
