Research within the department focuses on determining how cancer arises and progresses, with the aim of developing and implementing methods for improving prevention, early detection and treatment of cancer.
Our research is carried out by Research Leaders, Academic Consultants, Clinical Lecturers, Clinical Fellows, and Research Fellows.
Many of our Research Leaders are also medical doctors, which together with our Academic Consultants ensures strong links between our laboratory science and its clinical application for the benefit of patients.
You can find out more about our research by clicking on the Researchers listed below.
Professor of Precision Breast Cancer Medicine
Academic Consultant in Medical Oncology
Director of the Cambridge Breast Cancer Research Unit
+44 (0)1223 348927
Clinical Senior Research Associate
Academic Consultant in Breast Cancer Theraputics
Clinical Senior Research Associate
Academic Consultant in Experimental Cancer Therapeutics
+44 (0)1223 769310
Research Group Leader, CRUK Cambridge Centre Early Detection Programme
Professor of Cancer Medicine
Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology
Professor of Molecular Oncology
Senior Group Leader
+44 (0)1233 769649
Deputy Head of Department of Oncology
Professor of Breast Clinical Oncology
Clinical Lecturer in Medical Oncology
CRUK Academic Clinical Lecturer in Urology
CRUK Cambridge Centre Early Detection Programme
+44 (0)1223 766415
Professor of Cancer Genetics & Applied Epidemiology
Director of Postgraduate Education
Professor of Medical Oncology
Honorary Consultant Medical Oncologist
Professor of Cancer Prevention
Director Early Cancer Institute
Li Ka Shing Chair and Head of Department of Oncology
Director of CRUK Cambridge Centre
+44 (0)1223 769838
Director of Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
Royal Society Research Professor of Molecular Cancer Biology
Clinical Principal Research Associate
Academic Consultant in Clinical Oncology
Research Group Leader
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, University of Cambridge
Research Group Leader, CRUK Cambridge Centre Early Detection Programme
+44 (0)1223 763337
Clinical Senior Research Associate
Academic Consultant in Cancer Therapeutics
+44 (0)1223 768435
Research Group Leader, CRUK Cambridge Centre Neuro-Oncology & Onco-Innovation Programmes
Head of the School of Biological Sciences
Professor of Cancer and Developmental Biology
+44 (0)1223 762675
