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Read more at: Early Cancer Institute Symposium 2024
ECI Symposium 2024 photo collage

Early Cancer Institute Symposium 2024

2 October 2024

We were thrilled to welcome nearly 200 delegates at the 2024 Early Cancer Institute Symposium yesterday, 1 st October. Director Rebecca Fitzgerald introduced the event with a screening of the film made by the University’s external communications team to support their current cancer campaign. The short video features a...


Read more at: Rebecca Fitzgerald named Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Rebecca Fitzgerald elected honorary fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering

Rebecca Fitzgerald named Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

18 September 2024

Congratulations to Early Cancer Institute Director, Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, who has been elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. The 71 new Fellows, all leading figures in the field of engineering and technology, were announced at the Royal Academy's AGM on 17 September 2024. The group...


Read more at: Early Cancer Institute hosts summer interns
Picture collage of 2024 interns and their mentors

Early Cancer Institute hosts summer interns

20 August 2024

This summer we have been delighted to host two research interns in the Early Cancer Institute. Veronia Nasralla, a third-year pharmacy undergraduate at the University of Utrecht, Netherlands, joined the Muñoz Espín Group while Suraksha Jayakumar, a second-year biomedical science student at the University of Warwick, was...


Read more at: Elspeth Davies, ACED PhD student, publishes in Journal of Medical Anthropology
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Elspeth Davies, ACED PhD student, publishes in Journal of Medical Anthropology

8 August 2024

Congratulations to Elspeth Davies who has published a paper in the Journal of Medical Anthropology*. The paper is the culmination of eighteen months of fieldwork, part of her PhD study, with one of the growing number of Facebook support groups for people diagnosed with Barrett’s oesophagus, a risk factor for oesophageal...


Read more at: Serena Nik-Zainal receives 2024 ESMO Award for Translational Research
Professor Serena Nik-Zainal in the Lab

Serena Nik-Zainal receives 2024 ESMO Award for Translational Research

5 August 2024

Congratulations to Prof Serena Nik-Zainal who has been announced as the recipient of the 2024 ESMO Award for Translational Research. Serena is Professor of Genomic Medicine and Bioinformatics and Honorary Consultant in Clinical Genetics at the University of Cambridge. At the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, she...


Read more at: The Early Cancer Institute is changing the story of cancer
Matt Hoare and a group member looking at a petri dish in the lab

The Early Cancer Institute is changing the story of cancer

23 July 2024

The research work carried out at the Early Cancer Institute in Cambridge plays a fundamental role in changing the story of cancer. Watch a video that shows how we're finding radical new ways to spot cancer early so that it can be treated more easily.


Read more at: Inaugural Academy of Medical Sciences cross-sector award for Becky Walker-Smith
Dr Rebecca Walker-Smith

Inaugural Academy of Medical Sciences cross-sector award for Becky Walker-Smith

17 July 2024

Congratulations to Becky Walker-Smith, postdoctoral research associate in the Fitzgerald Group, who has successfully been awarded a Cross-Sector Experience Award by the Academy of Medical Sciences. Becky is one of the inaugural cohort of researchers to be granted this funding which was introduced in November 2023. The...


Read more at: Fitzgerald Lab student wins best presentation at Gastroesophageal Cancer Congress
Aisha Yusuf is awarded the best oral presentation at the Asia-Pacific Gastroesophageal Cancer Congress 2024

Fitzgerald Lab student wins best presentation at Gastroesophageal Cancer Congress

12 July 2024

Congratulations to Fitzgerald Lab PhD student and Gates Cambridge Scholar, Aisha Yusuf, who was awarded the 'best oral presentation' at the Asia-Pacific Gastroesophageal Cancer Congress in July 2024.


Read more at: Andreas Hadjinicolaou named BSG Young Gastroenterologist of the Year
Andreas Hadjinicolaou - BSG young gastroenterologist of the year

Andreas Hadjinicolaou named BSG Young Gastroenterologist of the Year

11 July 2024

Dr Andreas Hadjinicolaou, Clinical Lecturer in Early Detection of GI cancers at the Early Cancer Institute and Honorary Speciality Registrar in Gastroenterology, has been awarded the Young Gastroenterologist of the Year Prize by the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG). The prestigious award is given to the most...


Read more at: ACED PhD student publishes in BMJ Medical Ethics
Elspeth Davies, ACED PhD Student

ACED PhD student publishes in BMJ Medical Ethics

11 July 2024

Congratulations to Elspeth Davies, CRUK Alliance for Early Detection (ACED) funded PhD student in the Department of Social Anthropology who has had a paper published in The British Medical Journal of Medical Ethics. The fascinating paper explains some of the findings of the four years of Elspeth’s PhD research which...