IACR 2025 Annual Conference
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Prof. Patrick G Johnston Award
The full details of this event, its six nominated researchers and their projects will be available in January 2025.
Biomedical Session Speakers
Dr Anna Golebiewska
Group Leader, NORLUX Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Luxembourg Institute of Health
Prof. Anthony McHale
Professor of Medical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ulster University
Prof. Christine Chaffer
Associate Prof, Program Director - Cancer Plasticity & Dormancy / Laboratory Head - Cancer Cell Plasticity, Garvan Institute, Australia
Prof. Francesca D. Ciccarelli
Lead, Centre for Cancer Evolution, Bart’s Cancer Institute, QMUL Principal Group Leader, Cancer Systems Biology, The Francis Crick Institute
Dr. Francesco Iorio
Research Group Leader in Computational Biology at the Human Technopole, Milan, Italy
Dr. Fredrik Strand
MD PhD Radiologist within the Breast Imaging Unit Karolinska University Hospital
Dr Gwen Murphy
Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Head of the Cancer Screening and Prevention Research Group (CSPRG) in the Department of Surgery and Cancer at Imperial College London.
Kerry S. Courneya
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Cancer, University of Alberta, Canada
Prof. Lisa Connolly
School of Biological Sciences, QUB
Dr Kevin Myant
Reader, Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre
Dr Oonagh Griffin
St Vincent’s University Hospital + UCD
Prof. Robert M. Straubinger
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA
Prof. Stuart McDonald
Professor of Gastrointestinal Biology<br /> Lead, Clonal Dynamics in Epithelia Lab Center for Cancer Evolution, Barts Cancer Institute
Prof. Tracy Robson
Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs<br /> Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Prof. Wafa Al Jamal
Professor of Advanced Nanotherapeutics,Queen’s University, Belfast
CEPS Session Speakers
Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention and Survivorship (CEPS)
Dr Ashleigh Russell
QUB
Prof. Ciaran O’Neill
QUB
Dr Colm Mac Eochagain
St James’s Hospital, Dublin
Junior Council Speakers
Amanda McCann
Cancer Biologist, UCD Conway Institute
Chris Curtis
Founder and Chairman of the Swallows Head and Neck Cancer Support Charity
Claire Hughes
UCD
Clodagh Flynn
IACR PPI Council Member and PPI Champion
Debra Higgins
Senior Project Manager, OncoAssure
Eimear Barrett
Commercial Development Manager, Medicine, Health and Life Sciences at QUB. LifeArc-AUTM Technology Transfer Fellow 2022 – 2023
Elaine Quinn
UCD Conway Institute Communications & Education Manager
Jacintha O’Sullivan
Professor in Translational Oncology, Trinity St. James’s Cancer Institute,<br /> Trinity Translational Medicine Institute
Maelíosa Mc Crudden
QUB
Maeve Murphy
Business Alliance Manager at QUB
Laura Graham
QUB
Lea Schäfer
UCD
Lorna Donlon
Textile Artist, UCD Conway Institute
Sarah Maguire
Lecturer in Applied Genomics and Bioinformatics, Patrick G. Johnston Centre for Cancer Research (PGJCCR) at QUB
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