Clinical Research Fellowship 2024 Cohort


Maja

Nick Waldron

Project title - Discovering, developing, and delivering, novel therapeutic strategies for MEK/ERK/RSK activated lethal prostate cancer.

Why did you choose this project and how will it impact cancer patients? 

I have been looking after patients with prostate cancer since 2017, and in that time not many new treatments for the more advanced form of the disease have emerged. We have also struggled to deliver personalised, precise medicines for prostate in contrast to many other tumour types, and so this project can hopefully help on both those fronts!


Interesting fact about yourself

I used to be the fastest paddleboarder in Devonport.

 

 

 

 

Lucy

Matthew Fenton

Project title - Understanding the impact of radiotherapy on the nodal immune microenvironment and cross-talk with the primary tumour in breast cancer

Why did you choose this project and how will it impact cancer patients?

I am exploring what the consequences of including lymph node regions in radiotherapy treatments are on a patient's anti-tumour immune response, using translational samples from neo-adjuvant breast radiotherapy trials. This work ultimately aims to provide a clearer picture of how to best use radiotherapy in the era of immunotherapies for patients with early breast cancers. I'm training to be a clinical oncologist - we deliver all non-surgical treatments for cancer including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, targeted drug therapies and immunotherapy. 

 

 

Interesting fact about yourself

Outside work I enjoy walks, chess and cooking.