Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Mark Drayson has research and supervision interests in:

Improving BaP therapy by rational drug screening and elucidation of the role of AKR1C3 (Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research specialist programme with Dr Chris Bunce, Biosciences)
Redeploying old drugs to treat blood cancers; translating into novel phase two trials in acute myeloid leukaemia and endemic Burkitt’s lymphoma
Phase 3 national UK MRC trials in myeloma with provision of central laboratory analysis
Development and validation of immunodiagnostic tests (eg, serum-free immunoglobulin light chain measurement)
Study of antibody responses and investigation of antibody deficiency
Study of the effect of stress on immunity (in collaboration with Behavioural Medicine, Sport and Exercise Sciences)

1992 …2024

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Christopher Bunce

  • Biosciences - Professor of Translational Cancer Biology and Director of Research

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Adam Cunningham

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Paul Moss

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Iain Chapple

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Catherine Atkin

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Lorraine Harper

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Nicholas Barnes

  • Pharmacy - Professor of Neuropharmacology

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Geoff Brown

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Gary Middleton

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Helen Parry

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Suzanne Higgs

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Andrew Southam

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Thomas Dietrich

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Babu Naidu

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Benjamin Willcox

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Carrie Willcox

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Steve Watson

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Laura O'Neill

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Gary Reynolds

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Chris Tselepis

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Tariq Iqbal

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Annika Kroeger

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Nick McCarthy

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Martin Hewison

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Josefine Hirschfeld

  • Dentistry - Associate Clinical Professor in Restorative Dentistry

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Martin Whitham

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Andrew Beggs

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Andrew Bell

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Grant Stewart

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Scott White

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Matthew Pugh

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Matthew O'Shea

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Praveen Sharma

  • Dentistry - Associate Clinical Professor (Honorary Consultant)

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Siobhan Young

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Neil Thomas

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Elizabeth Sapey

  • Inflammation and Ageing - Director of the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, Professor in Acute Respiratory Medicine

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Zehra Yonel

  • Dentistry - NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry

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Andrew Lovering

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Kym Snell

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Oliver Pickles

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Robert Hills

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G. J. Morgan

  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • NYU Langone Medical Center
  • New York University

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Max Crispin

  • University of Southampton

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Walter M Gregory

  • University of Leeds

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Roger G. Owen

  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Yasunori Watanabe

  • University of Southampton
  • University of Oxford

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Joel D Allen

  • University of Southampton

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Martin F. Kaiser

  • Royal Marsden Hospital
  • Institute for Cancer Research
  • Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

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Guy E D Pratt

  • University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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David A Cairns

  • University of Leeds

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Graham H Jackson

  • Newcastle University

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Gordon Cook

  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  • University of Leeds

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Anthony J Child

  • University of Leeds

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John P Campbell

  • University of Bath

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Graham Jackson

  • Newcastle University
  • Myeloma UK, Edinburgh, UK.

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Kwee Yong

  • Imperial College London

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Faith E Davies

  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • NYU Langone Medical Center

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Matthew W. Jenner

  • University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

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C. Pawlyn

  • Institute for Cancer Research
  • Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

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Janet A Dunn

  • University of Warwick
  • University of Edinburgh

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Punit Yadav

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Paul Cockwell

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Jennifer L Byrne

  • University of Nottingham
  • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Ruth M. De Tute

  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Kamaraj Karunanithi

  • University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

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Zaheer Afzal

  • University of Birmingham

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Emily Collman

  • University of Birmingham

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K Cocks

  • KCStats Consultancy

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Cathy D. Williams

  • Nottingham City Hospitals
  • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Jos A Bosch

  • University of Amsterdam

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Jos Bosch

  • University of Amsterdam

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Matthew K. O’Shea

  • Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
  • University of Birmingham

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Felicity Evison

  • University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Anna Hockaday

  • University of Leeds

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Anand Lokare

  • Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
  • Birmingham Heartlands

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Stephen Jolles

  • University Hospital of Wales

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John R Jones

  • Institute for Cancer Research
  • Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

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Mamta Garg

  • Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences
  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

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AJ Ferrero

  • MANGO - Mario Negri Gynecologic Oncology Group

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Sally E Moore

  • Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

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G Dougan

  • Wellcome Sanger Institute

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Hari Krishnan Kanthimathinathan

  • Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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David Meads

  • University of Leeds

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Sadie Roberts

  • University of Leeds

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Alec Rapson

  • University of Birmingham

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Andrew Hall

  • University of Leeds

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Sarah R Brown

  • University of Leeds

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G Iqbal

  • University of Warwick

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Chris Hand

  • Abingdon Health Ltd

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BD Hock

  • Canterbury District Health Board

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Helen Dignum

  • Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

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Sheila O'Connor

  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Ross Sadler

  • Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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S. Beck

  • University of Duisburg-Essen

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Jennifer H. Pinney

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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A. John Ashcroft

  • St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Tim Menzies

  • North Carolina State University
  • University of Virginia

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J Michael

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Hannah Hunter

  • Plymouth Hospitals Trust

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Debo Ademokun

  • Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust

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D Adu

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Alexander J Sternberg

  • Great Western Hospital

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Ruth Price

  • University of Nottingham

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Mark Turner

  • Loughborough University
  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

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Nigel H Russell

  • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Joan Bladé

  • Hospital Clinic i Provincial

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Chris Hudson

  • University of Nottingham

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Alina Striha

  • University of Leeds

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J Crowe

  • Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

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A Pall

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Treen C.M. Morris

  • Queen's University, Belfast

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John A Snowden

  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Supratik Basu

  • Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
  • National Institute for Health Research
  • University of Wolverhampton

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Vivienne E. Andrews

  • Medway Maritime Hospital

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N. T. Richards

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Lylah Irshad

  • University of Birmingham

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Annabelle Emery

  • University of Bath

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Jenny M. Bird

  • University of Bristol

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Eleni Tholouli

  • Manchester Royal Infirmary

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Vamsi Dronavalli

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Heidi Kirby

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Jindriska Lindsay

  • NHS Foundation Trust

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Patricia Steele

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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MT Drayson

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Kristian Bowles

  • Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Bhuvan Kishore

  • Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
  • Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
  • University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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R C Davies

  • University of Bath

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Julia M Brown

  • University of Leeds

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Vinay Reddy-Kolanu

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Christopher Parrish

  • University of Leeds

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Abe Jacob

  • Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust

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Jemma Mytton

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Adnan Sharif

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital

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Andrew P. Cope

  • King’s College London
  • Imperial College London
  • University of Stirling

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David C Johnson

  • The Institute of Cancer Research

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Jim Cavet

  • Manchester Academic Health Science Centre

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Amy Sherborne

  • Institute for Cancer Research

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Katrina Walker

  • University of Leeds

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Nicholas Inston

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital

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Winnie Chan

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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R Lewis

  • Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

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Irina Rooplal

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Geoff Der

  • MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit

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Royston Goodacre

  • University of Manchester

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Andrew Ready

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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C Lopez-Macias

  • Mexican Institute for Social Security

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Ian M. Taylor

  • Loughborough University

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D Thompson

  • University of Bath

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Jamie D. Cavenagh

  • Barts and The London NHS Trust

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Kara Louise Royle

  • University of Leeds

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Ferly Bantugon

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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R Dasgupta

  • Electronics and Telecommunications

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Christine J Harrison

  • Imperial College London
  • Newcastle University
  • Northern Institute for Cancer Research

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James W Murray

  • Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

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Brian A. Walker

  • Purdue University

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Andy Rawstron

  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Zhi Yan Valerie Ng

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Stephen Harding

  • Binding Site Group Ltd

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NCP Cross

  • Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Aneurin Bevan

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Corinne Collett

  • University of Leeds

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Meena Shemar

  • Abingdon Health Ltd

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Sarah Goddard

  • University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

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Richard S Houlston

  • Institute for Cancer Research

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