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Cancer Research in Manchester

Cancer Research in Manchester. Hadron therapy detectors meeting 19 th March 2014. Cancer research in Manchester. Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences Research Deanery Faculty Research Strategy Institute of Cancer Sciences Manchester Cancer Research Centre Our priorities & achievements

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Cancer Research in Manchester

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  1. Cancer Research in Manchester Hadron therapy detectors meeting 19th March 2014

  2. Cancer research in Manchester • Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences • Research Deanery • Faculty Research Strategy • Institute of Cancer Sciences • Manchester Cancer Research Centre • Our priorities & achievements • The future

  3. The Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences • 574 academic staff • 681 research staff • 658 postgraduate research students (PhDs) • 5918 undergraduate students, 1620 taught postgrads • Research income £79.6 million *all figures are for 2012-13

  4. Concept behind the Research Deanery Reducing the burden on PIs Joined up thinking and interdisciplinarity Turning ideas and opportunities into reality

  5. Professional Schools Population Health Cancer Cardiovascular Sciences Manchester Medical School Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Dentistry Psychological Sciences Faculty Institutes Inflammation and Repair Human Development Brain, Behaviour + Mental Health Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences – Revised structure – November 2011

  6. The FMHS 5 year Strategic Plan Priority 1 Excellence in education and training for health professionals Priority 2 World-leading research in medical and health sciences Priority 3 Social responsibility- a contribution to the great good

  7. Institutes and Centres (January 2014) Brain, Behaviour & Mental Health [3094] ShÔn Lewis Cancer Sciences [3092] Sir Salvador Moncada Cardiovascular Sciences [3091] Bernard Keavney Human Development [3090] Graeme Black Inflammation & Repair [3089] Jane Worthington Population Health [3093] Martin Tickle Clinical & Cognitive Neurosciences [4396] Daniela Montaldi Haematological Oncology [4400] John Radford Cardiac [4405] Tony Heagerty Hearing & Vision Research Paul Bishop Musculoskeletal [4412] Anne Barton Primary Care [4417] Peter Bower Developmental Science & Disorders [4397] Elena Lieven Personalised Therapy [4401] Paul Townsend Vascular and Stroke [4406] PippaTyrrell Endocrinology & Diabetes Neil Hanley Gastrointestinal [4413] ShaheenHamdy Biostatistics [4418] Graham Dunn Health & Risk Sciences [4398] Jenny Shaw Paediatric, Teenage & Young Adult Cancer [4403] VaskaSaha Paediatrics & Child Health Peter Clayton Dermatology [4414] Chris Griffiths Epidemiology [4419] Raymond Agius Women’s Cancer [4403] Andrew Clamp Genetic Medicine Bill Newman Respiratory & Allergy [4415] Adnan Custovic Health Economics [4420] Matt Sutton New Treatments & Understanding in Mental Health [4399] Gill Haddock Women’s Health Melissa Westwood Tissue Injury and Repair [4416] Judith Hoyland Imaging [4421] Steve Williams Radiotherapy Related Research [4404] Tim Illidge Immune Mechanisms [4475] Tracey Hussell Health Informatics [4422] Iain Buchan

  8. The connections between academic staff in the Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences relating to cancer research, showing the breadth of multidisciplinary research. Added to this is the interactions between faculties and the CRUK Manchester Institute.

  9. Priority cancer research themes • Personalised cancer therapy • Radiotherapy • Lung cancer • Melanoma • Women’s cancers • Haematological oncology

  10. Recent achievements • MAHSC was recently redesignated as one of only 6 AHSCs in England • Award of £5 million, in conjunction with Queen’s University Belfast, to host the UK’s first Movember Centre of Excellence in partnership with Prostate Cancer UK • Award of £9M CRUK/ EPSRC Cancer Imaging Centre (with Cambridge) • CRUK Centre status renewal

  11. Achieving our potential- the future • People: £30 million global recruitment drive to bring 20 of the world’s best cancer experts and their teams to Manchester • Space: £28.5 MCRC building, due to open September 2014 • Leadership- Professor Sir Salvador Moncada as ICS Director from February 2014

  12. Achieving our potential- the future • People: £30 million global recruitment drive to bring 20 of the world’s best cancer experts and their teams to Manchester • Space: £28.5 MCRC building, due to open September 2014 • Leadership- Professor Sir Salvador Moncada as ICS Director from February 2014 2017- Proton Beam Therapy Facility- one of only two within the UK and a key centre for further research

  13. Further information: http://www.cancer.manchester.ac.uk/ http://www.mcrc.manchester.ac.uk/ Any questions? Katherine.boylan@manchester.ac.uk

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