Meet our researchers

Meet the researchers working tirelessly to save lives by trying to prevent or detect gynaecological cancers at an early stage.

Eve Fellows

The following researchers are recipients of The Eve Appeal / North West Cancer Research Fellowships:

Dr Kelechi Njoku smiling
Dr Kelechi Njoku

Dr Kelechi Njoku is a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Academic Clinical Lecturer at the University of Manchester and a Senior Specialist Registrar in Clinical Oncology at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr Neil Ryan in the lab
Dr Neil Ryan

Dr Neil Ryan, Chief Scientific Officer, Clinical Lecturer and Subspecialty Trainee in Gynaecology Oncology from the University of Edinburgh.

Dr Sarah Kitson

Dr Sarah Kitson, gynaecological cancer surgeon and researcher at the University of Manchester.

Current researchers

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Professor Christina Fotopoulou

Professor Christina Fotopoulou is a Gynaecological Oncology Consultant Surgeon and Chair for Gynae Cancer Surgery at Imperial College London.

Dr Alison May Berner

Dr Alison May Berner is a Clinical Senior Lecturer and an NIHR Advanced Fellow within the Centre for Cancer Screening, Prevention & Early Diagnosis at the Wolfson Institute of Public Health at Queen Mary University London.

Dr Will Foulkes
Prof Will Foulkes

Prof Will Foulkes is Director of the Program in Cancer Genetics, based at McGill University in the Departments of Oncology and Human Genetics. He is also head of the Cancer Genetics Laboratory at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research. He is a James McGill Professor of Medicine, Human Genetics and Oncology.

Professor Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami
Professor Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami

Professor Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami’s focus is on translational research in gynaecological cancers. In particular biomarker discovery and development (specifically immunological markers) in ovarian and womb cancer.

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Dr Trish Holsch

Dr Trish Holsch is a mixed methods researcher with a special interest in the development and implementation of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), health behaviour change, self-management of symptoms, electronic symptom monitoring, and health literacy and information and support.

Professor Maria Kyrgiou
Professor Maria Kyrgiou

Professor at Imperial College London and a Consultant Surgeon in Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology at the West London Gynaecological Cancer Centre, Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust.

Dr Jemma Longley

Dr Jemma Longley is a Consultant in Medical Oncology, specialising in Gynaecological Cancers and currently NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Medical Oncology at the University of Southampton.

Prof Ranjit Manchanda

Professor of Gynaecological Oncology at the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts CRUK Cancer Centre, Queen Mary University of London. Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist at Barts and the Royal London Hospital, London

Dr Jackie McDermott
Dr Jacqueline McDermott

Dr Jackie McDermott is a cellular pathologist at Imperial College London, working in gynaecological cancers. 

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Mr Hasan Mirza

Mr Hasan Mirza is a Bioinformatician Research Associate in the Department of Surgery and Cancer and Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre at Imperial College London.

Dr Esther Moss in the lab
Dr Esther Moss

Associate Professor at Leicester Cancer Research Centre and University of Leicester
Honorary Consultant Gynae Oncologist, University Hospitals of Leicester.

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Dr Zachary Nash

Dr Zachary Nash is a doctor and researcher working with fertility and hormones at University College London.

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Dr Rachel Pounds

Dr Rachel Pounds is an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer and Obstetrics and Gynaecology Specialty Registrar in the Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences at the University of Birmingham.

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Dr Dan Reisel

Specialist Registrar in Gynaecology, UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health. Dan has a background in translational research in gynaecological cancer and hormone health. His clinical and academic focus is on how hormonal exposures across the life course influence disease risk, screening, and long-term health in gynaecological and breast cancer.

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Professor Adam Rosenthal

Professor of Gynaecological Cancer Prevention, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute of Women’s Health, University College London.
Adam PhD FRCOG is a consultant gynaecologist, and the lead for colposcopy and familial gynaecological cancer at UCLH. He is also UCL Professor of Gynaecological Cancer Prevention.

Prof Sudha Sundar
Professor Sudha Sundar

Professor of Gynaecological Cancer, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham. 
Sudha is a gynaecological cancer surgeon and a clinical academic. Her research programme focusses on improving cancer diagnostics, cancer surgery and addressing inequalities in cancer outcomes.

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Dr Sofia Vidali

Dr Sofia Vidali is a postdoctoral researcher in the Wolfson Institute of Public Health at Queen Mary University of London.

Prof Martin Widschwendter
Professor Martin Widschwendter

Professor in Women’s Cancer and Director of the Translational Research Centre at University College London (UCL) and a Consultant Gynaecological Oncology Surgeon at University College London Hospital (UCLH)
Professor of Cancer Prevention & Screening, Leopold-Franzens- University of Innsbruck, Austria  

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