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Section of Pathology and Tumour Biology

Staff List

Professor Phil Quirke

SECTION HEAD

Contact: Melanie Brown, PA – Tel: 0113 3438408, m.k.brown@leeds.ac.uk
Business Manager: Dr Jo Bentley, - Tel: 0113 3438635, j.bentley@leeds.ac.uk
Laboratory Manager: Mr Mike Shires, - Tel: 0113 3438634, m.shires@leeds.ac.uk

GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER GROUP

  • Professor Phil Quirke – Group Leader, Professor
    Naa-Anyima Boateng - Research Technician (maternity leave)
  • Mr Dan Bottomley - Research Technician
  • Doreen Crellin – Research Technician
  • Deborah Cross – Research Technician, Molecular Pathology
  • Filomena Esteves - Research Technician
  • Dr Heike Grabsch – Senior Clinical Lecturer
  • Michael Hale – Research Technician
  • Gemma Hemmings – Research Technician
    Haley Herrick - Research Technician
  • Aidan Hindley - Tissue Bank Coordinator
  • Brian Hogan - MD Student
  • Gordon Hutchins - Academic SpR
  • Barbara Ozols – Research Technician, Molecular Pathology
  • Dr Susan Richman - Senior Scientific Officer
  • Nick Roberts - Research Technician
    Dr Jo-An Roulson - Clinical Lecturer
  • Mike Shires – Laboratory Manager
  • Katie Southward – PhD Student
  • Morag Taylor - Research Technician
    Emma Tinkler-Hundal - Research Technician
  • Dr Darren Treanor – PhD Student
  • Dave Turner – Research Technician, Digital Pathology
  • Lindsay Ward - Research Technician
  • Martin Waterhouse – Digital Pathology Programmer
  • Dr Nick West – Clinical Lecturer
  • Alexander Wright - Computing Technician

  • BREAST RESEARCH GROUP

  • Professor Andrew Hanby – Group Leader
  • Dr Valerie Speirs – Group Leader, Reader in Cellular Pathology
    Dr Euan Baxter - Research Fellow
    Dr Rebecca Brennan - Academic SpR
  • Dr Michalis Charalambous - Clinical Research Fellow
    Miss Uma Ekbote - Tissue Bank Coordinator
  • Rona Good - Tissue Bank Nurse
  • Dr Xiaomei Lu - Post Doctoral Research Fellow
  • Marcus Moss - Research Assistant
  • Clare Nash - PhD Student
  • Jennifer Pollard - Research Technician (maternity leave)
    Steven Pollock – Research Technician
  • Abeer Shaaban - Honorary Senior Lecturer
    Emily Smart - PhD Student
  • Laura Smith - Post Doctoral Research Fellow (maternity leave)
  • Jonathan White - Clinical Research Fellow

GYNAECOLOGY CANCER GROUP

  • Dr Phil Burns – Group Leader, Senior Lecturer
    Charlotte Beer - Research Technician
    Dr Michele Cummings – Research Fellow
    Dr Nicolas Orsi - Senior Research Fellow

ENT/LYMPHOMA GROUP

  • Professor Ken MacLennan – Group Leader, Professor
  • Contact: Melanie Brown - Secretary

PERINATAL RESEARCH GROUP

  • Professor Jimmy Walker - Professor of Obstetrics
  • Mr Nigel Simpson – Clinical Senior Lecturer
  • Mr Sean Duffy - Clinical Senior Lecturer
  • Mrs Sarah Field - Research/Teaching Technician
  • Dr Deniz Hirmizy - Research Fellow
  • Dr Stan Ko – Research Fellow
  • Miss Rhiannon McCarthy - Research Technician
    Jenny Williams - Research Technician

Teaching

Dr Karen Lee - Senior Teaching Fellow