I joined the University of Sunderland in 2017, following postdoctoral positions at Universitätsklinikum Freiburg (Germany), Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, USA) and the Northern Institute for Cancer Research (Newcastle, UK).
My main research interests are in the field of cancer epigenetics, predominantly in relation to the development and progression of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
I also have an interest in the effects of environmental exposures upon the epigenome, such as the effects of particulate matter air pollution, which I will be pursuing through collaborative work with Project ELEFANT.
Education & work experience
2014 - 2017
Research Associate with Dr Gordon Strathdee
Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, UK
2011 - 2014
Postdoctoral position with Professor Karin Michel
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston MA, USA
Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
2005 - 2010
PhD with Professor Sheila Bingham O.B.E. and Dr Rebecca Fitzgerald
Diet & Cancer group, MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Cambridge, UK
Selwyn College, University of Cambridge
2001 - 2005
Undergraduate Master’s Degree in Biochemistry, MBiochem (Hons)
Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, UK
I joined the University of Sunderland in 2017, following postdoctoral positions at Universitätsklinikum Freiburg (Germany), Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, USA) and the Northern Institute for Cancer Research (Newcastle, UK).
My main research interests are in the field of cancer epigenetics, predominantly in relation to the development and progression of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
I also have an interest in the effects of environmental exposures upon the epigenome, such as the effects of particulate matter air pollution, which I will be pursuing through collaborative work with Project ELEFANT.
Education & Work Experience
2017 -
Senior Lecturer in Genomics
Faculty of Health Sciences & Wellbeing, University of Sunderland
2014 - 2017
Research Associate with Dr Gordon Strathdee
Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, UK
2011 - 2014
Postdoctoral position with Professor Karin Michel
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston MA, USA
Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
2005 - 2010
PhD with Professor Sheila Bingham O.B.E. and Dr Rebecca Fitzgerald
Diet & Cancer group, MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Cambridge, UK
Selwyn College, University of Cambridge
2001 - 2005
Undergraduate Master’s Degree in Biochemistry, MBiochem (Hons)
Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, UK
Funding and Awards
2018 - 2019
Bright Red, research grant (PI), £7,307
Identification of novel early epigenetic changes in chronic
lymphocytic leukaemia
2016
Travel fellowship from the Epigenetics Society, $500
to attend the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
2016
Travel fund from the Faculty of Medical Sciences,
Newcastle University, £200
to attend the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting