Individual research projects
Right now, we’re funding around 100 cutting-edge projects worth almost £32 million. All to discover how we can prevent and diagnose breast cancer earlier, find better treatments, and improve people's quality of life.
Our research projects
Understanding how immune cells promote DCIS invasiveness
Dr Takanori Kitamura
Developing a blood test to predict someone’s risk of secondary breast cancer
Professor Janet Brown
Investigating the psychological impact of personalised breast cancer screening
Professor David French
Killer immune cells in secondary triple negative breast cancer
Professor Seth Coffelt
A dietary intervention in combination with targeted drugs for triple negative breast cancer
Professor Karen Vousden
Investigating a new approach to prevent breast cancer recurrence
Professor Penelope Ottewell
Personalised therapies for relapsed lobular breast cancer patients
Professor Elinor Sawyer
Overcoming breast cancer’s resistance to PARP inhibitor drugs
Professor Kristijan Ramadan
Understanding how breast cancer becomes resistant to PARP inhibitor drugs
Professor Nick Lakin