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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

Professor Matthew Smalley and Giusy Tornillo posing for photos in a laboratory.

Testing a tracer to measure the response of secondary tumours in the bone to treatment

Professor Gary Cook

Professor Matthew Smalley and Giusy Tornillo posing for photos in a laboratory.

Investigating prevention strategies for altered BRCA1-related breast cancers

Dr Sacha Howell

Dr Ross Chapman

Researching the potential of PLK inhibitors to treat breast cancer

Professor Ross Chapman

Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on breast cancer services in Northern Ireland

Professor Anna Gavin

Dr Ali Roghanian in the research lab standing in front of equipment

Understanding the communication between cancer cells and immune cells

Dr Ali Roghanian

Dr Nick Orr

Understanding how some genetic changes lead to breast cancer in men and women

Dr Nick Orr

Dr Hamid Ali in a research lab

Identifying who would benefit most from immunotherapy

Dr Hamid Ali

Combining drugs to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy

Dr Thomas A Hughes

Katarzyna, Olivia, Kate, Shirleny, Selin and Nichola, posing for a team photo together in white lab coats, with the laboratory in the background.

Genetic epidemiology team

Professor Olivia Fletcher

Rachael, a woman with shoulder length hair and brown eyes, Alejandro, with short dark hair, and dark framed glasses, a white BCN lab coat, smiling for portraits in a white lab coat, with the laboratory in the background.

The Catalyst Programme: Understanding the role of SF3B1 in breast cancer

Dr Rachael Natrajan

Professor Greg Hannon and his team of researchers. They are all sat in a brightly lit room in front of a window.

The Catalyst Programme: Understanding how breast cancer becomes resistant to treatments

Professor Greg Hannon

Professor Leonie Young

The Catalyst Programme: Testing if PARP inhibitors could be used to treat secondary breast cancer in the brain

Professor Leonie Young