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Our research projects

A trial investigating the link between muscle loss and the severity of chemo side effects in secondary breast cancer

Professor Ellen Copson
Finding ways to make triple negative breast cancer more sensitive to chemotherapy

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

Professor Gary Cook
Investigating prevention strategies for altered BRCA1-related breast cancers

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

Professor Anna Gavin
Understanding the communication between cancer cells and immune cells

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

Dr Nick Orr
Identifying who would benefit most from immunotherapy

Dr Hamid Ali
Combining drugs to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy

Dr Thomas A Hughes
The Catalyst Programme: Understanding the role of SF3B1 in breast cancer

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

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

Professor Leonie Young