Virtual Conference Speakers 2021
Our 2021 Virtual Conference was held online from 24-26 March. It was a huge success, we wish to thank all of the speakers and participants for making it such a great event.
Below is our list of guest speakers and sponsors from the event.
Biomedical Speakers

Prof. Hellmut Augustin
Professor and Director; European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim of Heidelberg University and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Prof. Hans Clevers
MD and PhD from Utrecht University, Holland. He is Professor in Molecular Genetics at Utrecht University since 1991. He runs his lab in the Hubrecht Institute.

Dr. Seth Coffelt
Senior Research Fellow within the Institute of Cancer Sciences at the University of Glasgow

Prof. John Crown
Consultant Medical Oncologist, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Orla Dolan
Chief Executive Officer, Breakthrough Cancer Research

Prof. Jeff Evans
Professor of Translational Cancer Research & Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology, University of Glasgow and Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow

Prof. Dame Lesley Fallowfield
Director of SHORE-C

Dr. Miguel Reis Ferreira
Consultant in Head and Neck and Lower GI Cancers. Senior Clinical Lecturer, Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust. King's College London

Prof. Christian Frezza
Programme Leader in Cancer Metabolism, MRC Cancer Unit University of Cambridge

Prof. Alessandra Gennari
Associate Professor of Oncology at the University of Eastern Piedmont (UPO) Head of the Division of Oncology at Maggiore Hospital, Novara, IT. Head of the Laboratory of Immuno-Oncology at the UPO-CAAD Center for Immune and Allergic Diseases, Novara, IT.

Prof. Johanna Joyce
Professor at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and Full Member of the international Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research

Prof. Mark Lawler
Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Professor of Digital Health, and Chair in Translational Cancer Genomics, Queen's University Belfast (QUB)

Ms. Eibhlín Mulroe
CEO of the Cancer Trials Ireland

Dr. Robert O’Connor
Head of Research for the Irish Cancer Society

Dr. Mark Tangney
Principal Investigator within the Cork Cancer Research Centre in UCC, Senior Investigator at APC Microbiome Ireland, Director of the UCC SynBioCentre and interim Head of the iEd Hub

Dr. Bettina Ryll

Prof. Ravid Straussman
Principal Investigator at Weizmann Institute

Prof. Jacco van Rheenen
Senior group leader at the Oncode Institute Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam and full professor at the University Medical Center Utrecht

Prof. Karen Vousden
Professor of Cancer Biology, Director of The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow

Prof. Laurence Zitvogel
Group Leader of Tumour immunology and immunotherapy of cancer, Institut Gustave Roussy
Allied Health Professional Speakers

Mr. Peter Browne
Retired Producer and presenter RTÉ

Dr. Deirdre Connolly
Associate Professor, Director, MSc Cancer Survivorship, Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences

Dr. Susanne Cruickshank
Strategic Lead for Applied Health Research, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Dr. Paul D’Alton
Assoc Professor, School of Psychology, UCD, Head of Clinical Psychology, St Vincent’s University Hospital

Dr. Oonagh Griffin
Senior Pancreatic Cancer Dietitian, St Vincent’s University Hospital

Prof. AnnMarie Groarke
School of Psychology, Deputy Dean, College of Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway

Dr. Tina Hickey
Patient Advocate; Member of NCCP Survivorship Steering Group; Assoc. Prof. (Emeritus), School of Psychology UCD

Prof. Juliette Hussey
Prof. Juliette Hussey, Professor in Physiotherapy, Vice-President for Global Relations, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin

Dr. Jenny McSharry
Health Behaviour Change Research Group, National University of Ireland, Galway

Prof. Susan Moug
Academic colorectal and general surgeon in Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley

Dr. Isabell Scholl
Senior researcher and clinician at the Department of Medical Psychology of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.
Charity Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Educational Grants

EACR Free Membership
The IACR is an affiliated national society and its members benefit from full membership of the EACR.
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IACR 2023 Conference
Venue: Athlone Radisson Blu Hotel
Dates: Wed 22/02/2023 – Fri 24/02/2023
Please check back later in the year for more information.
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