59th Annual Conference Speakers
IACR Award for Outstanding Contribution to Cancer Medicine and Research
Prof. Elaine Kay
Consultant Histopathologist, RCSI/Beaumont
Professor Elaine Kay graduated from medical school in TCD, Dublin and qualified as a surgeon before becoming a histopathologist. She worked as a Consultant Histopathologist in Beaumont Hospital/RCSI Dublin.
Her area of special interest was in the field of oncology, particularly breast, prostate and gastrointestinal malignancies and has published widely in the field, promoting the role of histopathology in human disease research and the value of multidisciplinary collaboration.
Irish Cancer Society Guest Lecturer
Prof. Peter J. O’Dwyer
Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Co-Chair ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
Peter J. O’Dwyer, MD, is a GI medical oncologist, Group Co-Chair of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, and professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Within ECOG-ACRIN, he co-chairs the landmark NCI-MATCH precision medicine cancer trial, and is the CEO and Chair of PrECOG.
Dr. O’Dwyer received his medical degree at the University of Dublin, Trinity College. Dr. O’Dwyer has published over 350 scientific papers, and participates in numerous national and international organizations.
Biomedical Session Speakers
Prof. René Bernards
Professor of molecular carcinogenesis at the Netherlands Cancer Institute
Dr. Frances Drummond
Research Manager at Breakthrough Cancer Research
Dr. Philip Dunne
Reader in Molecular Pathology at Queen’s University Belfast and a Group Leader at the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Beatson Institute in Glasgow
Prof. Richard J. Gilbertson FRS
Li Ka Shing Chair and Head of Department of Oncology Director, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, University of Cambridge
Prof. William Jacot, MD, PhD
Head of the Translational Research Department at the ICM Val d’Aurelle Cancer Institute of Montpellier in France
Dr. Claire Kilty
Acting Head of Research, Irish Cancer Society
Prof. Johan Lundin
Professor of Medical Technology at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm and a Research Director at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki
Ms. Aoife Ni Mhuiri
CEO/Founder, Salaso
Prof. Catherine O’Brien
Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at University Health Network, and a Senior Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Center
Dr. Edwin Roger Parra Cuentas
Associate Professor and Director of the Multiplex Immunofluorescence and Image Analysis Laboratory in the Department of Translational Molecular Pathology at The University of Texas
Prof. Bente Klarlund Pedersen
Professor of Integrative Medicine, a specialist in infectious diseases and internal medicine and chief physician at Copenhagen University Hospital – Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Prof. Ruth Travis
Professor of Epidemiology, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford
Prof. David A. Wink
American Association for Advancement of Science Fellow, Deputy Chief, Cancer Innovation Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, NIH
Prof. Wilbert Zwart
Chair of the NKI Translational Research Board, Netherlands Cancer Institute
Survivorship Session Speakers
Isaiah Gitonga
Psycho-Oncology Researcher and Teaching Assistant at Maynooth University
Dr. Suzanne Guerin
Professor of Research Design + Analysis and Head of School at the UCD School of Psychology
Dr. Amanda Kracen
Associate Professor in Psychology at the National College of Ireland in Dublin, and Coordinator of the Irish Psycho-Social Oncology Network (IPSON)
Dr. Clíona Ni Cheallaigh
Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine, TCD and a Consultant in Infectious Diseases and General Medicine in St James’s Hospital, Dublin
Elaine Quinn
Manager of the Patient Voice in Cancer Research and Institute Manager (Communications & Education) at UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular + Biomedical Research
Junior Council Session Speakers
Dr. Emma Dorris
Programme manager for PPI Ignite Network @ UCD
Dr Anne Forde
Careers Consultant for Life Science Postdocs, Careers Service, University of Cambridge
Dr. Ashleigh Hamilton
Academic Clinical Lecturer in the Centre for Public Health, QUB
Mr. Aidan McCormick
Chairperson of NI Cancer Research Consumer Forum (NICRCF). PPI Member of QUB PPI Network, NI Cancer Trials Network (NICTN) and All-Island Cancer Research Institute (AICRI).
Dr. Arman Rahman
Assistant Professor in the UCD School of Medicine. Principal Investigator in the Cancer Biology and Therapeutics Laboratory. Co-organiser of POI’s Invisible Spectrum program.
Mary Roche
Career, Executive and Transformational Life Coach and Facilitator
Prof. Patrick G. Johnston Award for Excellence in Cancer Research Outreach
Wed, 22 February 2023, 18:15 – 19:15
Six early career researchers have been selected based on their lay abstract submissions to IACR 2023. Those selected will take part in a patient communication workshop prior to IACR 2023 and will prepare a lay presentation on their work. Presentations will be delivered to peers and a lay audience at The Patrick G. Johnston Award for Excellence in Cancer Research. The winner is chosen by the audience and judging panel. Every year the event is open to the public.
Charlotte Andrieu
DCU
Charlotte is a postdoctoral researcher in bioinformatics and cancer genomics. She works in Assoc. Prof. Naomi Walsh's lab in Dublin City University. Her research involves exploring the clinical potential of in vitro cancer models and their impact on personalised medicine.
Christina Cahill
Trinity St James's Cancer Institute
My name is Christina and I am a fourth year PhD student from Kildare. I graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 2018 with a BA in Molecular Medicine. Following my undergraduate degree, I worked as a research assistant before beginning my PhD in 2020 in Trinity St. James’s Cancer Institute. Here I work with Dr. Niamh Lynam-Lennon and Prof. Jacintha O’Sullivan in the Department of Surgery to investigate the role of microRNA in the treatment response of oesophageal and gastric cancer.
David Hackett
TCD
My name is David Hackett, and I'm a second year PhD student from Kildare. I graduated with a BSc in Pharmacology from University College Dublin in 2022. During my undergraduate studies, I undertook an Erasmus semester at the University of Copenhagen, where I worked within a translational cancer research group. This experience marked the true beginning of my passion for cancer research. I was awarded the Musgrave Breakthrough Cancer Research PhD scholarship in 2022 to undertake a PhD with Dr. Stephen Maher and Dr. Adriele Prina-Mello at Trinity College Dublin. My project focuses on exploring the potential of a new type of synthetic genetic drug to enhance the effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiotherapy in pancreatic cancer.
Faye Lewis
TCD
My name is Faye, and I am a second year PhD student from County Laois. I completed a B.A. (Mod) in Physiology and M.Sc. in Immunology in Trinity College Dublin. After completing my master’s degree, I started my PhD in the Trinity Centre for Health Sciences on the St. James’s Hospital campus. I work in the area of gynaecological oncology, focusing on the clinical utility of liquid biopsies in ovarian cancers.
Niamh McAuley
RCSI
My name is Niamh and I am a second year PhD student at RCSI. I graduated from TUD in 2021 with a BSc in Pharmaceutical Healthcare. Following this I worked as a research assistant developing my skills in the laboratory with Dr. Sinead Toomey. In late 2022 I began my PhD in cancer research, supervised by Prof. Ann Hopkins and Prof. Siobhan Glavey. My project focuses on designing and testing new drugs for potential use in Multiple Myeloma (MM). MM is an incurable blood cancer which is unfamiliar to most people. Accordingly, one aspect of this project that I am most passionate about is spreading MM awareness in our community. To achieve this goal, our group and a patient panel co-created a lay-friendly MM booklet for distribution to hospitals and GP surgeries across the country.
Niamh Scully
RCSI
My name is Niamh, and I am a 2nd year PhD student in the Royal College of Surgeons. I graduated with an MSc in Molecular Medicine from Trinity College Dublin in 2021. I then worked as a chemical analyst in an industrial chemical engineering company called Schlotter for one year before beginning my PhD studies in September 2022. I work with Professor Brona Murphy in the department of Physiology & Medical Physics, where we focus on investigating the effects the hypoxic tumour microenvironment has on drug response and disease behaviour in a clinically relevant 3D model of a complex brain tumour called Glioblastoma.
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