Cancer Studies (Research Division)

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MPhil/PhD, option of joint PhD with HKU

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Part Time, Full Time

Medicine graduate class
RESEARCH PROFILE
2008 RAE Result: 67% of research outputs from the Division were rated as world leading or internationally excellent.
Research income: over £7 million in 2009-10
Current number of academic staff: 40
Current number of research students: PhD 24 FT, 21 PT

Recent publications:
  • PKC maturation is promoted by nucleotide pocket occupation independently of intrinsic kinase activity. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2009 May 24. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Integrating receptor signal inputs that influence small Rho GTPase activation dynamics at the immunological synapse. Mol Cell Biol. 2009 Jun;29(11):2997-3006. Epub 2009 Mar 23
  • Inequalities in the incidence of cervical cancer in South East England 2001-2005: an investigation of population risk factors. BMC Public Health. 2009 Feb 20;9:62
  • Inhibitors of poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) induce apoptosis of myeloid leukemic cells: potential for therapy of myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes. Haematologica. 2009 May;94(5):638-46.
  • Meeting information needs of patients with incurable progressive disease and their families in South Africa and Uganda: multicentre qualitative study. BMJ. 2009 Apr 22;338:b1326. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b1326.
  • Oral poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor olaparib in patients with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations and advanced breast cancer: a proof-of-concept trial. Lancet. 2010 Jul 24;376(9737):235-44. Epub 2010 Jul 6.

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KEY FACTS
Head of group/division
Professor Peter Parker FRS
Duration
Expected to be: usually three years full-time or up to six years part-time. Enrolment is available in October, January, April and July each year.
Location
Guy's and Denmark Hill Campuses.
Student destinations
Over 85 per cent of students under the primary supervision of Divisional staff continued in academic and medical research taking Post-Doctoral or more senior positions (MD/PhDs). The remaining students have taken commercial positions.
Year of entry 2012
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