Bench-to-Bedside Graduate Mentorship

The Bench-to-Bedside Mentoring Programme for MSc and early PhD students is an interdisciplinary programme between the Cancer Institute and the Division of Surgery.

Bench-to-Bedside Mentorship Programme

The MSc Bench-to-Bedside Mentoring Programme is an interdisciplinary programme between the Division of Cancer and the Division of Surgery and Interventional Science.

It aims to familiarise current and prospective MSc and junior PhD students who are planning to undertake a laboratory-based dissertation project with the clinical side of research and to realise the translational potential of their research work.

Participating students will have a chance to interact with faculty and clinicians, providing a platform for discussing ideas and for fostering peer-to-peer mentorship opportunities.

How to get involved in the Bench-to-Bedside Mentoring Programme?

The programme is open to all current and prospective MSc and PhD students in the UCL Cancer Institute and the Division of Surgery and Interventional Science.

Please contact the respective MSc/PhD teaching teams or your graduate tutor for any questions about the programme.

To register your interest to become a faculty member and participate in the mentoring programme, please contact m.lechner@ucl.ac.uk.

B2B mentorship committee

  • John Hartley, PhD
  • Hannah Warren, BSc MSc MBBS MRCS (co-chair)
  • Matt Lechner, MD PhD (co-chair)
  • Jacklyn Liu, BSc MSc
  • Umar Rehman BMBS, MSc, MRCS (Eng)
  • Lucia Cottone, PhD
  • Eirini Velliou, PhD
  • Pippa Bark-Williams, PhD
  • Nnenna Kanu, PhD
  • Yasmin Morris, PhD
  • Gavin Jell, PhD
  • Hazel Welch, PhD
  • John Counsell, PhD
  • Nikoleta Nomikou, PhD
  • Maxine Tran, MBBS BSc (hons) PhD FRCS (urol)

Feedback from the 2019/2020 programme

The mentoring sessions provided me with clear guidance and direction with regards to my aspiration to pursue graduate medicine. Engaging with medics - from junior doctors to consultants - afforded me crucial insight into the roles played at each professional level of medicine. The bench-to-bedside mentoring sessions provide an open space to ask questions and discuss interesting ideas regarding cancer research and translational medicine, which Matt always enthusiastically welcomes!

Many thanks to our past faculty and mentors of the UCL-CI programme

  • Oscar Emanuel, MBBS
  • John Hartley, PhD (co-founder)
  • Oliver Jones, MBBS
  • Jacklyn Liu, BSc MSc
  • Matt Lechner, MD PhD (co-founder)
  • Charlotte Murkin, MBBS
  • Adam Paige, PhD (co-founder)
  • Shruti Patel, BSc MSc