UCL World Cancer Day Public Lecture

Professor Jasmin Fisher is a professor of Computational Biology. Fisher lab develops bespoke computer-based mechanistic models and analysis techniques to study cancer evolution and mechanisms of therapy resistance to identify better personalised treatments for cancer patients.

Simon Walker-Samuel is a Professor of Biophysics and Imaging at University College London, Vice Dean for Research in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, and Co-Directs the Centre for Computational Medicine, where his work focuses on developing and validating digital twins, particularly in cancers and retinas. With a background training in physics, his research aims to integrate modelling, imaging, and data to improve diagnosis, stratification and treatment outcomes.

Dr Maciocia is a Clinician Scientist at UCL and Honorary Consultant Haematologist at UCLH, specialising in cellular therapies and bone marrow transplantation. Her research centres on developing CAR-T cell therapies for blood cancers. She completed her PhD in Dr Martin Pule's laboratory at UCL in 2022, developing anti-CD21 CAR-T cells, finished her clinical training as an NIHR Clinical Lecturer and currently serves as Senior Clinical Research Fellow in the UCL CAR-T cell programme.

Catarina Veiga is an Associate Professor at UCL and Principal Investigator of the Paediatric Radiotherapy and Imaging (PRIma) group. With training in physics, medical physics, and a PhD in image analysis for adaptive radiotherapy, she leads an interdisciplinary team spanning imaging, engineering, and oncology. Their research advances imaging, analysis, and simulation technologies to improve radiotherapy precision and reduce side effects, with a strong focus on paediatric cancer treatment.