The Department of Women’s Cancer, headed by Dr Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, has an exceptionally talented group of academics and clinicians dedicated to the Department’s mission which is to conduct multidisciplinary research into women specific cancers, to create clinical interventions and to extend disease knowledge so that fewer women receive a cancer diagnosis and treatment and quality of life are improved for those who do.
In order to achieve this, we are not only a tertiary referral centre for gynaecological cancers treating between 400 and 500 women with primary gynaecological cancers but we also have developed an integrated research pathway including all women specific cancers for risk stratification, prevention, early detection and diagnosis, which incorporates clinical, epidemiological, genetic, epigenetic, proteomic, symptom and imaging data, and applies them to populations.
Academic Staff
| Dr Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj | Principal Research Fellow / Head of Department |
|---|---|
| Dr Filipe Correia Martins | Associate Clinical Professor/Honorary Consultant in Women’s Cancer |
| Prof Martin Widschwendter | Professor in Women’s Cancer (Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist) |
| Prof Alexey Zaikin | Chair in Applied Mathematics and Computational Biomedicine |
| Dr Dan Reisel | Senior Clinical Research Fellow |
| Dr Iona Evans | Research Associate |
| Ms Allison Jones | Research Associate |
| Prof Anne Lanceley | Professor Emerita |
Research Centres
Translational Research Centre
The Translational Research Centre within the Department of Women’s Cancer, IfWH, has a specialist interest in increasing understanding of the development of women specific cancer.
Centre for Early Detection and Innovation (CEDI)
CEDI works across disciplines to tackle the pressing challenges in the prevention and early detection of women's cancers through research, education and collaboration
Centre for WomEn’s CAncer Research: Evolution and Interception (WE CARE Centre)
The WE CARE Centre uses a multidisciplinary approach to study how women’s cancers evolve and to develop better methods for their diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
Patient Care Research Group
This initiative began in 2008 to help integrate psychosocial research into the work of the Department of Women’s Cancer. Close collaboration between Anne and her Consultant Clinical Psychologist colle
Systems Medicine
Our major research themes are the identification of cancer biomarkers and understanding the molecular basis of carcinogenesis through the application of quantitative proteomic technologies
Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre
This Group has its origins in the mid-1980s at The Royal London Medical School where Professor Ian Jacobs set up the first large scale ovarian cancer screening trials in the UK.
Current Research Students
Explore the list of research students within our Research Department of Women's Cancer and visit their profiles.
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