Funding successes: Q3 2026 (July-September)
Well done to all Principal Investigators and teams in the Department who have recently been awarded research grants. Here is our quarterly round-up of funding successes.* (more…)
Author: Benjie Coleman
ESMO Gastrointestinal Cancers Congress 2025 winners
S&C is proud to have had several winners at the ESMO Gastrointestinal Cancers Congress 2025.
Congratulations to Dr. Pasquale Lombardi on winning the Merit Travel Grant and Best Abstract Award.
Congratulations to Dr. Aria Torkpour on winning the Merit Travel Grant and Best Abstract Award.
Congratulations to Dr. Leonardo Brunetti on winning the Merit Travel Grant.
Prof Brendan Delaney’s new roles
Congratulations to S&C’s Prof Brendan Delaney on his two new roles at Imperial. He becomes a formal member of IX and Chair of the Faculty of Medicine’s new AI in Healthcare Committee. He expands on these new roles beow. (more…)
A New Approach to Early Ovarian Cancer Detection: Professor James M.Flanagan Presents Cancer Loyalty Card Study (CLOCS) at Park Life Café
On a warm Thursday evening, July 11th, 2024, the Park Life café in Harrow buzzed with excitement as residents gathered for the instalment of a groundbreaking medical talk series. This event, part of an ongoing partnership between Imperial College London and the café, showcased Prof. James Flanagan’s presentation on the innovative Cancer Loyalty Card Study (CLOCS).
Global Collaboration: Sharing Sleep Research Findings in South Korea
Dr Raha West, from the Division of Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care, discusses her recent global collaboration with the Korean Institute of Oriental Medicine on a study investigating the effect of sleep on brain performance, the resulting publication and presenting the findings at a conference in South Korea.
MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship Success
Congratulations to Dominic Marshall, a Clinical Research Fellow in AMPIC, who has been successfully awarded an MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship for his PhD titled “Identification of Novel Phenotypes of Acute Lung Injury using Multimodal Longitudinal data”.
In this blog, he shares what he learned from the application process and what he would advise others applying for similar awards. (more…)
New NIHR Incubator for Paediatric Critical Care at Imperial
S&C’s Dr Padmanabhan Ramnarayan (Ram), Reader in Paediatric Critical Care was successful in obtaining funding to set up a new NIHR Incubator in paediatric critical care. (more…)
International collaboration to investigate sleep patterns and cognitive function
APMIC welcomed collaborators from the Korean Institute of Oriental Medicine to discuss how sleep patterns are associated with cognitive function. (more…)
EuroELSO grant success
International Women’s Day 2022 – Professor Gina Brown discusses challenging gender bias
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2022, we sat down S&C’s Professor Gina Brown to discuss her career, female role models and challenging gender bias. (more…)
Dr Amelia Seifalian wins 2022 Young Innovator Award
Congratulations to S&C’s Dr Amelia Seifalian who won the 2022 Young Innovator award from Innovate UK.
Professor Sir Huw Thomas made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Congratulations to Surgery and Cancer’s Professor Sir Huw Thomas, Head of the Medical Household and Physician to the Queen, who was made Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order at Windsor Castle by the Queen. (more…)
Dr Caroline Alexander awarded a Professor of Practice (Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy)
Congratulations to Surgery and Cancer’s and Healthcare Professional Academic Group (HPAG) Faculty member Dr. Caroline Alexander on being awarded a Professor of Practice. We had the opportunity to do a quick interview with her and find out how she was feeling about her promotion.
Becoming a senior academic in S&C – Professor Eric Aboagye
Professor Hector Keun talks to Professor Eric Aboagye about his career journey and becoming a Professor of Cancer Pharmacology & Molecular Imaging at Imperial College London’s Department of Surgery and Cancer.
In this wide-ranging interview, Professor Aboagye discusses his own journey, initially moving from Ghana to Scotland to study pharmaceutical sciences and cancer research, and then spending time in America before coming to Imperial. Touching on issues around discrimination in academia, unconscious bias, and improving representation, he also offers important advice, based on his own experiences, for those moving from postdoc towards their first academic position.
S&C success at the President’s Awards Ceremony 2021
Huge congratulations to all the S&C staff who were successfully recognised at the President’s Awards Ceremony 2021.
S&C fellow wins 2021 Conquer Cancer Merit Award
Congratulations to Mark Lythgoe, Clinical Research Fellow in the Division of Cancer, for receiving the 2021 Conquer Cancer Merit Award, given for his abstract on disparities in cancer drug medicine regulatory approvals between regulators, which was submitted to the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting. (more…)