I am an academic specialty trainee in oral and maxillo-facial surgery having been awarded the 2022 Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) Research Fellowship. I am committed to pursuing excellence in a career as an academic surgeon. I am motivated by the pursuit of scientific knowledge to improve our understanding of head & neck (H&N) cancer and outcomes for patients, as well as my career goal to establish an academic grounding more broadly in maxillo-facial surgery.
Working under the mentorship of Prof. Richard Shaw and Mr Andrew Schache (Liverpool Head & Neck Centre, University of Liverpool) over the last several years has allowed me to develop a particular research interest in oral epithelial dysplasia (OED) and oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) with a view of early detection and prevention. My current work is focussing on exploring the multi-omic determinants of malignant transformation in oral epithelial dysplasia and benefits from a supervisory collaboration between Prof. Serena Nik-Zainal and the Liverpool Head & Neck Centre.
Prof. Serena Nik-Zainal
Early Cancer Institute
University of Cambridge
Hutchison Research Centre
Box 197
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge
United Kingdom
CB2 0XZ