Speakers

Plenary Session Speakers

Professor John Blenis
Biography to follow
Dame Deidre Hine
Biography
Professor Laurence Hurley
Biography
Professor Tim Maughan
Biography
Fiona Peel
Biography to follow
Professor Robert West
Biography
Professor Christopher Wood
Biography
Prof.Chris McGuigan
Biography
Prof. Laurence Moore
Biography to follow
Dr. Andrew Westwell
Biography
Libby Batt
Biography
Dr. Andrew Tee
Biography

 

Parallel Session Speakers

1. Cancer policy in Wales

  • Peter Black AM
  • Hywel Griffith (chair)
  • Helen Mary Jones AM
  • Harpal Kumar
  • Cath Lindley
  • Additional panel members to be confirmed

2. Genomic instability

  • Dr Duncan Baird (chair)
  • Dr Charles Patrick Case
  • Dr Edgar Hartsuiker
  • Dr Simon Reed (co-chair)
  • Proffered paper speakers to be confirmed

3. Clinical Trials Showcase

  • Professor Marc Buyse
  • Dr Simon Gollin
  • Gareth Griffiths (co-chair)
  • Professor Tim Maughan
  • Dr Simon Noble
  • Professor John Wagstaff (chair)

4. Palliative care: a patient orientated approach

  • Dr Rachael Addicott
  • Professor Alan Clarke (chair)
  • Sally Anstey
  • Dr Anthony Byrne
  • Stephanie Jones (chair)
  • Mel Lewis
  • Barbara Moore (co-chair)

5. Cell signaling and human cancer

  • Professor John Blenis (co-chair)
  • Professor Peter Downes
  • Professor Julian Sampson (chair)
  • Proffered paper speakers to be confirmed

6. Molecular Therapy

  • Dr Richard Adams (chair)
  • Professor Peter Barrett-Lee (co-chair)
  • Dr Dean Fennell
  • Dr Steven Hiscox

7. Drug discovery and development -
an introductory guide

  • Dr Andrea Brancale
  • Professor Alan Burnett
  • Professor Alan Clarke
  • Professor Chris McGuigan (chair)
  • Dr Andrew Westwell (co-chair)

8. Picture of cancer in Wales

  • Dr Ian Lewis (chair)
  • Professor Malcolm Mason
  • Dr Alexandra Murray
  • Prof. John Wagstaff
  • Dr Ceri White

9. Children and young people with cancer

  • Simon Morgan-Jones (chair)
  • Michele Pengelly (co-chair)
  • Additional speakers to be confirmed

10. Cancer survivorship

  • Ciarán Devane (chair)
  • additional speakers to be confirmed

11. Young Investigator Session

  • Professor Jeremy Cheadle (chair)
  • Dr Simon Reed (co-chair)
  • This session will highlight some of the most significant cancer research undertaken by junior investigators (Ph.D. students, post-doctoral scientists, M.D. students, nurses and other researchers) within Wales.

12. Immunology

  • Dr Steven Coles
  • Dr Stephen Man (chair)
  • Professor Paul Moss
  • Dr Chris Pepper (co-chair)

13. Cancer imaging: the UK and Wales versions

  • Dr Steve Daniels
  • Professor Malcolm Mason (chair)
  • additional speakers to be confirmed

14. Controversies in preventing and screening for cancers

  • Dr Hilary Fielder (chair)
  • Dr Rosemary Fox (co-chair)
  • Prof. Gareth Evans
  • Dr. Shantini Paranjothy
  • Dr Richard Roberts
  • This session will present research on the benefits and harms associated with public health interventions aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality from cancers