Category: Academy fellows

Dr Charles Earnshaw

OverviewCohort: 4PhD start date: October 2020Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. With more than 16,000 cases annually, it is the fifth most common cancer in the UK.Despite recent breakthroughs with treatments that harness the anti-tumour function of the...

Dr Hannah Crane

OverviewCohort: 4PhD Start Date: 1 September 2020I graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2014 and my interest in research was initially sparked while undertaking a research project during an intercalated BMedSci.I subsequently completed Dental Foundation...

Dr Tony Sorial

OverviewCohort: 4PhD start date: 5 August 2020I am an academic orthopaedic surgeon with a focus on arthritis and ageing research.I undertook undergraduate training (MBChB - Medicine and Surgery, MSc - Tissue Engineering for Regenerative Medicine) at The University of...

Dr Adhithya Sankar

OverviewI graduated from The University of Sheffield, where I completed an intercalated BMedSci research degree investigating microvascular complications in diabetes.I subsequently completed an Academic Foundation Programme in Central Manchester and soon after secured...

Dr Elizabeth Poyner

OverviewMy interest in immunology research started as a medical student, leading to me doing an intercalated master's degree in Immunobiology at Newcastle University.During this I completed a research project investigating the differentiation of human Th17 cells, and...

Dr Hugo Penny

OverviewI graduated from The University of Manchester with a First Class Joint Honours Degree in Pharmacology and Physiology and then went on to study medicine at King's College London. I graduated with a Distinction in Medical Sciences in 2012.I have since completed...

Dr Clare Muir

OverviewI graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2011 and subsequently volunteered overseas as a veterinarian before working in small animal critical care.I then joined a 4 year specialty training programme in veterinary anatomic pathology at the Royal...

Dr Christopher Jones

OverviewI graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2013 with the Vice Chancellor's Prize. I was enthused by research throughout my undergraduate studies and undertook a number of funded research internships, including at Harvard University, MRC Harwell and the...

Dr Philip Brown

OverviewI graduated with a BMedSci (Hons) from Aberdeen University in 2011.I undertook an Academic Foundation post at South Tees NHS Trust and Newcastle University before continuing as a NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow with Newcastle University and Health Education...

Dr Sunayna Best

OverviewI graduated from University College London Medical School with Distinction in 2012. I undertook an Intercalated BSc in Human Genetics at UCL in 2009, and an MSc in Genomic Medicine at Imperial College London in 2016.I completed the Academic Foundation...