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Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
I am a Brain Research UK Fellow in the School of Medicine. I obtained my PhD in Medicine from the University of Nottingham between 2017 and 2021 in the Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre (CBTRC), following successful completion of an Oncology Masters of Research program at the University of Nottingham from 2016 to 2017. I undertook my first Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Pathology from 2021 to 2023. From 2023 to 2025 I was a Postdoc in the School of Life Sciences.
My research has mainly been dominated by an interest in extracellular vesicles. I began my research career investigating the role of extracellular vesicles in the most prevalent malignant pediatric brain tumor, medulloblastoma. I aimed to understand their role in metastasis and how extracellular vesicles could be exploited as biomarkers to characterise disease and inform clinical phenotypes. At the University of Cambridge I worked on bioengineering small extracellular vesicles as a novel platform for effective SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development- this work was in partnership with Exosis Inc, Florida (https://www.exosis.com/).
My current research is focused on identifying EV biomarkers for paediatric brain tumours and exploring novel vaccine development using EVs.
Cancer Sciences Undergraduate Supervisor
Co-supervisor of two Neuroscience MRes students
Bench supervised three BBSRC rotation students (6-week periods)
Designed and supported a summer internship project student (8-week period)
Invited lecturer on peadiatric brain tumour course for BMedSci undergraduates
Invited external examiner for MRes project reports at The University of Aston
University of NottinghamMedical School Nottingham, NG7 2UH
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