INVITATION ONLY
If you are interested in attending, please contact Nathalie Kopecky, Programme Manager at [email protected]
We welcome applications from early-career, mid-career, established independent, and industry researchers working in cancer biology, biomedicine, analytical science, physical science, and engineering, as well as clinicians and health professionals.
This event will bring together engineers, cancer biologists and clinicians to explore the challenges and opportunities for early detection research, as highlighted in the CRUK Early Detection Roadmap. The event will also foster new interdisciplinary collaborations for early detection funding opportunities.
The programme will give an overview of interdisciplinary funding opportunities from CRUK and the Academy. It will also include a talk from scientists currently collaborating on a CRUK award. The rest of the programme will focus on networking so that the communities can connect with each other.
Programme
| 10.00am | Registration opens |
| 10.30am | Welcome address |
| 10.40am | Introduction to CRUK funding schemes |
| 11.00am |
Keynote presentation 'MAMMOBOT' A flexible robot for early breast cancer detection and intervention Dr Christos Bergeles, Associate Professor, King's College London |
| 11.30am |
Networking - rapid pitches Themed table discussions and opportunities to pitch your research. |
| 1.00pm |
Lunch |
| 2.00pm | Event ends |
Venue and Accessibility
It is very important to the Royal Academy of Engineering that our events are accessible to all. If you have any accessibility requirements, please contact the Events team at your earliest convenience so that necessary arrangements can be made. Contact details: [email protected]
Dr Christos Bergeles
Dr Christos Bergeles is Reader in Surgical Robotics at King’s College London. He is leading the Robotics and Vision in Medicine Lab, which develops micro-surgical robotics for navigation, diagnosis, and treatment deep inside the human body. Dr Bergeles was the recipient of an ERC Starting Grant (2017 – 2023), and NIHR Invention for Innovation Funding (2017 – 2020, 2022 – 2025). He is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Senior Member.
Dr Stamatia Giannarou
Dr Stamatia Giannarou is a Royal Society University Research Fellow and she is leading the Cognitive Vision in Robotic Surgery research group at the Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, UK. Her work focuses on developing computer vision and Artificial Intelligence techniques for intraoperative surgical navigation and tissue characterisation during robot-assisted operations. Her research has received international awards and she has attracted funding from the Royal Society, EPSRC, CRUK and NIHR.
Talisia Quallo
Talisia Quallo is a Research Programme Manager in Early Detection and Diagnosis at Cancer Research UK where she leads on several strategic initiatives in early detection and diagnosis research. Talisia has a PhD in neuroscience from King's College London and after finishing her postdoctoral research she worked for the Medical Research Council, before joining Cancer Research UK in 2020. Talisia is passionate about building a multidisciplinary community of researchers interested in applying their skills to advance earlier detection of cancer and to helping progress the development of innovative diagnostic technologies.
Joanna Janus
Joanna Janus recently joined Cancer Research UK as a Research Programme Manager in Early Detection and Prevention. Her responsibilities include clinical trials and health systems research relevant to cancer early detection, as well as helping implement CRUK’s new prevention research strategy. Joanna has a PhD in cancer cell biology from Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (QMUL) and prior to joining CRUK worked as a Biomedical Science Policy Analyst at the PHG Foundation, assessing the potential of new genomics-based technologies for use in healthcare.