Sheffield Cancer Research Away Day 2024

Do you work in cancer research at the University of Sheffield? Or, are you a University of Sheffield researcher and interested in meeting others in the field?
Join us to build an interdisciplinary cancer research community at Sheffield to deliver the university’s cancer research strategy.  Last year, colleagues from over 20 departments registered from across all faculties of the university. 

Agenda:

9-9.30am Arrivals, networking, tea and coffee on arrival

9.30 Welcome to the Sheffield Cancer Research Away Day – Prof Paul Hatton

9.35 The University of Sheffield Cancer Research Strategy – Prof Jim Catto

9.45 Successful applicants to Yorkshire Cancer Research Sheffield Pioneers & More Life to Live funding schemes

• Dr Matthew Kurien (Clinical Medicine) & Prof Daniel Hind (Pop Health): Early DETECTion of ColoRectal Cancer in Yorkshire (DETECT-CRC): Feasibility study assessing active case finding of colorectal cancer in socio-economically deprived areas (More Life to Live award)

• Dr Greg Wells (Clinical Medicine) (co-CI Sarah Danson): EVIDENT: Ex VIvo DEtermined CaNcer Therapy Clinical validation (Programme Award)

• Dr Kyra Campbell (Biosciences): Developing a whole animal screening platform for compounds targeting metastatic cancer (Pump-priming Award)

• Dr Dawn Walker (Computer Science): Electric Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) and machine learning-based decision support system for early diagnosis of oral cancer (Project Award)

10.25 Breakout sessions – cancer research theme-based

• Cancer prevention and early diagnosis – facilitated by Dr Caroline Mitchell

• Digital health, big data, advanced diagnostic technologies and rethinking the delivery of cancer care – facilitated by Prof Jim Catto

• Translational and precision cancer medicine – facilitated by Prof Munitta Muthana

• Improving the outcomes for cancer patients – facilitated by Profs Ingunn Holen & Sarah Danson

• Enhancing patient experience and voice – facilitated by Drs Catriona Mayland & Stefania Vicari

11.15 BREAK and networking

11.45 Successful applicants to Yorkshire Cancer Research Sheffield Pioneers & More Life to Live funding schemes

• Prof Penny Ottewell (Clinical Medicine): Improving outcome for premenopausal women with triple negative breast cancer; synergistic effects of bisphosphonates and immune checkpoint inhibitors (Project Award)

• Dr Anestis Tsakiridis (Biosciences): Development of a human pluripotent stem cell-based platform for dissecting tumour initiation (Project Award)

• Prof Janet Brown (Clinical Medicine): Empowerment of patients and clinicians in the management of immunotherapy toxicity through a new digital care pathway. E-IMMUNE (Programme Award)

12.15 LUNCH

1.25 How can social science inform improvements for patients and services? Prof Karen Lowton, Professor of Sociology, University of Sussex

2.05 Breakout sessions

• The past, present and future of bioinformatics and data analysis support for cancer at the University of Sheffield – Dr Mark Dunning

• Cancer vaccines – Profs Sarah Danson & Munitta Muthana

• Fellows’ College and benefits for wider cancer research community – Dr Ruth Thompson

• Grantsmanship for cancer research including YCR ringfenced funding – Prof Tim Skerry, supported by Zoe Lingard

2.45 BREAK and networking

3.05 Feedback key messages from breakouts to the whole meeting

3.20 Democratising Single-molecule Spectroscopy: From research instrumentation to medical diagnostics (and how to make money along the way) – Dr Tim Craggs Senior Lecturer and CEO at Exciting Instruments

3.45 One University: Embedding sustainability in research – Prof Rachael Rothman, Academic Lead for Sustainability

4.10 Closing remarks – Prof Jim Catto

4.15 Close

4.15 to 5.30ish Drinks reception (alcohol & non-alcohol options available)

You are welcome to join as a University of Sheffield staff member, honorary member of staff, PhD student or NHS-based member of staff in Sheffield with an interest in cancer research at the university, as well as those who support cancer researchers at the university or within the NHS.  If you are based in another university and collaborate with colleagues here at Sheffield, you are also welcome to join.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Please inform us of any dietary requirements when you register.

On behalf of Sheffield cancer research theme leads: Jim Catto, Nick Latimer, Caroline Mitchell, Munitta Muthana, Ingunn Holen, Sarah Danson, Stefania Vicari and Catriona Mayland 

Please direct any queries on the day itself to Rachel Corcoran, Cancer research strategy manager, in the first instance via cancer_research@sheffield.ac.uk.