Edinburgh Breast Unit Research Group Image Professor Mike Dixon OBE - Professor of Surgery and Consultant Surgeon Research in a NutshellEdinburgh Breast Unit Research Group aims to investigate the mechanisms of resistance to endocrine therapy in breast cancer and develop clinically-applicable approaches to identify patients who are at higher risk of disease progression or relapse. Research ProgrammePersonal ProfilePeople Professor J Michael Dixon OBEProfessor of Surgery and Consultant SurgeonDr Arran TurnbullAffiliate – Translational Oncology Research GroupDr Carlos Martinez-PerezAffiliate – Translational Oncology Research GroupLorna RenshawConsultant Nurse/NHSMonica McGillResearch CoordinatorCharlene KayPhD Student (co-supervised with Dr Arran Turnbull)Dhananjay KulkarniConsultant Breast Surgeon & PhD StudentSue HopeResearch & Ethics Coordinator and Admin SupportNatalie WilsonClinical Research Support (Affiliate – CRUK Tissue Group) Michael Dixon - Research Information CollaborationsProfessor Charles Perou, University of North Carolina Professor Lisa Carey, University of North Carolina Professor Bob Clarke, Hormel Institute Professor Val Brunton, University of EdinburghProfessor Igor Goryanin, University of EdinburghProfessor David Cameron, University of EdinburghDr Tak Kitamura, University of EdinburghDr Olga Oikonomidou, University of EdinburghDr Peter Hall, Cancer Informatics, University of EdinburghAstra ZenecaGenomic HealthPhilipsInnoSIGNDigistainAPIS TechnologiesWobble GenomicsMacromicsPartners and Funders (current)Breast Cancer NowBreast Cancer InstituteThe Urology FoundationRoyal Society of EdinburghTenovus ScotlandCSONHS Lothian CharityLen Thomson TrustJohn Black FoundationSULSANational Institute of Health (NIH) – Georgetown UniversityScientific ThemesBreast cancer, endocrine therapy, chemotherapy, prediction of treatment response, mechanisms of treatment resistance, cancer and stratified medicineTechnology ExpertiseRNA and DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, transcriptomics, mass spec, proteomics, spatial geomics, clinical, biomarkers selection and statistics This article was published on 2024-09-23
