Women's Health
The Women's Health Research Theme includes the following sub-groups:
- Pregnancy complications and fetal development
- Cancer genetics and epigenetics
- Developmental genetics and epigenetics
- Imaging and diagnostics
- Stem cells and regenerative medicine
Principal Investigators in this theme:
Name: Dr Catherine Aiken
Topic: metabolism in pregnancy reproductive aging developmental programming
Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology
Department: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Email: cema2@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-catherine-aiken/
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Antonis Antoniou
Topic: Cancer genetic epidemiology, cancer risk modelling, genetic epidemiology of BRCA1, BRCA2 and other cancer susceptibility genes
Themes:
Department: Public Health and Primary Care
Email: aca20@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://ccge.medschl.cam.ac.uk/antonis-antoniou/
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Irving Aye
Topic: Metabolic control of epigenetics during early placental development
Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology
Department: Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Email: Ia319@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Website: Ayelaboratory.com
Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome
Name: Professor James Brenton
Topic: Ovarian cancer prognostic markers predictive markers bioinformaticsexpression profiling clinical trial design using molecular end points
Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health, Clinical Science
Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute)
Email: james.brenton@cruk.cam.ac.uk
Website: http://www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/research-groups/brenton-group
Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome
Name: Professor Carlos Caldas
Topic: Breast cancer; genomics proteomics metabolomics and bioinformatics
Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health
Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute)
Email: Carlos.Caldas@cruk.cam.ac.uk
Website: http://www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/research-groups/caldas-group
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor D Stephen Charnock-Jones
Topic: Placental development high throughput sequencing genomics regulation of endothelial cell function in health and disease translational research
Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health, Clinical Science
Department: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Email: dscj1@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/professor-steve-charnock-jones/
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor of Comparative Cognition, Fellow of the Royal Society Nicola Clayton
Topic: Comparative Cognition in Crows, Cuttlefish, Children and Humans
Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Women's Health
Department: Psychology
Email: nsc22@cam.ac.uk
Website:
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Nick Coleman
Topic: Human papillomaviruses
Themes: Molecules and Cells, Women's Health
Department: Department of Pathology (Molecular Histopathology Division)
Email: nc109@cam.ac.uk
Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/nick-coleman
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Francesco Colucci
Topic: Immunology of reproduction, Infections, Cancer
Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health, Clinical Science
Department: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Email: fc287@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-francesco-colucci/
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Miguel Constancia
Topic: Epigenetics in health and disease
Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology
Department: Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Metabolic Research Laboratories (MRL)
Email: jmasmc2@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-miguel-constancia
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Emma Davenport
Topic: Functional Genomics
Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health
Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute
Email: ed5@sanger.ac.uk
Website: www.davenportlab.com
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Laura Dearden
Topic: Impact of nutrition in pregnancy on mother and baby hypothalamus
Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology
Department: Institute of Metabolic Science
Email: ld454@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-laura-dearden
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Douglas Easton
Topic: Genetic epidemiology (especially cancer) and statistical genetics
Themes: Cancer, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health
Department: Public Health and Primary Care
Email: dfe20@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/centre-for-cancer-genetic-epidemiology-people/ccge-senior-academic-staff/prof-douglas-easton/
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith
Topic: Mammalian developmental genetics and epigenetics
Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health
Department: Department of Genetics
Email: afsmith@gen.cam.ac.uk
Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/anne-ferguson-smith
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Alison Forhead
Topic: Endocrine control of fetal development and maturation
Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology
Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Email: ajf1005@cam.ac.uk
Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/forhead/
Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Professor Abigail Fowden
Topic: Fetal and placental physiology
Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology
Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Email: alf1000@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/abigail-fowden
Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Professor Fiona Gilbert
Topic: Breast and Oncology Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging, Women's Health
Department: Department of Radiology
Email: fjg28@cam.ac.uk
Website: http://radiology.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/departmental-staff/academic-staff/professor-fiona-j-gilbert/
Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome
Name: Professor Susan Golombok
Topic: New family forms; parent-child relationships
Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health
Department: Department of Psychology (Centre for Family Research)
Email: seg42@cam.ac.uk
Website: http://www.cfr.cam.ac.uk/directory/SusanGolombok
Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Dr Brian Hendrich
Topic: Transcriptional control of stem cell fate
Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health
Department: Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Email: bdh24@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/hendrich
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Allan Herbison
Topic: Neural control of fertility
Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health
Department: PDN
Email: aeh36@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/allan-herbison
Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome
Name: Professor Melissa Hines
Topic: Gonadal hormone and socialization influences on human brain and behaviour across the lifespan
Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health
Department: Psychology
Email: mh504@cam.ac.uk
Website: http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/people/mh504@cam.ac.uk
Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Dr Siddhartha Kar
Topic: cancer epidemiology, cancer genetic epidemiology, statistical genetics, clonal haematopoiesis
Themes: Cancer, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health
Department: Oncology
Email: sk718@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.earlycancer.cam.ac.uk/dr-siddhartha-kar
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Susan Ozanne
Topic: Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology
Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Email: seo10@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-susan-ozanne
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Roger Pedersen
Topic: Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine (developmental biology)
Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health
Department: Department of Surgery (Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research)
Email: ralp2@cam.ac.uk
Website: http://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/researchers/principal-investigators/rpedersen
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor John Perry
Topic: Using human genetic approaches to understand biological mechanisms influencing reproductive ageing and metabolic health
Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Epidemiology and Public Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health
Department: Institute of Metabolic Science
Email: john.perry@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/john-perry/
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri
Topic: Placental development and function and its relevance for pregnancy success and life-long health
Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology
Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Email: ans48@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/amanda-sferruzzi-perri
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Gordon Smith
Topic: Analysis of data and biological samples from pregnant women to predict and to understand pregnancy complications, including fetal growth restriction and pre-eclampsia.
Themes: Women's Health
Department: Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Email: gcss2@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/professor-gordon-smith/
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Azim Surani
Topic: Mammalian germ cells; epigenetic reprogramming
Themes: Molecules and Cells, Women's Health
Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute)
Email: a.surani@gurdon.cam.ac.uk
Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/surani
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Alecia-Jane Twigger
Topic: Lactation; biosynthesis; mammary gland biology; womens health
Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Epidemiology and Public Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology
Department: Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Email: ajt215@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.cambridgelactationlab.com/
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Roser Vento-Tormo
Topic: Celluar genetics
Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health
Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute
Email: rv4@sanger.ac.uk
Website: https://ventolab.org/
Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Erica Watson
Topic: Mechanisms of folate metabolism during development
Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology
Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Email: edw23@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/watson-erica
Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome
Name: Dr Timothy Weil
Topic: Regulation of mRNA, oocyte-to-embryo transition, biomolecular condensates
Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health
Department: Department of Zoology
Email: tw419@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.weillabcambridge.com/
Applications from potential students are welcome