Principal investigators in theme:
| Name: Dr Catherine Aiken Department: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Email: cema2@cam.ac.uk Topic: metabolism in pregnancy reproductive aging developmental programming Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-catherine-aiken/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr David Bainbridge Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: db125@cam.ac.uk Topic: Immunology of the placenta Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/bainbridge/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr James Brenton Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute) Email: james.brenton@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Ovarian cancer prognostic markers predictive markers bioinformaticsexpression profiling clinical trial design using molecular end points Website: http://www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/research-groups/brenton-group Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Carlos Caldas Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute) Email: Carlos.Caldas@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Breast cancer; genomics proteomics metabolomics and bioinformatics Website: http://www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/research-groups/caldas-group Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor D Stephen Charnock-Jones Department: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Email: dscj1@cam.ac.uk Topic: Placental development high throughput sequencing genomics regulation of endothelial cell function in health and disease translational research Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/professor-steve-charnock-... Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nick Coleman Department: Department of Pathology (Molecular Histopathology Division) Email: nc109@cam.ac.uk Topic: Human papillomaviruses Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/nick-coleman Themes: Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Francesco Colucci Department: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Email: fc287@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Immune cells at the fetal maternal interface; Control of tumour growth by immunity; Cell transplantation Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-francesco-colucci/ Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Miguel Constancia Department: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: jmasmc2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Epigenetics in health and disease Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/Constancia.php Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alison Dunning Department: Department of Oncology Email: alisond@srl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Common low-penetrance risk factors for breast cancer Website: http://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/groupleaders/dunning.html Themes: Cancer, Women's Health Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith Department: Department of Genetics Email: afsmith@gen.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mammalian developmental genetics and epigenetics Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/anne-ferguson-smith Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alison Forhead Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ajf1005@cam.ac.uk Topic: Endocrine control of fetal development and maturation Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/forhead/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Abigail Fowden Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: alf1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Fetal physiology and development Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/fowden Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Fiona Gilbert Department: Department of Radiology Email: fjg28@cam.ac.uk Topic: Breast and Oncology Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Website: http://radiology.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/departmental-staff/academic-... Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging, Women's Health Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Dino Giussani Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: dag26@cam.ac.uk Topic: Hypoxia and developmental origins of cardiovascular health and disease Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/giussani Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Susan Golombok Department: Department of Psychology (Centre for Family Research) Email: seg42@cam.ac.uk Topic: New family forms; parent-child relationships Website: http://www.cfr.cam.ac.uk/directory/SusanGolombok Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Women's Health Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Myriam Hemberger Department: Babraham Institute Email: myriam.hemberger@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Epigenetic determinants that ensure maintenance of early stem cell lineage identity Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/myriam-hemberger Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Melissa Hines Department: Department of Psychology Email: mh504@cam.ac.uk Topic: Hormonal influences on human neural and behavioral development across the lifespan Website: http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/people/mh504@cam.ac.uk Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Women's Health Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Gavin Kelsey Department: Babraham Institute Email: gavin.kelsey@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Mammalian developmental genetics genomic imprinting and epigenetics Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/gavin-kelsey Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Elisa Laurenti Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: el422@cam.ac.uk Topic: Human Haematopoietic Stem Cells Biology in Health and Disease Website: http://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/researchers/principal-investigators/elisa... Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ashley Moffett Department: Department of Pathology (Immunology Division) Email: am485@cam.ac.uk Topic: NK cells pregnancy trophoblast HLA Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/ashley-moffett Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Murray Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mitochondrial metabolism in cardiac and skeletal muscle Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/murray/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ken Ong Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit / Department of Paediatrics Email: ken.ong@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Topic: Childhood obesity Website: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/research-areas/growth-and-develop... Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Susan Ozanne Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: seo10@cam.ac.uk Topic: Early programming of diabetes obesity and longevity Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/Ozanne/ Themes: Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Roger Pedersen Department: Department of Surgery (Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research) Email: ralp2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine (developmental biology) Website: http://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/researchers/principal-investigators/rpede... Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Paul Pharoah Department: Department of Oncology (Department of Public Health and Primary Care) Email: paul1@srl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Genetic epidemiology of breast and ovarian cancer Website: http://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/groupleaders/pharoah.html Themes: Cancer, Women's Health Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Wolf Reik Department: Babraham Institute Email: wolf.reik@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Mammalian developmental genetics genomic imprinting and epigenetic reprogramming Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/wolf-reik Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Evis Sala Department: Department of Radiology Email: es220@cam.ac.uk Topic: Oncological Imaging Genitourinary Imaging MRI PET/CT PET/MR Website: http://radiology.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/departmental-staff/academic-... Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging, Women's Health Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ans48@cam.ac.uk Topic: Placental development and function and its relevance for pregnancy success and life-long health Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/amanda-sferruzzi-perri Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Benjamin Simons Department: Department of Physics (Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research) Email: bds10@cam.ac.uk Topic: Tracing Stem Cell Fate in Development Maintenance and Disease Website: http://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/researchers/principal-investigators/press... Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Gordon C S Smith Department: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Email: gcss2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Use of statistical modeling to predict and understand causes of adverse pregnancy outcome biomarker discovery screening test placental function Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/professor-gordon-smith/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Azim Surani Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: a.surani@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mammalian germ cells; epigenetic reprogramming Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/surani Themes: Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Roser Vento-Tormo Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: rv4@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Celluar genetics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/vento-tormo-group Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Erica Watson Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: edw23@cam.ac.uk Topic: Epigenetic mechanism of folate metabolism during development Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/watson-erica Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
