Cancer MD

Newcastle University

We're a major training base for the next generation of cancer researchers. Clinicians, scientists and students engaged in cancer research at Newcastle share a common purpose: to improve treatment outcomes for patients with cancer.Our staff and postgraduate students work in the Faculty of Medical Sciences or the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences. The Newcastle University Centre for Cancer operates right across the cancer research pathway with strengths ranging from cell biology and clinical trials to healthcare research and cancer research training, including:cancer discovery biosciencetranslational cancer researchpopulation-based cancer researchWe're a major training base for the next generation of cancer researchers. Our Centre covers many areas of cancer research, including:childhood cancersdrug discovery and therapeuticsclinical trials, biomarkers and pharmacologyWe offer approximately 15 MD, PhD and integrated MRes/PhD studentships each year. This includes the Newcastle Cancer Centre training programme. Projects in all research areas are available to fully-funded international students.Members of our postgraduate community come from a variety of subject backgrounds. This includes:biological and biomedical scienceschemistrygeneticspharmacymedicinedentistryveterinary medicine