Research
Scientists and clinicians working together to beat cancer.
The Edinburgh Cancer Research is a part of the Institute of Genetics and Cancer, however, in addition to scientists based at the IGC, our cancer research is carried out at other University of Edinburgh sites (our affiliates) or NHS Lothian locations.
A broad spectrum of tumor types are studied by our investigators and we aspire to be world class in key themes, bringing innovation and unique twists to basic cancer science, drug development and clinical translation.
Some areas studied by our researchers include:
- The state of the host: lifestyle, risk and prevention
- Stem cells and the cancer niche
- Signal transduction and biological mechanisms
- Phenomics Drug Discovery, incorporating advanced imaging, pathway profiling and novel informatics solutions
- Stratification for therapy
Clinical/translational emphasis is largely in colorectal cancer, women’s cancers (breast, ovarian and endometrial), and more recently in brain cancer, but we have also initiated new research programmes in three new cancer types; sarcoma, renal cancer and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, a poorly researched cancer of unmet need.
Mark Arends

Kathryn Ball

Paul Brennan

Gerry Brien

Ewan Brown

Val Brunton

David Cameron

Neil Carragher

Sally Clive

Farhat Din

Mike Dixon

Malcolm Dunlop

Marie Fallon

Susan Farrington

Margaret Frame

Noor Gammoh

Charlie Gourley

Robin Grant

Peter Hall

Larry Hayward

Simon Herrington

Robb Hollis

Ted Hupp

Ian Kunkler

Barry Laird

Simon Langdon

Kevin Myant

Olga Oikonomidou

Steven Pollard

Bin-Zhi Qian

Dirk Sieger

Duncan Sproul

Lesley Stark

Stefan Symeonides

Evropi Theodoratou

Jeremy Thomas

Asier Unciti-Broceta

Alexander von Kriegsheim

Simon Wilkinson
