Staff in the School of Cancer Sciences

 

Dr Wenbin Wei

Dr Wenbin Wei

Senior Bioinformatician

Wenbin Wei is a senior bioinformatician. He has a PhD in Molecular Biology and an MSc in Computing Science. He is currently analyzing large amount of genetic, epigenetic, transcriptomic and proteomic data obtained using microarray, mass spectrometry and next generation sequencing. He is interested in the application of bioinformatics and biostatistics to the omics-driven cancer research and the ...

Dr Victoria Weston

Dr Victoria Weston

Research Fellow

Victoria currently is driving new areas of paediatric acute leukaemia research, teamed with Dr Pam Kearns, Director of Birmingham Cancer Research Clinical Trials Unit (CRCTU).

Specifically, she is interested in molecular mechanisms underlying chemo-resistance and relapse in acute myeloid leukaemia and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, with the goal of informing and testing ...

Mr Adrian Wilcockson

Adrian Wilcockson has been a Senior Analyst Programmer for the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit (BCTU) programming team since 2003.

The programming team creates and supports bespoke database applications for trials run by the unit. These are typically SQL Server/ASP.NET systems for large, multi centre/international phase 3 studies.

Professor Benjamin Willcox

Professor Benjamin Willcox

Professor of Molecular Immunology

Ben Willcox is Professor of Molecular Immunology based at the Cancer Research UK Cancer Centre in the School of Cancer Sciences.

Ben leads an active research group in the field of cancer immunology and immunotherapy, with a focus on understanding immune receptor recognition. His recent work focuses on novel tumour antigens and unconventional T cell function, particularly ...

Ms Jayne Wilson

Jayne came to Birmingham University in February 2001 joining the West Midlands Health Technology Assessment Collaboration based in the Department of Public Health, School of HAPS.

The first four years were spent working on reviews for customers such as NICE and the Department of Health, before becoming a reviewer and analyst for ARIF, where she undertook rapid ...

Mr Jason KW Yap

Mr Jason KW Yap

Cancer Research UK Clinical Research Fellow

Jason Yap is currently a Cancer Research UK Clinical Research Fellow to Prof Ciaran Woodman and Prof David Luesley in the School of Cancer Sciences. He is also an Obstetrics and Gynaecology Specialist Trainee (ST) with the West Midlands Workforce Deanery.

Jason graduated with an MBBS from University College London in 2005 and became a member of the Royal College of ...