Leadership and Governance

Our Clinical Academic Training Programme Management Group reports directly into the Cancer Strategy Board. The key components to our academic training plan are reflected in the composition of this team, listed below, who meet quarterly to review progress towards implementation of initiatives and make recommendations for any adjustments to the proposed programme plan.

Clinical Academic Training Programme Management Group

Professor Gary Middleton
CRUK CAT Programme Lead and Career Progression and Mentorship Post-doctorate Lead
Director of the Birmingham Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre
Professor of Medical Oncology

Professor Kate (Cathryn) Thomas
Vice Dean of Medicine
MBChB Programme Director

Professor Karim Raza
Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology MBPhD Programme Lead
Academic Specialty Lead for Rheumatology
Professor of Rheumatology

Dr Keith Brain
Leader of the Intercalation programmes in the College of Medical and Dental Sciences
Deputy Lead for MBChB Years 1 and 2

Dr Jess Blair
Director of PGR, College of Medical and Dental Sciences
Quality Assurance Lead

Dr Clare Davies
CRUK Birmingham Centre Non-Clinical Training Lead
Reader of Cancer Cell Biology

Professor Lorraine Harper
Interim Director of Birmingham Health Partners, NIHR Academy Associate Dean
Clinical Academic Trainee Development Lead

Professor Pam Kearns
Joint Lead for Programme Promotion and Research Opportunity
Director of the Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences

Professor Sudha Sundar
Joint Lead for Programme Promotion and Research Opportunity
Academic Lead for Cancer pillar, Birmingham Health Partners

Mrs Karen Carter
Postgraduate Research Operations Manager

We recently aligned Management Groups for the Cancer Research UK and Kennedy Trust MBPhD Programmes at the University of Birmingham, to ensure sharing of best practice and optimise opportunities for both cohorts of MBPhD students, and Clinical Academic Training Fellows.