Cancer subspecialty areas
The NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) Cancer Portfolio is divided into 15 subspecialty areas.
Brain Cancer
Breast Cancer
Children and Young People’s (CYP) Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
Early Phase
Gynaecological Cancer
Haematological Oncology
Head and Neck Cancer
Lung Cancer
Radiotherapy
Sarcoma Cancer
Skin Cancer
Supportive and Palliative Care, Psychosocial oncology and Survivorship (SPCPS)
Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer
Urological Cancer
The NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) is made up of 15 Local Clinical Research Networks that cover the length and breadth of England. To help drive research into the different subspecialty areas each one has a subspecialty lead or subspecialty champion for each subspecialty who promotes and supports research within their subspecialty area in their local NHS Trusts.
At a national level these groups come together to manage the respective national subspecialty portfolio through a programme of subspecialty meetings organised by the CRN Cancer Specialty. The group actively engages with funders of research and other stakeholders to help ensure that there is a continuous pipeline of high quality research studies and the capacity to deliver these successfully in the NHS. They are also called upon as key opinion leaders to provide expert advice on the development and delivery of studies.
If you would like to get in touch with the subspecialty leads please contact crnspecialtyclusterf@nihr.ac.uk
Cancer subspecialty leads
Brain Cancer
CRN East Midlands: Dr Stuart Smith - stuart.smith@nuh.nhs.uk
CRN Eastern: Dr Pinelopi Gkogkou - pinelopi.gkogkou@nnuh.nhs.uk
CRN Greater Manchester: Dr Catherine McBain
CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex: Dr Juliet Brock
CRN North East and North Cumbria: Dr Joanne Lewis
CRN North Thames: Mr Hani Marcus - h.marcus@ucl.ac.uk
CRN North West Coast: Professor Michael Jenkinson - michael.jenkinson@liverpool.ac.uk
CRN North West London: Dr Matt Williams - matthew.williams@imperial.ac.uk
CRN South London: Dr Lucy Brazil - lucy.brazil@gstt.nhs.uk
CRN South London: Dr Liam Welsh
CRN South West Peninsula: Vacant
CRN Thames Valley and South Midlands: Professor Puneet Plaha
CRN Wessex: Dr Jeng Ching - jeng.ching@uhs.nhs.uk
CRN West Midlands: Dr Paul Sanghera - paul.sanghera@uhb.nhs.uk
CRN West of England: Dr Christopher Herbert - christopher.herbert@uhbristol.nhs.uk
CRN Yorkshire and Humber: Dr Michael Flatley - michael.flatley@nhs.net
Breast Cancer
CRN East Midlands: Assoc. Professor Amit Goyal - amit.goyal@nhs.net
CRN Eastern: Dr Karen McAdam
CRN Greater Manchester: Professor Nigel Bundred - nigel.bundred@manchester.ac.uk
CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex: Dr Catherine Harper-Wynne - charperwynne@nhs.net
CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex: Dr Jennifer Glendenning - jglendenning@nhs.net
CRN North East and North Cumbria: Mr Henry Cain - henry.cain@nhs.net
CRN North Thames: Dr Judy King - judy.king@nhs.net
CRN North West Coast: Dr Martin Hogg
CRN North West London: Dr Suzy Cleator
CRN South London: Dr Alistair Ring
CRN South West Peninsula: Dr Duncan Wheatley - duncanwheatley@nhs.net
CRN Thames Valley and South Midlands: Ms Pankaj Roy - pankaj.roy@ouh.nhs.uk
CRN Wessex: Dr Ellen Copson - e.copson@soton.ac.uk
CRN West Midlands: Dr Abeer Shaaban
CRN West of England: Mr Zenon Rayter
CRN West of England: Professor Mark Beresford - mark.beresford@nhs.net
CRN Yorkshire and Humber: Dr Matthew Winter - matthewwinter@nhs.net
Children and Young People’s (CYP) Cancer
CRN East Midlands: Dr Ivo Hennig
CRN East Midlands: Dr Madhumita Dandapani - madhumita.dandapani@nuh.nhs.uk
CRN Eastern: Dr Anne Kelly - anne.kelly@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
CRN Greater Manchester: Dr Guy Makin
CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex: Dr Paul Seddon
CRN North East and North Cumbria: Dr Frederik van Delft - f.vandelft@nhs.net
CRN North Thames: Dr Rachel Windsor
CRN North West Coast: Professor Barry Pizer - barry.Pizer@alderhey.nhs.uk
CRN North West London: Dr Naveed Sarwar
CRN South London: Dr Lynley Marshall - lynleyvanessa.marshall@icr.ac.uk
CRN South West Peninsula: Vacant
CRN Thames Valley and South Midlands: Dr Shaun Wilson
CRN Wessex: Dr Juliet Gray - j.c.gray@soton.ac.uk
CRN West Midlands: Professor Bruce Morland - bruce.Morland@nhs.net
CRN West Midlands: Dr Shankara Paneesha - shankara.paneesha@nhs.net
CRN West of England: Vacant
CRN Yorkshire and Humber: Dr Dan Yeomanson - danyeomanson@nhs.net
Colorectal Cancer
CRN East Midlands: Mr Baljit Singh - baljit.singh@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
CRN Eastern: Sian Pugh
CRN Greater Manchester: Dr Kalena Marti - kalena.marti@christie.nhs.uk
CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex: Vacant
CRN North East and North Cumbria: Dr Timothy Simmons - timothy.simmons@nhs.net
CRN North Thames: Dr Khurum Khan
CRN North West Coast: Dr Deborah Williamson - deborah.williamson@lthtr.nhs.uk
CRN North West London: Dr Kitrick Perry - kitrick.perry@nhs.net
CRN South London: Dr Ian Chau
CRN South London: Dr Paul Ross
CRN South West Peninsula: Mrs Claire Marks - clairekelly7@nhs.net
CRN Thames Valley and South Midlands: Dr Wasiru Saka
CRN Wessex: Dr Tim Iveson
CRN West Midlands: Dr Vanessa Potter - vanessa.potter@uhcw.nhs.uk
CRN West of England: Dr Stephen Falk - stephen.falk@uhbristol.nhs.uk
CRN Yorkshire and Humber: Dr Victoria Brown
CRN Yorkshire and Humber: Dr Alice Dewdney - a.dewdney@nhs.net
CRN Yorkshire and Humber: Dr Daniel Swinson - daniel.swinson@nhs.net
Early Phase
CRN East Midlands: Professor Anne Thomas - at107@le.ac.uk
CRN Eastern: Dr Bristi Basu - bb313@medschl.cam.ac.uk
CRN Greater Manchester: Professor Fiona Thistlethwaite - karen.connor6@nhs.net (PA)
CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex: Dr Agnieszka Michael - amichael@nhs.net
CRN North East and North Cumbria: Dr Alastair Greystoke
CRN North East and North Cumbria: Vacant
CRN North Thames: Professor Hendrick-Tobias Arkenau - tobias.arkenau@hcahealthcare.co.uk
CRN North West Coast: Professor Christian Ottensmeier - c.ottensmeier@liverpool.ac.uk
CRN North West London: Dr David James Pinato - david.pinato@imperial.ac.uk
CRN South London: Professor James Spicer - james.spicer@kcl.ac.uk
CRN South West Peninsula: Dr Toby Talbot
CRN Thames Valley and South Midlands: Dr Simon Lord - simon.lord@oncology.ox.ac.uk
CRN Wessex: Dr Simon Crabb - s.j.crabb@soton.ac.uk
CRN West of England: Dr Claire Newton
CRN West of England: Dr Helen Winter
CRN Yorkshire and Humber: Professor Sarah Danson - s.danson@sheffield.ac.uk
Gynaecological Cancer
CRN East Midlands: Dr Roshan Agarwal - roshan.agarwal@nhs.net
CRN Eastern: Dr Joo Ern Ang - jooern.ang@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
CRN Greater Manchester: Dr Andrew Clamp - andrew.clamp@christie.nhs.uk
CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex: Dr Agnieszka Michael - amichael@nhs.net
CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex: Dr Rebecca Herbertson - rebecca.herbertson@nhs.net
CRN North East and North Cumbria: Dr Darren Leaning - d.leaning@nhs.net
CRN North Thames: Professor Ranjit Manchanda - r.manchanda@qmul.ac.uk
CRN North West Coast: Professor Pierre Martin-Hirsch - pierre.martin-hirsch@lthtr.nhs.uk
CRN North West London: Professor Christina Fotopoulou - c.fotopoulou@imperial.ac.uk
CRN South London: Dr Susana Banerjee
CRN South London: Dr Ana Montes - ana.Montes@gstt.nhs.uk
CRN South West Peninsula: Dr Clare Barlow
CRN Thames Valley and South Midlands: Dr Rene Roux - rene.roux@ouh.nhs.uk
CRN Wessex: Dr Vicky McFarlane - vicky.mcfarlane@uhs.nhs.uk
CRN West Midlands: Dr Sarah Williams
CRN West of England: Dr Rebecca Bowen - rebecca.bowen3@nhs.net
CRN Yorkshire and Humber: Dr David Jackson
Haematological Oncology
CRN East Midlands: Dr Mamta Garg - mamta.garg@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
CRN Eastern: Dr Nimish Shah - nimish.shah@nnuh.nhs.uk, mollie.sutton@nnuh.nhs.uk
CRN Greater Manchester: Dr Eleni Tholouli - eleni.tholouli@mft.nhs.uk
CRN Greater Manchester: Dr Simon Watt
CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex: Ms Lavinia Davey - laviniadavey@nhs.net
CRN North East and North Cumbria: Dr Wendy Osborne - wendy.osborne3@nhs.net
CRN North Thames: Dr Rakesh Popat and Dr William Townsend
CRN North West Coast: Dr Yngvar Floisand
CRN North West London: Professor Dragana Milojkovic - d.milojkovic@imperial.ac.uk
CRN South London: Dr David Taussig
CRN South West Peninsula: Dr David Tucker - david.tucker1@nhs.net
CRN Thames Valley and South Midlands: Dr Karthik Ramasamy - karthik.ramasamy@ndcls.ox.ac.uk
CRN Wessex: Professor Andy Davies
CRN West Midlands: Dr Supratik Basu
CRN West of England: Dr Sally Moore
CRN Yorkshire and Humber: Dr John Ashcroft - john.ashcroft@midyorks.nhs.uk
Head and Neck Cancer
CRN East Midlands: Mr Raguwinder (Bindy) Sahota - bindy.sahota@nhs.net
CRN Eastern: Dr Dinos Geropantas - dinos.geropantas@nnuh.nhs.uk
CRN Greater Manchester: Dr David Thomson - david.thomson2@nhs.net
CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex: Professor Jagtar Dhanda - jagtar.dhanda@nhs.net
CRN North East and North Cumbria: Dr Eleanor Aynsley - eleanor.aynsley@nhs.net
CRN North Thames: Dr Martin Forster - martin.forster1@nhs.net
CRN North West Coast: Mrs Shirley Pringle - shirley.pringle@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
CRN North West London: Dr Dorothy Gujral - d.gujral@nhs.net
CRN South London: Professor Chris Nutting - chris.nutting@rmh.nhs.uk
CRN South London: Dr Teresa Guerrero-Urbano - teresa.guerrerourbano@gstt.nhs.uk
CRN South West Peninsula: Dr Joel Smith - joel.smith2@nhs.net
CRN Thames Valley and South Midlands: Dr Karthik Ramasamy - karthik.ramasamy@ndcls.ox.ac.uk
CRN Thames Valley and South Midlands: Mr Stuart Winter - stuart.winter@ouh.nhs.uk
CRN Wessex: Dr Emma King - e.king@soton.ac.uk
CRN West Midlands: Dr Daljit Gahir - daljit.gahir@uhnm.nhs.uk
CRN West of England: Professor Steven Thomas
CRN Yorkshire and Humber: Vacant
Lung Cancer
CRN East Midlands: Dr Rajini Sudhir - rajini.sudhir@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
CRN Eastern: Dr Robert Rintoul - robert.rintoul@nhs.net
CRN Greater Manchester: Dr Colin Lindsay - b.parker1@nhs.net (PA)
CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex: Dr Ajay Mehta
CRN North East and North Cumbria: Dr Alastair Greystoke
CRN North Thames: Dr Martin Forster - martin.forster1@nhs.net
CRN North West Coast: Dr Carles Escriu
CRN North West London: Dr Olivia Hatcher - o.hatcher@nhs.net
CRN South London: Professor Sanjay Popat - pa.popat@rmh.nhs.uk (PA)
CRN South London: Professor James Spicer - james.spicer@kcl.ac.uk
CRN South West Peninsula: Vacant
CRN Thames Valley and South Midlands: Vacant
CRN Wessex: Dr Luke Nolan - luke.nolan@nhs.net
CRN West Midlands: Professor Gary Middleton - g.middleton@bham.ac.uk, gary.middleton@uhb.nhs.uk
CRN West of England: Dr Ashley Cox
CRN Yorkshire and Humber: Dr Pooja Jain - pjain@nhs.net
Radiotherapy
CRN East Midlands: Vacant
CRN Eastern: Dr Yvonne Rimmer - yvonne.rimmer@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
CRN Greater Manchester: Professor Ananya Choudhury - ananya.choudhury@christie.nhs.uk
CRN Greater Manchester: Vacant
CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex: Vacant
CRN North East and North Cumbria: Dr Rachel Pearson - rachel.pearson1@nhs.net
CRN North East and North Cumbria: Dr John Frew - john.frew@nhs.net
CRN North Thames: Dr Crispin Hiley - crispin.hiley@ucl.ac.uk
CRN North West Coast: Dr David Cobben - david.cobben@nhs.net
CRN North West London: Dr Dorothy Gujral - d.gujral@nhs.net
CRN South London: Dr Mary Lei
CRN South London: Professor Kevin Harrington - kevin.harrington@icr.ac.uk
CRN South West Peninsula: Dr Duncan Wheatley - duncanwheatley@nhs.net
CRN Thames Valley and South Midlands: Dr Philip Camilleri - philip.camilleri@ouh.nhs.uk
CRN Wessex: Dr Andrew Jackson
CRN West Midlands: Dr Andrew Chan
CRN West of England: Dr Tom Bird - thomas.bird@UHBristol.nhs.uk
CRN Yorkshire and Humber: Dr Mohan Hingorani - mohan.hingorani3@nhs.net
Sarcoma
CRN East Midlands: Dr Ivo Hennig
CRN Eastern: Dr Han Wong - han.wong@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
CRN Greater Manchester: Vacant
CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex: No sarcoma service
CRN North East and North Cumbria: Mr Kenneth Rankin - kenneth.rankin1@nhs.net
CRN North Thames: Dr Olga Slater
CRN North West Coast: Vacant
CRN North West London: Vacant
CRN South London: Professor Robin Jones - robin.jones4@nhs.net, robin.jones@rmh.nhs.uk
CRN South London: Dr Aisha Miah
CRN South West Peninsula: Professor Rory Rickard - carrie.stenson@nhs.net (PA)
CRN Thames Valley and South Midlands: Dr Sarah Pratap
CRN Wessex: Dr Peter Simmonds
CRN West Midlands: Dr Mariam Jafri
CRN West of England: Dr Adam Dangoor
CRN Yorkshire and Humber: Dr Robin Young - robin.young@nhs.net
Skin Cancer
CRN East Midlands: Dr David Veitch - david.veitch@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
CRN Eastern: Dr Jenny Nobes - jenny.nobes@nnuh.nhs.uk
CRN Greater Manchester: Mr Deemesh Oudit
CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex: Vacant
CRN North East and North Cumbria: Professor Ruth Plummer
CRN North Thames: Vacant
CRN North West Coast: Dr Ruth Board - ruth.board@lthtr.nhs.uk
CRN North West London: Dr Michael Gonzalez
CRN South London: Dr Sophie Papa
CRN South London: Vacant
CRN South West Peninsula: Dr Toby Talbot
CRN Thames Valley and South Midlands: Dr Miranda Payne - miranda.payne@ouh.nhs.uk
CRN Wessex: Dr Matthew Wheater - matthew.wheater@uhs.nhs.uk
CRN West Midlands: Dr Neil Stephen
CRN West of England: Dr Christopher Herbert - christopher.herbert@uhbristol.nhs.uk
CRN Yorkshire and Humber: Dr Jane Hook - jane.hook@nhs.net
Supportive and Palliative Care, Psychosocial oncology and Survivorship
CRN East Midlands: Dr Andrew Wilcock - andrew.wilcock1@nottingham.ac.uk
CRN East Midlands: Professor Christina Faull
CRN Eastern: Dr Stephen Barclay
CRN Greater Manchester: Dr Sophie Harrison - sophie.harrison@mft.nhs.uk
CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex: Dr Ollie Minton - ollie.minton@nhs.net
CRN North East and North Cumbria: Dr Felicity Dewhurst - felicity.dewhurst@nhs.net
CRN North East and North Cumbria: Dr Katie Frew - katie.frew@nhct.nhs.uk
CRN North Thames: Vacant
CRN North West Coast: Dr Seamus Coyle - s.coyle@liverpool.ac.uk
CRN North West London: Vacant
CRN South London: Dr Sabrina Bajwah - sabrina.bajwah@kcl.ac.uk
CRN South West Peninsula: Vacant
CRN Thames Valley and South Midlands: Dr Matthew Carey - matthew.carey@ouh.nhs.uk
CRN Wessex: Dr Richard Wagland - r.wagland@soton.ac.uk
CRN West Midlands: Dr Jon Tomas
CRN West of England: Mrs Anne Parkinson - anne.parkinson@suerydercare.org
CRN West of England: Dr Charlotte Chamberlain - charlotte.chamberlain@bristol.ac.uk
CRN Yorkshire and Humber: Vacant
Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer
CRN East Midlands: Vacant
CRN Eastern: Dr Lizzy Smyth
CRN Greater Manchester: Professor Was Mansoor
CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex: Mr Ajay Belgaumkar
CRN North East and North Cumbria: Vacant
CRN North Thames: Dr Khurum Khan
CRN North West Coast: Vacant
CRN North West London: Dr Harpreet Wasan - h.wasan@imperial.ac.uk
CRN South London: Dr Naureen Starling
CRN South London: Dr Nick Maisey
CRN South West Peninsula: Mr David Chan - david.chan8@nhs.net
CRN Thames Valley and South Midlands: Dr Kinnari Patel - kinnari.patel@ouh.nhs.uk
CRN Wessex: Dr Andrew Bateman
CRN West Midlands: Dr Sharmila Sothi - sharmila.sothi@uhcw.nhs.uk
CRN West of England: Professor Hugh Barr - hugh.barr@nhs.net
CRN West of England: Dr Sharath Gangadhara - sharath.gangadhara@nhs.net
CRN Yorkshire and Humber: Dr Raj Roy - rajarshi.roy@nhs.net
Urological Cancer
CRN East Midlands: Dr Santhanam Sundar
CRN Eastern: Dr Danish Mazhar - danish.mazhar@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
CRN Eastern: Miss Alexandra Colquhoun
CRN Greater Manchester: Vacant
CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex: Professor Sanjeev Madaan - sanjeev.madaan@nhs.net
CRN North East and North Cumbria: Dr Robert Chandler - robert.chandler1@nhs.net
CRN North Thames: Dr Mausam Singhera - m.singhera@nhs.net
CRN North West Coast: Mr Michael Smolski
CRN North West London: Dr Naveed Sarwar
CRN South London: Dr Sarah Rudman
CRN South London: Dr Vincent Khoo
CRN South West Peninsula: Dr Mohini Varughese - stacy.pessell@nhs.net (PA)
CRN Thames Valley and South Midlands: Mr Tom Leslie - tom.leslie@ouh.nhs.uk
CRN Wessex: Dr Simon Crabb - s.j.crabb@southampton.ac.uk
CRN West Midlands: Major Lyndon Gommersall - lyndon.gommersall@uhns.nhs.uk
CRN West of England: Professor Amit Bahl - amit.bahl@uhbristol.nhs.uk
CRN Yorkshire and Humber: Professor Janet Brown
Cancer Specialty Group
Each of the 15 Local Clinical Research Networks has a nominated local lead for Cancer research who promotes and supports this research in their local NHS Trusts.
At a national level the group is chaired by Dr Pippa Corrie, NIHR CRN National Specialty Lead for Late Phase and International Trials.
The local leads and Chair come together to manage the NIHR CRN Cancer Portfolio overall. This involves regularly reviewing the progress of studies, identifying barriers to recruitment and coming up with solutions and strategies to help overcome those barriers. The group actively engages with funders of research and other stakeholders to help ensure that there is a continuous pipeline of high quality research studies and the capacity to deliver these successfully in the NHS. They are also called upon as key opinion leaders to provide expert advice on the development and delivery of studies.
If you would like to get in touch with the Cancer Specialty Group please contact crnspecialtyclusterf@nihr.ac.uk