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Director emeritus

Professor Irene Leigh
Emeritus Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Directors

Professor Paul Coulthard
Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dentistry

Dr Adrian Biddle
Reader in Cancer Biology, Blizard Institute

Executive group

Dr Ana Caetano
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Institute of Dentistry

Professor Catherine Harwood
Clinical Professor of Dermato-Oncology, Blizard Institute

Professor David Kelsell
Professor of Human Molecular Genetics, Blizard Institute

Professor Manu Mathur
Professor of Dental Public Health, Institute of Dentistry

Professor Suzanne Scott
Professor of Health Psychology and Early Cancer Diagnosis, Wolfson Institute of Population Health

Dr Gernot Walko
Senior Lecturer in Squamous Cell Carcinogenesis, Institute of Dentistry

Dr Ines Sequeira

Reader in Cancer and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Dentistry

Professor Jun Wang
Professor in Genomics and Data Science, Barts Cancer Institute. Lead, Cancer Research UK Barts Centre Bioinformatics Core

Steering group

Mr Jahangir Ahmed
ENT Consultant, Barts Health

Dr Edmund Bailey
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Oral Surgery, Institute of Dentistry

Dr Hannah Cottom
Consultant Head and Neck Pathologist, Barts Health

Professor Ian Mackenzie
Emeritus Professor of Stem Cell Science, Blizard Institute

Professor John Marshall
Professor of Tumour Biology, Barts Cancer Institute

Dr Ryan O'Shaughnessy

Reader in Cell Biology, Blizard Institute

Professor Edel O'Toole
Professor of Molecular Dermatology, Blizard Institute

Dr Emanuel Rognoni
Senior Lecturer, Blizard Institute

Dr Paul Ryan
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry and Periodontology, Institute of Dentistry

Dr Muy-Teck Teh

Professor of Molecular Oral Oncology, Institute of Dentistry

Professor David Williams
Professor of Global Oral Health, Institute of Dentistry

Mr Rishi Bhandari; Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Barts Health

Dr Krishna Suchak; Consultant Head and Neck Pathologist, Barts Health

External members

Ms Clare Schilling; Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, UCLH

Professor Gareth Thomas; Professor of Experimental Pathology, University of Southampton

Professor Gian Paolo Dotto; Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, and President of the International Cancer Prevention Institute

Tissue Bank (Chair: Dr Adrian Biddle) and Bioinformatics and Data Protection (Chair: Dr Jun Wang) sub-committees are formed from within the steering group.

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