BTOG Research Group
Chair
Professor Sanjay Popat, BSc MBBS PhD FRCP
Consultant Medical Oncologist, Royal Marsden Hospital
Professor of Thoracic Oncology, Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Marsden Hospital
Vice Chair
Alastair Greystoke
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Please note this is a closed group and membership is by invitation only.
Please send enquiries to research@btog.org.
The BTOG Research Group is a sub-group of the main BTOG steering committee. It is an invited group of health care professionals recognised for their leadership in clinical trials and research aiming to develop and foster clinical research in thoracic oncology.
The purpose of the BTOG Research Group is to:
- Meet regularly to brainstorm and generate ideas for clinical trial research;
- Contribute to and peer review trial design and assist investigators to develop clinical trial protocols;
- Develop Investigator Initiated trials (IITs) – in particular phase 1B-3 randomised clinical trials;
- Develop translational protocols and proof of principle studies;
- To foster and develop relationships with academic trials groups from outside the UK;
- To engage with and work alongside established other UK organisations/research charities;
- Engage and build relationships with industry.
BTOG is a Member and Cancer Research Group (CRG) of
Members
Cindy Billingham
Speciality: Statistics
Job Title: Professor of Biostatistics
Place of Work: Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
Director of Biostatistics, Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit,
University of Birmingham
Fiona Blackhall
Speciality: Medical Oncology
Job Title: Professor of Thoracic Oncology and Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology
Place of Work: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Raffaele Califano
Speciality: Medical Oncology
Job Title: Consultant In Medical Oncology and Honorary Professor in Medical Oncology
Place of Work: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Corinne Faivre-Finn
Speciality: Clinical Oncology
Job Title: Professor of Thoracic Radiation Oncology and Honorary Consultant Clinical Oncologist
Place of Work: University of Manchester
Martin Forster
Speciality: Medical Oncology
Job Title: Associate Professor, Consultant Medical Oncologist
Place of Work: UCL, University College Hospital
Alastair Greystoke
Speciality: Medical Oncology
Job Title:Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology
Place of Work: University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Allan Hackshaw
Speciality: Epidemiology and Statistics
Job Title: Professor of Epidemiology & Medical StatisticsDeputy Director, Cancer Research UK & UCL Cancer Trials Centre
Place of Work: Cancer Institute, University College London
Sally Hall
Speciality: Advocacy
Job Title: Advocate
Matthew Hatton
Speciality: Clinical Oncology
Job Title: Consultant and Honorary Professor in Clinical Oncology
Place of Work: Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield
Crispin Hiley
Speciality: Clinical Oncology
Job Title: Associate Professor, Hon Consultant Clinical Oncologist and Visiting Scientist
Place of Work: UCL, UCLH and The Francis Crick Institute
Colin Lindsey
Speciality: Medical Oncology
Job Title: Honorary Consultant in Thoracic Medical Oncology / Clinical Senior Lecturer
Place of Work: The Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust / Division of Cancer Sciences, The University of Manchester
Fiona McDonald
Speciality: Clinical Oncology
Job Title: Consultant Thoracic Clinical Oncologist
Place of Work: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London
Gary Middleton
Speciality: Medical Oncology
Job Title: Professor of Medical Oncology
Place of Work: Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham
Anna Minchom
Speciality: Medical Oncology
Job Title: Consultant Medical Oncologist
Place of Work: Drug Development Phase I Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital and The Institute of Cancer Research
Igor Gómez-Randulfe Rodríguez
Speciality: Medical Oncology
Job Title: Consultant in Medical Oncology – Thoracic & Acute Oncology
Place of Work: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Sanjay Popat
Speciality: Medical Oncology/BTOG
Job Title: Consultant Thoracic Medical Oncologist
Place of Work: Royal Marsden Hospital
Gerard Walls
Speciality: Clinical Oncology
Job Title: Consultant in Clinical Oncology & Honorary Research Fellow
Place of Work: Cancer Centre Belfast City Hospital and Queen’s University Belfast
BTOG Secretariat
Dawn Mckinley
Speciality: BTOG
Job Title: Chief Operations Officer (COO)
Place of Work: BTOG
Gina Stevens
Speciality: BTOG
Job Title: Executive Officer
Place of Work: BTOG