About us
Imperial College Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) is one of the 17 adult centres located throughout the UK that are jointly funded by Cancer Research UK and National Institute for Health and Care Research.
Our ECMC centre is a partnership between Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. It aims to accelerate translating laboratory findings into early phase clinical trials, share its knowledge and expertise throughout the ECMC network, and collaborate with Industry.
Imperial College ECMC centre is co-led by Professor Hashim Ahmed and Professor Iain McNeish. The centre aims to use a multidisciplinary approach involving innovative technology to address critical questions in cancer biology and care.
The centre’s four main themes are:
- Translational Medical Oncology
- Run early phase trials involving therapies, new drug combinations and imaging agents
- Develop and establish predictive biomarkers
- Reverse translate by analysing patient samples to discover pathways
- Surgery and Intervention Science
- Develop & evaluate novel surgical technologies
- Establish Surgery and Intervention Science Network
- Cancer Imaging
- Discover and develop novel radiotracers
- Training in radiopharmaceutical and Artificial Intelligence based biomarker development
- Patient and Public Involvement & Engagement
- Science Café
- Run training courses
Imperial ECMC co-leads
Professor Iain McNeish
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Professor Iain McNeish
Professor Hashim Ahmed
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Professor Hashim Ahmed
Theme Leads
Professor Eric Aboagye
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Professor Eric Aboagye
Cancer Imaging
Dr Laura Kenny
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Dr Laura Kenny
Early Phase Trials
Dr David Pinato
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Dr David Pinato
Early Phase Trials
Professor Anastasios Karadimitris
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Professor Anastasios Karadimitris
Haemato-Oncology
ECMC team
Naina Patel
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Naina Patel
Centre Manager
Nona Rama
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Nona Rama
Molecular Archivist
Kishan Joshi
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Kishan Joshi
Research Technician
Ignazio Puccio
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Ignazio Puccio
Histopathology Research Officer
Laura McLeavy
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Laura McLeavy
Clinical Trial Coordinator - Imaging
Taleen Shakouri
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Taleen Shakouri
Clinical Trial Coordinator - Early Phase
Eslam Maher
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Eslam Maher
Biostatistician
Xiaomeng Li
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Xiaomeng Li
Clinical Trial Manager