Fellowships Panel

Our Fellowships Panel assess the research proposals submitted to the charity for funding, and recommends to our Board of Trustees the most promising early career postdoctoral researchers with the potential to become independent leaders in prostate cancer research (through our Career Acceleration Fellowships).  

The membership of this Panel has been carefully selected to provide a broad range of expertise to cover the breadth of research contained within our research strategy. The involvement of experts who are independent of the Charity is essential to ensure a rigorous and transparent assessment process so that the charity can continue to fund the very best research with the greatest potential to benefit men. 

Our Fellowships Panel is a subset of our Research Advisory Committee (RAC) and therefore must adhere to the same  Conflicts of Interest & Confidentiality Policy as the RAC. 

Fellowships Panel Members

Independent chair

Professor Fran Balkwill - Professor of Cancer Biology & Deputy Centre Lead for the Centre for Tumour Microenvironment, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London

Panel members

Dr Esther Baena - Principal Investigator, Prostate Oncobiology Group, University of Manchester, CRUK Manchester Institute

Dr Kelly Coffey - Group Leader, Cell Signalling in the Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University

Professor Simon Crabb - Professor of Experimental Cancer Therapeutics, University of Southampton

Dr Claire Fletcher - Group Leader, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London

Professor Iain McEwan - Professor in Cell and Molecular Endocrinology, University of Aberdeen

Dr Helen Pearson - Group Leader, European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, Cardiff University

Dr Adam Sharp - Group Leader & Medical Oncologist, Translational Therapeutics, Institute of Cancer Research/Royal Marsden

Patient and public involvement representatives

Mrs Janet Daykin

Mrs Sue Duncombe

Mr Paul Nash