GROUP LEAD

Lead
​Prof Sarah Coupland
Professor and Honorary Consultant in Pathology

LABORATORY TEAM

Senior Research Fellows
Dr Helen Kalirai
Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Dr Karen Aughton
Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Natalie Kipling 
Healthcare Scientist
​NPIC Digital Pathology (InnovateUK); PhD student.





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Dr Sam Barlow
Post Doc Research Associate 



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Dr Yamini Krishna
​Ophthalmologist and Academic Specialist Trainee in Histopathology





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Dr. Dorota Sabat-Pospiech
Postdoctoral Research Associate 




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James Draper
Research Technician
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Anna Ikin 
 Advanced Specialist Senior Biomedical Scientist ​
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Simon Biddolph
​Consultant Biomedical Scientist
Associate Members
Prof Judy Coulson
Professor, Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Dr Joseph Sacco
Consultant in Medical Oncology at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
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Dr Gemma Petts 
NIHR Clinical Lecturer and Paediatric Pathology Registrar

CLINICAL TEAM

Ocular Oncologists
​Prof Heinrich Heimann
Consultant Ophthalmologist 
Lead of the Liverpool Ocular Oncology Centre

Dr Rumana Hussain
​Consultant Ophthalmologist

Prof Bertil Damato
Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist
Medical Oncologists
Dr Joseph Sacco
Consultant in Medical Oncology at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre

Statistician

Prof Azzam Taktak​
Consultant Clinical Scientist, Mathematical and Statistical Modelling
Dr Antonio Eleuteri
​Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, Royal Liverpool University Hospital

STUDENTS

Postgraduate Students
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Mr Max Harris 
PhD Student

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Dr Alda Rola
PhD Student
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Mr Graham Shields
​PhD Student
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Miss Hayley Jones 
​PhD Student




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Miss Luisa De Almeida Morais Silva
​PhD Student

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Mr Hongrun Zhang
PhD Student 

Mr. Dominic Von Goetz
​PhD Student

SUPPORT STAFF

Research Support
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Mrs Joanne Don
LOORG Administrator/PA to Director of LOORG



Post docs
We are always happy to hear from postdoctoral researchers who would like to begin, or continue, their research career in ocular oncology, please send your CV and a brief description of your area of interest to jodon@liv.ac.uk