Meet the team

GROUP LEAD

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Prof Sarah Coupland

Professor and Honorary Consultant in Pathology

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LABORATORY TEAM

Senior Research Fellows

Dr Helen Kalirai

Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Dr Karen Aughton

Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Molecular Analyst

Dr Sam Barlow

Senior Molecular Analyst

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Associate Members

Prof Judy Coulson

Professor in Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Dr Joseph Sacco

Consultant in Medical Oncology at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre

Dr Carlos De Figuereido

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Dr Andrew Fielding

North West Cancer Research Lecturer at Lancaster Univeristy

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CLINICAL TEAM

Ocular Oncologists

Prof Heinrich Heimann

Consultant Ophthalmologist
​Lead of the Liverpool Ocular Oncology Centre

Dr Rumana Hussain

Consultant Opthamologist

Prof Bertil Damato

Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist

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Consultant Hepatobiliary Surgeon

Mr Stephen Fenwick

Consultant Hepatobiliary Surgeon at UHLG

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Statisticians

Prof Azzam Taktak

Consultant Clinical Scientist, Mathematical and Statistical Modelling

Dr Antonio Eleuteri

Department of Medical Physics at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital

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STUDENTS

Postgraduate Students

Mr James Draper

PhD Student

Mr Josh Hattersley

PhD Student

Project:​ "Revisiting our Understanding of Choroidal Embryology and Biology."

Project:​ "Understanding the role of the extracellular matrix in uveal melanoma progression and metastasis - developing 3D in-vitro models to further biological insight and enable drug discovery."

Mr Max Jackson

PhD Student

Miss Natalie Woods

PhD Student

Project:​ "Enhancing eye cancer diagnostics and early detection via the application of artificial intelligence to clinical images of primary and metastatic uveal melanoma."

Project: 'Understanding how uveal melanoma cells render themselves invisible to- and manipulate the immune system to survive within the eye and liver.'

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