The Undergraduate Edinburgh EAR Congress Research Prize
Applications open in November 2023.
LEARN MOREThe clinical oncology undergraduate research prize is awarded for professional research on a clinical oncology topic. Priority will be given to research with a radiotherapy focus. The successful applicant will be invited to present a talk about their work at the appropriate RCR meeting.
Funding
£400
Eligibility
UK medical students only.
Assessment criteria
- Background information/research
- Relevance of research
- Originality of research
- Study design
- Data collection and handling
- Structure and quality of the report
- Conclusion
- Quality of data presentation.
The successful applicant will be invited to present a talk about their research at the appropriate RCR meeting.
Enquiries should be directed to undergraduate@rcr.ac.uk
Previous recipients of the clinical oncology undergraduate research and essay prizes
| Year | Recipient | University | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Thomas Doggett | University of Liverpool | Targeting the DNA damage response to enhance the efficacy of radiotherapy in head and neck cancer |
| 2021 | Not awarded | ||
| 2020 | Jonathan Wan | University of Cambridge | Cancer detection using circulating tumour DNA from dried blood spots |
| 2019 | Thomas Lewis | University of Manchester | Palliative Lung Radiotherapy; a Retrospective Analysis at a Large Single Centre |
| 2018 | Emily Robinson | Brighton and Sussex Medical School | Patient satisfaction with breast-conserving surgery: Retrospective study of patient-reported outcomes using BREAST-Q |
| 2015 | Alfred So | University of Manchester Medical School | An audit to evaluate and compare concurrent versus sequential chemoradiation in stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at the Royal Preston Hospital |
| Year | Recipient | University | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Srinand Sundaram | University of Cambridge | Defining the role of radiotherapy in the treatment of oligometastatic cancer |
| 2021 | Patrick McAleavey | Queen's University Belfast | Radiotherapy-drug combinations in the treatment of glioblastoma multiformed: A brief review |
| 2020 | Katherine Gallagher | University of Leeds | Minimising therapeutic side-effects from chemoradiotherapy in HPV-positive oropharyngeal squamous cells carcinoma |
| 2019 | Hiren Dusara | Kings College London | The Role of Cannabinoids in Cancer: Perspectives Beyond Pain and Palliative Care |
| 2018 | Shalin Abraham | University of Cambridge | Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy in the treatment of metastatic neuroendocrine tumours: is this the magic bullet we have been waiting for? |
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