Our research projects

Dr Timothy Ritzmann will investigate how proteins that regulate water inside the body could help ependymoma grow and spread.

Dr Rebecca Hill and her team hope to develop new tools to test chemotherapy options that will combine with radiotherapy to treat high-risk medulloblastoma.

Professor Darren Hargrave aims to study electrical signals in the brain which could help diffuse midline glioma spread.

Dr Alina Pandele at the University of Nottingham hopes to find fragments cancer cell genetic code in the blood which can help doctors know when ependymoma grows back.

Professor Shivaram Avula will identify markers in the brains of young people with brain tumours that will help predict the development of long-term side effects like learning and memory problems.

Dr Ashley Vardon at the University of Birmingham hopes to find a way to effectively fight diffuse midline glioma with new immunotherapies.

Professor Rylie Green at Imperial College London will test a device that can deliver chemotherapy directly to brain tumours, sparing healthy cells.

Dr Laura Donovan is testing a targeted treatment for medulloblastoma in the hopes of giving incurable patients new treatment options.

Dr Timothy Ritzmann aims to improve ependymoma care and treatment by harnessing the potential of extracellular vesicles.