Breakthrough Cancer Research

Dr. Sharon McKenna

Sharon leads a research group at CCRC which investigates why some cancer cells can resist drug treatment and re-emerge. The group has shown how a cell survival process called autophagy can help cancer cells to withstand chemotherapy. ... Read More >>

Dr. Michelle Nyhan

Michelle is currently a post-doctoral researcher involved in investigating the process of autophagy in oesophageal cancer cells. ... Read More >>

Dr. Tracey O’Donovan

Tracey is currently a postdoctoral researcher involved in the evaluation of a new drug strategy to combat drug resistance and recurrence of poor prognosis cancers. 
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Dr. Shereen El Mashad

Shereen is currently a Ph.D student involved in evaluating the role of autophagy and apoptosis in chemo-resistance of esophageal cancer. ... Read More >>

Declan Soden

Patrick is currently a postdoctoral researcher involved in gene and drug delivery. He is a member of the gene and drug delivery group in the cork cancer research centre and focuses his efforts on drug and gene physical delivery. ... Read More >>

Dr. Patrick Forde

Patrick is currently a postdoctoral researcher involved in gene and drug delivery. He is a member of the gene and drug delivery group in the cork cancer research centre and focuses his efforts on drug and gene physical delivery.

Dr. Michael Bourke

Mike is training to be a surgeon and has completed the first step of that process. He is studying for a PhD with CCRC to develop further his interest in the biology of cancer. He is especially interested in cancers of the stomach and bowel.

Dr. Slawomir Salwa

Slav graduated from the Wroclaw Medical University in Poland. He is a part of the Cork Cancer Research Centre team since 2008. Currently he is involved in a research focusing on the new technologies of skin cancer treatment. ... Read More >>

Dr. Michelle Cronin

Michelle, or Shelly to her friends, is currently a postdoctoral researcher with the Gene Therapy group at the Cork Cancer Research Centre. Shelly’s doctoral work was focused on probiotic or health-promoting bacteria and she has adapted ... Read More >>

Dr. Mark Tangney

Mark is a Principal Investigator where he heads a research team investigating various anticancer gene therapies. His interests include developing new, safer ways to treat cancer, using microbes (bacteria & viruses) that grow within tumours. ... Read More >>

William Byrne

William is currently a PhD student in the lab where he researches novel approaches for harnessing a person’s own immune system to target cancer.... Read More >>

Dr. Joanne Cummins

Dr. Joanne Cummins is currently working as a post-doctoral researcher with the Gene Therapy group at Cork Cancer Research Centre, on bacteria and cancer treatment.  Joanne’s doctoral work focused on the importance of cationic..... Read More >>

Dr. Nina Orfali

Dr. Nina is an aspiring haematologist currently pursuing a PhD focusing on the role of autophagy in leukaemic cell differentiation and response to chemotherapy.  Her project is part of an exciting collaboration with Weill Cornell Medical College... Read More>>

Morgan O'Brien BSc

Morgan is currently working towards obtaining a PhD with the Cork Cancer Research Centre (CCRC). After completing his undergraduate degree in Pharmaceutical Science at UCC, Morgan realised that his favourite classes were... Read More>>

Dr. Garrett Casey

Garrett is currently the Laboratory Manger in the Cork Cancer Research Centre. He has a backgroung in canger gene theory due to the number of years working as a post-doctorola researcher in the... Read More>>

Mike Stanton

Mike has a degree in genetics from University College Cork and a Masters degree in Regenerative medicine from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Mike is part of the PhD Scholars Programme in Cancer Biology and is currently... Read More>>

Chloe Falvey

Chloe graduated from University College Cork with BSc. in Biochemistry. She first visited Cork Cancer Research Centre as an undergraduate summer student. she tells us, she loved the enthusiasm of... Read More>>

Dr. Carola Murphy

Carola is currently working as a post-doctoral researcher within the Gene Therapy group at the Cork Cancer Research Centre, on bacterial gene therapy for cancer. Carola's doctoral work focused on... Read More>>