Esther Downham
Office: Clarice Pears Building
Email: esther.downham@glasgow.ac.uk
Research title: Advanced lung cancer care
Research Summary
Research interests
My background is in clinical Palliative Medicine. I am interested in inequalities in healthcare and experiences at the end of life. My PhD aims to investigate the care pathways and experiences of patients with advanced lung cancer who do not receive anti-cancer treatment.
PhD title:
Advanced lung cancer care and the impact of socioeconomic deprivation in Greater Glasgow and Clyde: describing Best Supportive Care pathways and patients’ lived experiences of care.
Supervisors
External supervisors
Professor Marie Fallon, St Columbas Hospice Chair of Palliative Medicine, University of Edinburgh Marie Fallon | The University of Edinburgh
Dr Peter Hall, Reader in Cancer Informatics and Health Economics, Univeritsy of Edinburgh Peter Hall | The University of Edinburgh
Dr Giovanni Tramonti, Research Fellow in Cancer Informatics, University of Edinburgh Giovanni Tramonti | The University of Edinburgh
