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Joanne Edwards is Professor of Translational Cancer Pathology and Principal Investigator at the School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow. She is also Director of Education for the School of Cancer Sciences, Lead of the Colorectal Cancer Theme for the Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre, Director of the Glasgow Tissue Research Facility and Director of the Integrated Technologies for Improved Polyp Surveillance (INCISE) project.

She received her PhD from the University of St Andrews before moving to Glasgow in 1997. With over 20 years of experience in cancer biomarker research and therapeutics, he research focuses on colorectal and breast cancer. She has published more than 200 scientific papers, with over 16,000 citations, and has established an international network of collaborators.

She has developed unique patient tissue cohorts with extensive linked clinical data across a breadth of solid tumours, gaining an international reputation for her expertise in developing biomarkers for personalised patient care. Notably, despite being a non-clinical researcher, her work has led to her election as a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists.

Joanne leads a multidisciplinary team of scientists and surgeons and has supervised over 20 PhD students. As a mentor, she strives to support the next generation of cancer researchers and inspire them through their educational careers as PhD students and post-doctoral scientists.

Dr Pamela McCall has taken on the role of Manager of the Glasgow Tissue Research Facility. She completed her PhD in Molecular Pathology at the University of Glasgow, her experiences in cancer tissue histology, tissue microarrays and digital pathology provides a unique skill set required for this role. Pamela brings experience in managing academic and industrial laboratories. For the past 6 years she was Team leader and a research and development project leader in the Cell biology department at SB Drug Discovery. Prior to this she worked in Academia for 14 years at both Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities in cancer research, focusing on Prostate cancer progression via signalling pathways. She is excited to support and drive the fantastic team forward using the latest technologies in pathology based research. Pamela is inspired daily by her daughter and in her free time she loves to read, drink a fine red wine and go walks with the dog.

Hannah graduated with BSc (Hons) in Anatomy from the University of Glasgow in 2013, before working as an archivist and research technician with the Glasgow Brain Injury Research Group (GBIRG). She then completed a PhD with Dr Willie Stewart and GBIRG examining the proteomic and inflammatory responses to traumatic brain injury. Whilst completing her PhD, Hannah worked as a research technician at the GTRF, carrying out laboratory work including tissue processing, generation of tissue micro arrays and digital pathology services, working with researchers in the School of Cancer Sciences, NHS GG&C Biorepository and other Universities.