• This PhD training programme aims to produce the future leaders of cancer research and is a central feature of the new Centre.
  • Medical research is entering a new phase of development that presents unparalleled research opportunities for basic science and its exploitation to benefit health.
  • To meet these challenges it is evident that researchers need to appreciate the basic, translational and clinical aspects of the topic. A broad grounding and awareness of emerging technologies, good skills in informatic and an understanding of the challenges in the clinic will be of key importance.
  • Cardiff University, with its significant strengths across these disciplines, is well placed to design and administer a research-training programme and develop cancer researchers, who will eventually specialise in specific topics in basic, translational or clinical research, yet will have an unrivalled understanding of the wider perspective of cancer research.