Academic Team

The MSc is led by the Course Director, Dr Tim Humphrey.

The Course Director leads a team of senior academics including the Module Leads and Lecturers.

Module Leads

Module 1: Physics and Chemistry of Radiation Action: Dr Mark Hill, Head of Radiation Physics.

Module 2: Molecular Radiation Biology: Dr Tim Humphrey, Senior Group Leader, Chromosome Integrity.

Module 3: Cellular Radiation Biology:  Dr Mark Hill.

Module 4: Normal Tissue and Applied Radiation Biology: Dr Ketan Shah, Clinical Oncologist

Module 5: Whole Body Exposure and Carcinogenesis: Dr Liz Ainsbury, Head of Cytogenics Group, Public Health England.

Module 6: Radiation Epidemiology: Richard Wakeford, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Manchester.

Module 7: Imaging Technologies: Dr Bart Cornelissen, Junior Group Leader, Radiopharmaceuticals and Molecular Imaging.

Module 8: Tumour Microenvironment: Prof Geoff Higgins, Associate Professor, Tumour Radiosensitivity.

Module 9: Applications of Radiation Therapy: Dr Kristoffer Petersson, Group Leader, FLASH Radiation.

Module 10: Translational Radiation Biology: Dr Eileen Parkes, Cancer Immunology.

Module 11: Clinical Radiation Biology: Prof Tim Maughan, Professor of Clinical Oncology.

Module 12: Radiation Protection: John Harrison, Former Director of Public Health England, Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards (CRCE).

Further details of the modules can be found on the Modules page.