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Research by grantee

This section of the site will be constantly updated and expanded, so please check back occasionally for new information about the work we fund.

We fund the work of over 4,500 scientists, doctors and nurses across the UK, and run specialised institutes dedicated to cancer research.

In this section of the site, you can find information about many of our top researchers.

Click on the letters below for alphabetical lists of our researchers.

For in-depth information on the work we fund, please visit our Grants and Research website.

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Prof David Walker Prof David Walker

Testing treatments for childhood brain cancer

School of Human Development

University of Nottingham

Prof Jane Wardle Prof Jane Wardle

Health behaviour and cancer risk

Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Centre

University College London

Prof Fiona Watt Prof Fiona Watt

Getting under the skin

Epithelial Cell Biology

Cambridge Research Institute

Prof Robert West Prof Robert West

Helping people to quit smoking

Department of Epidemiology and Public Health

University College London

Prof Gareth Williams Prof Gareth Williams

Understanding how cells divide, and improving cancer treatment and detection

Cancer Research UK Chromosomal Replication Research Group

Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London

Dr Doug Winton Dr Doug Winton

Studying stem cells in bowel cancer

Stem Cell Biology of the Intestine Group

Cambridge Research Institute

Prof Roland Wolf Prof Roland Wolf

How do our genes affect sensitivity to drugs and the environment?

Cancer Research UK Molecular Pharmacology Laboratory

University of Dundee

Prof Paul Workman Prof Paul Workman

Developing targeted cancer treatments

Cancer Research UK Centre for Cancer Therapeutics

The Institute of Cancer Research