Barts Oncology Society

‼️PATHWAY TO ACADEMIC ONCOLOGY‼️

Dr Yu-Hsuen Yang is an Academic Foundation doctor in Medical Oncology working within the Barts Health NHS Trust. During his academic training, he served as sub-investigator on several Phase III, international randomised controlled trials in urological cancers.

He graduated from UCL with an MBBS (Hons) BSc (Hons), and has also completed a MPhil in Computational Biology at Cambridge University. He is interested in using data science to study tumour heterogeneity, dissect mechanisms of treatment resistance, and identify biomarkers for treatment. He is passionate about mentorship and education in oncology, and is co-founder of the British Oncology Network for Undergraduate Societies (BONUS).

Yu-Hsuen will be discussing the benefits of a potential career in medical oncology and the academic training pathway, with reference to his own experiences. He will also be providing advice on how you can take important first steps into this career as a medical student.

An event not be missed!!
🗓Thursday 24th March
⏰6:30pm
📍Milton Lecture Theatre, Garrod Building

***RESCHEDULED***
We apologise for the last minute cancellation last time but… we’re back with our first in person talk of the year! Freddie Whiting is pursuing his PhD at BCI and is deliver his talk:
The Evolution of Cancer Resistance: Why The Drugs Don’t Work

🗓 Tuesday 25th January
⏱ 18:30
📍 Milton Lecture Theatre

Can’t wait to see you all there!!

Come down to Milton next week for this brilliant talk by Freddie John Henry Whiting!
When? Tuesday 16th November, 6pm See you soon :)

Ever wondered why despite the vast world of cancer research, some drugs just fail to work? Come along to Milton on the 16th November where Freddie Whiting, PhD from Barts Cancer Institute, sheds light on this hot-topic. Don’t miss out, get your membership on QMSU now!

We’re back with our first talk of the year! Join Kathrine next Tuesday as she hosts ‘Taking your first steps into Oncology: Advice from a final year medical student’. Former Oncology Society President, Kathrine, is now a final year medical student, alongside being a Research Fellow at our very own Barts Cancer Institute! The zoom link for this event will be out shortly so look out for that. The talk is free for all subs paying members so make sure you buy your membership from QMSU. We hope to see lots of old faces and even more new faces!

And finally introducing Aadi, our President!

Moving onto final introductions, meet Kangbo, our Vice President!

Meet Casey, our Malta Rep!

Meet Jasper, our Treasurer!

Meet Benjamin, our Secretary!

Meet Arushi, our Social Media Officer!