Dr Daniel Adams, Epidemiology Research Fellow

Dr Daniel Adams joined The Generations Study research team in 2023 with Professor Garcia-Closas. A medical doctor by training, Daniel practiced as a General Practitioner in the South of England after obtaining his medical degree from Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. His interest in data science led to a degree in Health Data Analytics and Machine Learning from Imperial College London.

At the ICR, Daniel combines his clinical experience and data science training to analyse digital images of breast tissue using AI. He also conducts statistical analyses for breast cancer survival and risk factors.

Martina Brayley, Epidemiology Research Fellow

Martina joined The Generations Study research team in 2023 with Professor Berrington. She came from the Department of Health and Social Care, where she worked as a Senior Public Health Intelligence Analyst monitoring the health of the population in England. She has also worked as a Nutrition Scientist in Public Health England, evaluating evidence that supported policy development and public health interventions. She has a background in Nutrition Science and completed an MSc in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2020, specialising in lifestyle and environmental risk factors and chronic diseases.

Reuben Frost, Epidemiology Research Assistant

Reuben joined The Generations Study research team in 2023 with Professor Garcia-Closas. Previously, he graduated from University of Oxford with a Masters in Mathematics and Statistics, completing his dissertation utilizing Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods to phase imputed genetic samples.

Reuben's research focusses on evaluating the performance of models assessing breast cancer risk, and collaborating with other groups to improve these models. He also works on descriptive epidemiology studies, working to find patterns in cancer rates and risk factors in the UK population with the view of projecting these trends into the future.

Zoey Richards, Epidemiology Research Assistant

Zoey joined The Generations Study research team in 2024 with Professor Garcia-Closas. She moved into the role after graduating from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine with a MSc in Epidemiology where she wrote her dissertation on how physical proximity to health facilities impacted implant contraceptive use in Senegal.

Zoey is working on increasing study access and awareness of the Generations Study. On the research side, she uses geospatial analyses to identify social and environmental risk factors for breast cancer to identify and help address health inequities through public health policy and interventions.

Imogen Sawyer, PhD student

Imogen joined the Generations Study research team in 2023, shortly after completing her master’s degree in Population Health Sciences from the University of Cambridge. With her background in epidemiology and data analysis, she is now working towards a PhD with Professor Berrington that investigates the late effects of breast cancer treatments.

Imogen is dedicated to advancing our understanding of cancer survivorship and improving patient outcomes.

Isobel Jackson, PhD student

Sanjay Hedge, Data Engineer

Sanjay joined The Generations Study research team in 2024 working with Professor Garcia-Closas. He holds an MSc in Data Science from the University of Birmingham and has expertise in Python, Spark, SQL, and MS Azure, along with knowledge in Machine Learning and Large Language Models. Currently, Sanjay is engaged in Data Management and Transformation of Generations Study data systems to improve the use of data following FAIR principles.

Dawn Thomas, Senior Team Administrator & Study Co-ordinating Manager

Dawn joined The Generations Study research team in 2004 with previous expertise in office management, recruitment, and communications. She joined to assist managing the study launch and overseeing the recruitment and enrolment of over 100,000 women in the Generations Study. Since then, Dawn has headed the retention of study participants, contributed to managing other research projects within the team, and has assisted with staff training. Currently, Dawn provides administrative support to the senior study scientists and the research team as well as co-ordinating the Study communications and overseeing participant engagement.

Jacqueline Wybrow-Smith, Senior Research Operations

Jacqueline joined The Generations Study research team in 2022. Prior to joining the study, she has 14 years of experience working in the NHS in acute hospital, education, and primary care settings, both clinically and operationally, and 19 years in technology-based industries, including as a business analyst. At the Generations Study, Jacqueline manages the scientific research operations, helping the Principal Investigators to prioritize scientific tasks, manage budgets, oversee procurement, contracts, grant submissions, and reporting requirements. She is also responsible for the mammography collections project.

Jan Lebihan, Senior Research Administrator

Jane joined The Generations Study research team in 2010 working as a PA/Research Administrator and is currently working as a Senior Research Administrator.  Jane is responsible for the pathology collection of samples and pathology reports.  These are requested from hospitals all around the country.  Samples and pathology reports have been collected for breast and ovarian cancers. These samples are then processed in our laboratory in order to investigate risk and prognostic factors for these cancers and the data from the pathology reports are used by the study scientists.

June Tam, Clerical Assistant

June joined The Generations Study research team in 2023 as the clerical assistant to Professor Berrington and Professor Garcia-Closas. She administers the regulatory documents and ethics submission involved in the Generations Team’s studies as required by the health research authorities, such as national ethics (REC), Royal Marsden Hospital CCR, national confidentiality committee (CAG), NHS England. She also provides administrative support to the Physical Activity Monitor Study.