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The Adult Drug Development Unit at the ICR and the RM

The Adult Drug Development Unit (DDU) at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, comprises an internationally-leading group of >100 staff focused on early anti-cancer drug development.

Group leader

Professor Johann De Bono

Professor Johann De Bono

Divisional Head of Clinical Studies

Professor Johann de Bono is the Head of the Division of Clinical Studies and an international expert in the development of novel anticancer therapies against adult cancers. His group of runs one of the world’s largest phase I clinical trials units for cancer, with >100 staff including dedicated radiology and pathology staff; he also runs a separate group focused on improving prostate cancer care that have led pivotal phase III trials of several prostate cancer drugs including abiraterone, cabazitaxel, enzalutamide and olaparib as well more recently ipatasertib and lutetium-PSMA.

ORCID 0000-0002-2034-595X

Group members

Nana Adjei

Clinical Trial Assistant +44 20 3437 3636

Wanitta Adzangoa

Kiara Alakija

+44 20 3437 3505

Iman Alasow

Assistant Study Manager +44 20 3437 6367

Marta Ascanio Morcillo

Clinical Trial Assistant +44 20 3437 3643

Hannah Badham

Clinical Trial Manager +44 20 8722 4497

Yasmin Ball

Scientific Officer +44 20 3437 6198

Chloe Ballard

Sujata Banerjee

David Beech

Senior Laboratory Technician

Chloe Bush

Julie Butler

Executive Assistant

Maria Bynoe

Personal Assistant

Aylin Cakir Ozaksu

Clinical Data Manager

Nicole Chana

+44 20 3437 6427

Summen Chauhdry

Val Cornwell

Executive Assistant

Dr Alexander Cowley

Clinical Trial Manager +44 20 3437 6927

Faye Cruz

Clinical Trial Regulatory Coordinator

Robert Daly

Lead Study Manager

Freya Davis

Clinical Trial Assistant +44 20 3437 3637

Lyra Del Rosario

+44 20 3437 6937

Hilary Dent

George Dickens

Assistant Study Manager +44 20 3437 6898

Sadie Dingwall

PhD Student +44 20 3437 6902

Niamh Dowling

Assistant Study Manager +44 20 3437 6075

Oluwabamike Faboyede

Clinical Research Associate +44 20 3437 7203

Freddy Flaherty

Clinical Data Manager +44 20 3437 6326

Gemma Fowler

+44 20 8915 4038

Rahul Goel

Clinical Trial Assistant

Ekta Goshi

Study Manager +44 20 3437 6899

Shinee Gunasekara

+44 20 3437 6436

Jessica Hallett

Clinical Trial Coordinator

Zarrin Hassan

Clinical Trial Assistant +44 20 3437 6162

Melissa Hill

Clinical Trial Assistant +44 20 3437 3633

Sam Hui

Clinical Data Manager

Aasia Hussain

Clincal Trial Manager +44 20 3437 6301

Dr Alvaro Ingles Russo

Honorary Appointment +44 20 3437 6039

Heywon Jeon

Clinical Trial Assistant +44 20 3437 3632

Professor Ian Judson

Honorary Appointment

Professor Stan Kaye

Honorary Appointment

Rebecca Kettridge

Senior Clinical Data Manager

Erika Kostenko

+44 20 3437 6464

Praradchaya Lamb

Jennifer Lauman

Lead Study Manager

Dimitrios Magkos

Clinical Trial Approvals Officer

Hannah Mann

Clinical Trial Assistant +44 20 3437 6406

Stacey Maskell

Personal Assistant +44 20 3437 6026

Ella Mason

Clinical Trial Assistant +44 20 3437 6412

Dr Ruth Matthews

Clinical Trial Programme Manager

Lucy Milne

Pharmacovigilance Officer

Ricardo Morilla

Honorary Appointment

Akshita Nindra

Laboratory Technician +44 20 3437 3600

Dr Mona Parmar

Senior Clinical Data Scientist

Dr Alec Paschalis

Honorary Appointment +44 20 8722 4004

Ana Prim Padilha

Clinical Trial Manager +44 20 3437 6560

Toby Prout

Dr Nidhi Radhakrishnan

Assistant Study Manager +44 20 3437 6060

Uma Ramachandra

Scientific Officer +44 20 3437 6961

Helder Ramos

Clinical Data Manager +44 20 3437 6065

Dr Bindu Raobaikady

Oudnath Sanni

Clinical Trial Assistant +44 20 3437 3641

Renali Senaratne

Clinical Trial Assistant +44 20 3437 6413

Maya Seyhismailzade

Clinical Data Manager +44 20 3437 6615

Dylan Sherman - Reade

Clinical Research Associate +44 20 3437 3509

Rethina Shritharan

Assistant Study Manager +44 20 3437 6084

Rhiannon Sidwell

+44 20 3437 3636

Georgina Silva Fortes

Lead Data Manager

Tharsha Sivabalasupramaniam

Assistant Study Manager

Giovanni Sobrero

Clinical Trial Assistant +44 20 3437 6284

Femia Thom

Biological Specimens Coordinator

Jennifer Tina

Assistant Study Manager +44 20 3437 6897

Helen Torre

Executive Assistant

Lydia Turner

Divisional Administrator +44 20 8722 4302

Sera Turner

Adele Tyldesley

Vacation Student +44 20 3437 3639

Anisha Vadivelu

Laboratory Technician +44 20 3437 6219

Swetha Venkatesan

Clinical Data Analyst +44 20 3437 6416

Sadie White

Laboratory Technician +44 20 3437 6401

Dr Anna Zachariou

Clinical Trial Programme Manager