Black in Cancer

?? Last chance to apply for our Non-Clinical PhD Studentship and Clinical Research Training Fellowships! Our PhD opportunities for 2025 entry close tomorrow Friday 15th November at 17:00 (GMT). In this short video, SciComm Ambassador Adesewa asks post docs what advice they would give to someone thinking of applying for a PhD. ??????

FINAL CALL to register for a #PhD #Scholarship insight session! The Black Leaders in Cancer PhD Scholarship Programme has opened for students from a Black heritage background. We're thrilled to partner with 12 professionals from Black in Cancer and Cancer Research UK (CRUK) of 7 centres in Cambridge, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Oxford and Glasgow, to introduce the programme details. TOMORROW 2 October 2024,12:30 – 14:00 Don't miss out on achieving your #PhDscholarship opportunities! SIGN UP NOW https://lnkd.in/eQ_yXyZm Programme details https://lnkd.in/eeU95TJV #BlackLeadersInCancer #PhD #Scholarships

We want to create a research community where everyone has the opportunity to excel. At the moment, this isn’t always the case – Black researchers are underrepresented in #STEM and as of last year, make up just 1% of our grant applications. To try and tackle this issue, we’re running our #BlackLeadersinCancer PhD scholarship again this year, in partnership with Black in Cancer and Windsor Fellowship. We’re thrilled to be able to extend this programme to all CRUK centres so that more students from Black heritage backgrounds will be provided a four-year fully funded PhD in #CancerResearch. ? Successful applicants will have the chance to study at any CRUK centre from September 2025.?They’ll also receive mentoring and wraparound support throughout their PhD.? ? Know someone who might be interested? Share this with your network and encourage them to attend one of our informational sessions on 2 or 8 October ????https://bit.ly/45AXB4f

Applications are now open for the next cohort of our Black Leaders in Cancer PhD Scholarship Programme and I’m delighted that we’ve been able to increase the number of Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Centres involved and PhD studentships available. ? Delivered in collaboration with our expert partners Black in Cancer and Windsor Fellowship, the programme is now in its third year and aims to address the underrepresentation of Black researchers in biomedical and cancer research. ? The team will be hosting some insight sessions in early October with further details about the programme and you can also find out more via our website: https://lnkd.in/e6T9PQWD ? Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre | Cancer Research UK City of London Centre | CRUK Convergence Science Centre | Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre | CRUK Newcastle Centre | CRUK Oxford Centre | CRUK Scotland Centre

I don't normally watch TV on a morning, but I stayed at my Mum's last night and she always has the news as she gets ready for the day. I'm glad to have caught this item on the breakfast show this morning. Post-doc and CEO of Black in Cancer, Sigourney Bonner, highlights the stark inequity we see in cancer diagnosis, experiences, and mortality. A study by Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and NHS Digital found Black women were more likely than white women to be diagnosed with late-stage cancer. Research by the Race Equality Foundation also found that Black patients reported more negative experiences of cancer care than white patients. Sigourney put it perfectly when she said Black people are "underrepresented in research" and "overrepresented in cancer mortality". #BlackInCancer #HealthInequity #InclusiveResearch #CancerResearch #PatientsFirst #HealthResearch #Inequalities #DemandDiversity https://lnkd.in/eQ4tM_P7

This morning on BBC Breakfast, the important work of Black in Cancer was highlighted, featuring insights from Sigourney Bonner, Magda Ali and Randy Greaves at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute. Our Director of Evidence and Implementation Naser Turabi then joined presenters Ben and Sally on the breakfast sofa to shed light on the complexities of cancer inequalities and the dedicated efforts we are making to address them. Together, we are working to tackle health inequalities and improve outcomes for those from minority backgrounds, as well as emphasise the need for better representation in research ?? #BlackinCancer #CancerResearch #DiversityInResearch

Applications for the 4th cohort of the Black in Cancer Mentorship Program (BiCMP) are now open. We invite mentors working in the field of cancer research and treatment, including PhD students and professionals in academia, medicine, or industry. Additionally, undergraduate and masters students are encouraged to apply as mentees. For informal inquiries, please contact Julia Morris, PhD and Mamadou A. Bah at [email protected]. ?? Be sure to submit your application by Monday, September 2, 2024 using this link: https://bit.ly/3otWbF9 #BiCMP #BlackinCancer #Mentorship #CancerResearch

Can't believe it's been almost 2 months since #BiCconf24! Have a read through this summarative piece by Miriam Anorson to relive the experience ?? ??

As a young medical student in Nigeria, Segun Afolaranmi was shocked by the disproportionate rate of death from treatable cancers across Africa. In Cambridge, he hopes his PhD will lead to a way to enhance?immune cells to deliver a ‘kiss of death’ to cancer, #ChangingTheStoryOfCancer. Alongside his research, Segun has supported our collaboration with the Uganda Cancer Institute and Cambridge-Africa, sharing knowledge and skills with students at Makerere University. He also co-founded The Ganglion Initiative to provide career guidance and mentoring for schoolchildren in Nigeria. Read the full story here ?? https://lnkd.in/ekTRSaJD

Sigourney Bonner co-founded Black in Cancer while studying for her PhD in paediatric brain tumours at the University of Cambridge. One objective is to increase the number of Black scientists in cancer research, which has led to establishing a Black Leaders in Cancer PhD Scholarship Programme in partnership with Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and the Windsor Fellowship. One of the first students supported by the funded programme, Randy Greaves, says studying on our MRes+PhD programme has given him the opportunity to realise a life-long dream.