Professor Gerry Hanna appointed to Chair of Clinical Oncology

Professor Gerry Hanna appointed to Chair of Clinical Oncology

Professor Hanna has been appointed to Chair of Clinical Oncology at Trinity College, the Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute and St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network (SLRON). He takes up his post next month. 

This post is developed from, and replaces, the Marie Curie Professorship in Clinical Oncology. It is closely aligned to the recommendations of the National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026, the workforce planning commissioned by the National Cancer Control Programme, the requirements of the St. Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network (SLRON) and the aims and ambitions of the Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute, and the Medical School, Trinity College.

In this position, Professor Hanna will contribute to the delivery and further development of cancer services in the St. Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network (SLRON) and St. James’s Hospital within the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group.

He will also lead a high impact collaborative clinical and/or translational research and education programme at the School of Medicine, Trinity College, across the St. Luke’s Network, St. James’s Hospital, and partners that achieves national and international recognition.

Professor Hanna’s research interests span the use of PET/CT in radiotherapy planning for lung cancer, mechanisms of radiotherapy resistance, technical radiotherapy, stereotactic ablative radiotherapy and systemic therapy and immunotherapy combinations with radiotherapy.

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