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Amy studied neuroscience at the University of Edinburgh before completing her PhD in the neuroendocrinology of feeding behaviour. She then moved into science communication, having worked in both the charitable and higher education sectors. She joined Cancer Research UK in 2022 where she manages the digital news team.

Headshots of Dame Valerie Beral, Anne Szarewski, Nandita deSouza and Yvonne Barr

Women in science: Cancer research pioneers – part 2

Category: In depth
January 25, 2023
Amy Warnock
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8 minute read

As our 20th anniversary year draws to a close, we’re celebrating some of the pioneering women who have contributed to impactful cancer research and paved the way for even more.

Headshots of Ruth Plummer, Eve Wiltshaw and Judith Bliss

Women in science: Cancer research pioneers – part 1

Category: In depth
January 18, 2023
Amy Warnock
4 comments
7 minute read

As our 20th anniversary year draws to a close, we’re celebrating some of the pioneering women who have contributed to impactful cancer research and paved the way for even more.

Microscopic image of pleural fluid cytology of a small cell carcinoma

7 ways we’ve influenced progress in lung cancer

Category: In depth
November 1, 2022
Amy Warnock
14 comments
8 minute read

From uncovering some of the causes of lung cancer, through to contributing to drugs used to treat it, here are 7 ways we have worked towards progress in lung cancer.