Meet the team
Our team brings together scientists based at the University of Manchester and Manchester Cancer Research Centre, clinicians at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, and collaborators from the University of the West Indies, Mona and partner hospitals in Jamaica.
Manchester team
Prof. David Wedge
Principal Investigator
David is a Professor in Cancer Genomics and Data Science at The University of Manchester and is the principal investigator for this study. His work focuses on cancer evolution and understanding how genetic changes shape cancer development and progression.
Dr Aliah Hawari
Lead Researcher
Aliah is a Research Fellow and a Computational Biologist based at the University of Manchester and Manchester Cancer Research Centre. She studies how prostate cancer develops by analysing genetic changes in tumour samples.
Dr Ashwin Sachdeva
Lead Researcher
Ashwin is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and the clinical lead for this study.
University of the West Indies, Mona team
Dr Sasha Gay-Wright
Researcher
Sasha is based at University of West Indies, Mona Jamaica. She is the Jamaican lead in this project.
Prof. William Aiken
Consultant Urologist
Consultant Urologist, Head Division of Urology, Lecturer from The University of West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.
Dr. Kimberley
Researcher
Kimberley is based at The University of West Indies, Mona Jamaica.