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Meet Our New Team Members!

Friday, 28 February, 2025

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Anisa Shah

Anisa holds a Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from the Technological University Dublin and a Master's in Precision Medicine from University College Dublin. Her passion for cancer research was sparked during her time at the Cancer Biology and Therapeutics Laboratory at the UCD Conway Institute, where she worked on designing, validating, and optimising an in situ hybridisation protocol to identify lncRNA targets in non-small cell lung cancer tissues as part of her master’s programme. Anisa is passionate about her career in healthcare and research, striving to make a meaningful impact in the field.

Mohamed Addelnasser

Mohamed Abdelnasser is a physiotherapist by background with more than 5-year clinical experience in patients with cancer medical rehabilitation. Mohamed got a postgraduate diploma (PGDip) in Total Quality Management (TQM) and a master’s degree in medical science (MMedSc) with a major in Public Health with Health Economics. He had engaged in multiple public health research projects in both Sweden and Ireland by supporting Mixed Methods research data collection and analysis, research reviews, resources signposting, ethics applications, Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), Data Management Plan (DMP), opening recruitment channels and participants retention. Mohamed was the project manager for the qualitative component of an Irish Cancer Society and NCCP-funded project (ENHANCE study) at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) which examined the most effective interventions for the management of depression among patients with cancer.

Isabel

Isabel Briz Hernandez

Isabel Briz Hernandez is a medical anthropologist specialized in clinical trials and cancer research more broadly.  She received her doctorate from the Department of Anthropology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her doctoral dissertation was an ethnographic study of the development of clinical trials and applications of a personalized living drug called Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in China. As an anthropologist aware of the social and structural determinants of health, she is currently developing a project to address equality, diversity and inclusion in clinical trials and promote public and patient involvement and engagement. 

Contact the UCD Cancer Trials Cluster

UCD Clinical Research Centre, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4
E: cancertrials@ucd.ie