TransAtlantic Cancer Alliance for Liquid Biopsy Research and Training to be established through grant
Posted on: 03 December 2024
The All-Ireland NCI Cancer Consortium (AICC) Research & Innovation Grant has been awarded to Dr Kathy Gately. The grant is delivered by the Health Research Board (HRB).
Dr Kathy Gately (pictured), Principal Investigator in the Department of Clinical Medicine, at Trinity College and a Clinical Scientist at St. James’s Hospital Dublin (SJH) has been awarded an All-Ireland NCI Cancer Consortium (AICC) Research & Innovation Grant. The grant is delivered by the Health Research Board (HRB). The award aims to stimulate, engage, develop and improve all-island and trans-Atlantic multi-disciplinary cancer research collaborations, networking, and engagement. The AICC aims to enhance cancer research and cancer care on the island of Ireland.
Dr Gately said:
“ I am delighted to be awarded the All-Ireland NCI Cancer Consortium (AICC) Research & Innovation Grant which will establish a TransAtlantic Cancer Alliance for Liquid Biopsy Research and Training. The award will support novel liquid biopsy research my group are currently undertaking at the Trinity St. James’s Cancer Institute (TSJCI) and it will expand and strengthen the All-Ireland Cancer Liquid Biopsies Consortium (CLuB) by developing new collaborations with expert colleagues in the North of Ireland and at Johns Hopkins University in the US. It is extra special to be receiving this award as the AICC celebrates its 25th Anniversary this year and during Lung Cancer awareness month.”
Kathy has extensive experience in molecular diagnostics, biobanking and clinical research and leads a trans-disciplinary team of postdoctoral scientists, research nurse/assistants, PhD, MSc and MD students. Her translational research program focuses on circulating tumour cells (CTCs), tracking minimal residual disease (MRD) in lung cancer and elucidating drug resistance mechanisms to targeted cancer treatments.
Professor Sinead Ryan, Dean of Research, Trinity College Dublin, said:
“This grant is a key enabler for Dr Kathy Gately and her team to develop research relationships both across the island of Ireland and across the Atlantic Ocean, with the potential for hugely positive impacts in cancer research and cancer care in Ireland. My warm congratulations to Dr Kathy Gately on this award – I look forward to seeing this project progress.”
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