Breakthrough Cancer Research invests in future leaders

The highly prestigious ‘Breakthrough Clinical Cancer Research Fellowship Programme in association with Cancer Research’, are now inviting medical graduates, in any cancer discipline in Ireland, to apply.

The two-year training fellowships will be offered biennially and fully funded by one of Ireland’s leading cancer research charities, Breakthrough Cancer are now inviting medical graduates, in any Cancer discipline in Ireland, to apply. The two-year training fellowships will be offered biennially and fully funded by one of Ireland’s leading cancer research charities, Breakthrough Cancer Research.

Breakthrough Cancer Research Fellowship Programme

This new programme has been created for medical graduates who are dedicated to a career in the fields of oncology, haematology, or a related discipline. The programme will facilitate patient focused research in UCC and its associated hospitals to help develop and improve cancer treatments for Irish patients.
Bringing concepts from inception to completion is just one thing the training program aims to for the fellows to create as well as experiencing the full spectrum of clinical/translation research and successful applicants can work closely with clinical scientists as well as they’re research teams to take care of cancer patients in the Cork region and beyond.

Photo courtesy of the CÚRAM SFI Research Centre for smart medical devices.

Professor Rosim Connolly, the recently appointed Professor Gerald O’Sullivan Clinical Chair in Cancer research initiated the opportunity to build on existing fellowships such as the ICAT fellowships and the National Doctors Training and Planning (NDTP) aims to provide a high-quality training experience in advance of or instead of international training opportunities. The fellowship will also facilitate a certifiable educational experience such as an MD in Clinical Medicine if not already obtained by the successful applicant.

Announcing the Fellowship, Professor Connolly said, “Cancer research is one of five focus research areas for UCC’s College of Health and Medicine and over the last decade, UCC has seen a major expansion in clinical and translational medical research. As the recently appointed Professor Gerald O’Sullivan Clinical Chair in Cancer Research at UCC, my aim is to further develop the clinical and translational research infrastructure in the region to ensure high quality patient-focused cancer research at UCC and its affiliated hospitals.

This Fellowship will enable the successful applicant to bring concepts from inception to completion and improve outcomes for cancer patients in Ireland.” Breakthrough Cancer research is one of Ireland’s leading cancer research charities: it aims to inspire and enable the financial support for exceptional research for cancer in Ireland in order to develop more effective treatments for patients’ cancer care and survival. The organisation works closely with researchers and clinicians in practice all over the country so that research is targeted at finding new treatment options for poor prognoses and incurable cancers.

Over the past 20 years, Breakthrough has helped bring 8 novel treatments to clinical trial and the organisation has a further 5 in the pipeline. Commenting on the charity’s support for the research Fellowship, Orla Dolan, CEO of Breakthrough Cancer Research said, “Cancer takes one life every hour of every day in Ireland. We are all aware of the power and need for research. It is the only thing that will lead to breakthroughs and give patients the futures they deserve.

This highly prestigious, fully funded training opportunity is an investment in the next generation of cancer researchers. It will provide the successful candidates with a structured certifiable educational experience that is supported by clinical and translational research mentors in the UCC Cancer Trials Cluster. We are therefore thrilled to fund this research Fellowship Programme to help advance cancer research and make breakthroughs which could assist patients both nationally and internationally.”

Breast cancer cell in 3D. Photo: NUI Galway

If you are suitable qualified and are interested in applying for the Breakthrough Clinical Cancer research fellowship, you can submit an up to date CV and one page statement of interest by email to [email protected] .
Applications close at 5 pm on November 15th, 2021 and interviews will be held on Friday 3rd December pending finalisation.

For more see breakthroughcancerresearch.ie

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