Olivia Lucas
Olivia Lucas
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Clinical PhD Student
Clinical PhD Student
Supervisors:
Professor Charles Swanton
Dr Simone Zaccaria
I completed an undergraduate degree in medical sciences at the University of Cambridge, with a focus on immunology and cancer biology. I then completed a medical degree (MB BChir) at the University of Cambridge, and have been working as a doctor since 2014 in various London hospitals. After gaining Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (MRCP) in 2017, I started specialty training in medical oncology, and via an Academic Clinical Fellowship have gained both clinical and academic training. I successfully gained a Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellowship to complete a PhD at University College London under the supervision of Professor Charles Swanton and Dr Simone Zaccaria.
In my PhD, I have tried to better understand which cancer clones are most proliferative and whether this links to clinically relevant clone behaviours (such as metastasis). Specifically, my work has focused on developing a computational algorithm to estimate clone proliferation rates in the context of cancer evolution using single-cell whole-genome DNA sequencing data. In future, I hope to combine computational and clinical expertise in translational cancer evolution research.
Positions
Positions
2021 - Present | Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow, UCL Cancer Institute, London, UK
2018 - Present | Academic Clinical Fellow and Specialist Registrar (Medical Oncology), Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
2016 - 2018 | Core Medical Training Doctor, University College London Hospitals Trust and Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
2014 - 2016 | Foundation Programme Doctor, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and West Middlesex University NHS Trust, London, UK
Roles
Roles
2021 - Present | Visiting Scientist, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
Fellowships
Fellowships
2021 - Present | Wellcome Trust UCL Clinical PhD Fellowship, Wellcome Trust and University College London
2018 - 2021 | NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF) in Medical Oncology, Barts Health NHS Trust and Barts Cancer Institute
2014 - 2016 | NIHR Academic Foundation Programme (AFP) with BRC Grant for NIHR Academic Trainees, Imperial College London
2010 | Wellcome Trust Student Scholarship, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
Honours and Awards
Honours and Awards
2024 | First Place Poster Prize, UCL Cancer Institute Annual Conference, London, UK
2024 | Clinical Fellows Poster Prize, UCL Academic Careers Office Clinical Academic Trainee Symposium, London, UK
2018 | Sylvia Lawler Prize Finalist, Sylvia Lawler Prize Meeting, London, UK
2013 | Elective Prize, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2013 | Postgraduate Prize for Academic Achievement, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2013 | Selwyn College Tripos Prize (Final MB Pathology), Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2012 | William Harvey Award, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2011 | Selwyn College Academic Scholarship (Part II), Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2010 | Hargreaves Prize for Medicine, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2010 | Selwyn College Academic Scholarship (Part IB), Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2010 | Selwyn College Tripos Prize, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2009 | Elected as Scholar of Selwyn College, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2009 | Selwyn College Academic Scholarship (Part IA), Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2009 | Selwyn College Tripos Prize, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2006 | Lord Florey Prize for Academic Excellence, Melbourne, Australia
2005 | Premier's Victorian Certificate of Education Award for Biology, Melbourne, Australia
Education
Education
2021 - Present | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Wellcome Trust UCL Clinical PhD Programme
University College London, London, UK
Thesis title: Characterising the evolutionary dynamics of cancer proliferation and altered replication timing using bulk and single-cell DNA sequencing
Supervisors: Professor Charles Swanton and Dr Simone Zaccaria
2017 | Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (MRCP) UK
Royal Colleges of Physicians, London, UK
2011 - 2014 | Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MB BChir), Distinction in Final MB Clinical Examination and Final MB Pathology
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2008 - 2011 | Bachelor of Arts (BA), converted to Master of Arts (MA), for Medical Sciences Tripos, First Class
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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