Professor of Head & Neck Pathology, Scientist, Teacher, Husband, Father, Runner, Cyclist, Drummer, and, not least, Christian (and not all at the same time)

Liverpool, UK
Joined September 2013
🎉 Exciting news! The #PATHOS clinical trial has reached its monumental recruitment target of 1,269 participants, becoming one of the largest Head and Neck Cancer trials internationally! 🌍🔬 @livHeadandNeck @VelindreCC @TerryMJones4 @CR_UK @RTTQA_UK @ResearchWales @UKCTUNetwor
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Keith Hunter retweeted
A fantastic talk, as usual, was given by Dr.Hunter about cellular senescence! At the end we were also invited to the #IAOO2025 congress which will be held in Liverpool! #IAOP2024 @iaopcancun2024
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Keith Hunter retweeted
The IAOP Council Meeting has been held. A warm welcome to our new members and heartfelt thanks to those who've completed their terms! Today, we discussed how to best serve our members and achieve our goals. #IAOP #Oralpath
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Paper alert! Patient-derived CAFs remodel the tumouroid matrix in a heterogenous manner. When CAFs and cancer cells mix, heterogeneity is lost, matrix softening and an invasive phenotype are observed. #tumoroid #CAFs @iScience_CP @emadmoeen @AuxtineMicalet cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S…
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New paper out today: Fibroblasts from HPV-negative oropharynx squamous cell carcinomas stimulate the release of osteopontin from cancer cells via the release of IL-6 frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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Happy Friday! Meet @KeDaHuntr #FridayFaces working in Head & Neck Cancer lead Histopathologist at Liv Royal Hospital, research interests in senescence, cellular immortalisation & tumour microenvironment 🏥 @livHeadandNeck @lplclinlabs
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Clinician asking pathologist for "pics"
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Happy Friday ☀️Meet @jetsyKMV #FridayFaces Jetsy joined MCCM as part of @livHeadandNeck @KeDaHuntr group, as a PDRA in September 2023 Jetsy's gained her PhD from @UniklinikEssen - PhD title "Targeting autophagy as treatment for Receptor Tyrosine Kinase-amplified cancers"
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I’m very honoured to have taken over from Dr Mary Toner as the President of @theBSOMP. Looking forward to serving the Oral, Maxillofacial and Head and Neck Pathology community for the next 3 years. @livHeadandNeck @LivUniCancer @lplclinlabs – at Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Come and join us for Clinical Academic Training in Pathology @livHeadandNeck . We have an @NorthWestCancer funded Clinical Research Fellowship with PhD funding. Closing 3 May. jobs.ac.uk/job/DHC575/clinic…
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April is Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Month! Did you know that head and neck cancers affect men nearly twice as much as women? Let's encourage everyone to prioritize regular screenings and adopt healthy lifestyle choices to reduce the risk. headandneck.org/symptoms/
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Closing date is this week - come and join us in Liverpool
We have an exciting opportunity to join the team @livHeadandNeck. We are recruiting to a 4 year non-clinical grade 8 research fellowship funded by @NorthWestCancer, to focus on the tumour microenvironment. jobs.ac.uk/job/DGC864/nwcr-r…
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Interested in how cells sense and respond to their environment? Want to do a PhD in Cell Biology? Come join me in @LivUniCancer @LivUni for a PhD! Fully-funded for UK-students. More information here: tinyurl.com/3ev8jd6v
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Very honoured to receive Fellowship by Election (ad hominem) from @FDS_RCS at the diplomates’ ceremony today. Thank you to @Matthew_RCSEng for his support in this. @livHeadandNeck @LivHospitals @lplclinlabs
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We have an exciting opportunity to join the team @livHeadandNeck. We are recruiting to a 4 year non-clinical grade 8 research fellowship funded by @NorthWestCancer, to focus on the tumour microenvironment. jobs.ac.uk/job/DGC864/nwcr-r… – at Liverpool, England
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