About the SCRI
Surrey Cancer Research Institute is a virtual institute launched alongside the recent Surrey Health Partners (SHP) initiative.
The Surrey Cancer Research Institute is a Clinical Academic Group (CAG) within Surrey Health Partners (SHP) working in partnership with Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS FT, St Luke's Cancer Centre, the St Luke’s Cancer Alliance, University of Surrey, Ashford and St Peter’s NHS FT and other organisations to deliver world class research into cancer treatment and service delivery.
Primary objectives for the Surrey Cancer Research Institute include:
- Aspire to work with other local, national and international cancer-oriented partnerships
- Facilitate new grant proposals and attract new income streams from industry, attract more clinical trials and increase the chance of success of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) proposals.
- Sustain a research culture across SHP members through MD and PhD students.
- The Surrey Cancer Research Institute will be a cancer research hub, allowing easy contact between cancer researchers
- The Surrey Cancer Research Institute will hold monthly high profile academic seminars
- The Surrey Cancer Research Institute will engage with the public through open lectures once or twice yearly presenting the wide variety of research being undertaken
Our Strategy
A Unified approach to cancer research.
The Surrey Cancer Research Institute is a virtual institute launched alongside the recent Surrey Health Partners (SHP) initiative.
SHP is a strong collaborative framework to facilitate research, teaching, applications for grant funding with the overall aim of improving patient outcomes. The Surrey Cancer Research Institute's strategy is to unify cancer research groups within the Surrey/Sussex/Kent cancer networks.
Experience, diversity and sharing.
The Surrey Cancer Research Institute website will encompass multidisciplinary research as ‘divisions’- its modular form will encourage new groups to become members. Each division will be led by an experienced researcher. The clear visibility of research programs within the Surrey Cancer Research Institute will allow easier collaboration, grant application and an efficient sharing of resources. The first phase of the Surrey Cancer Research Institute's strategy implementation will also see the development of a monthly keynote seminar series, reflecting the various specialist areas. Work will begin on generating key assets and core technologies which will be shared by Surrey Cancer Research Institute members and outside collaborators. These include creation of new tissue biobanks and generation of tissue microarrays. The establishment of the Surrey Cancer Research Institute will allow member research groups, affiliated Trusts and Universities and St Lukes Cancer Centre to realise their potential and gain national and international profile.
Our People
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