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Current lab members

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Stuart Rushworth

Group Leader

I am the scientific group leader for molecular haematology research at Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, UK. I completed my bachelors degree at the University of Sunderland and my PhD at the University of Cambridge with a focus on immunology. I undertook post-doctoral training at the University of Cambridge and the University of East Anglia before setting up my own group in 2013. 

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Charlotte Hellmich

Clinical Lecturer - UEA and NNUH

I graduated from Bristol Medical School in 2013 and started work at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital as a Haematology Trainee in 2017. I first joined the Rushworth lab as an Academic Clinical Fellow and started my Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellowship in 2019. My research focus is ageing in the bone marrow microenvironment in the context of infection.

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Matthew Markham

Postdoctoral Researcher - MRC

I graduated from Durham University with an integrated master’s in Biology and subsequently completed my PhD at the University of East Anglia with a focus on the resolution of the inflammatory response in human macrophages. I am currently a postdoctoral scientist investigating how macrophages within the bone marrow microenvironment contribute to the clearance of acute myeloid leukaemia.

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Rebecca Maynard

PhD Student - NMS

I graduated from the University of Manchester with an integrated master's in Biomedical Sciences.  I am a PhD student investigating the effects of obesity on the blood stem cell niche and what changes are made to the bone marrow microenvironment. I am interested in how these changes affect the immune cell and therefore the progression of acute myeloid leukaemia. 

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Alyssa Polski-Delve

PhD Student - NRPDTP

I graduated from the University of East Anglia with a BSc in Biological Sciences and an MSc in Molecular Medicine. I am now a PhD student researching the effects of obesity and ageing on lipid metabolism during the immune response, and is funded by the NRPDTP.

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Rosie Taylor

Intercalating MRes Studnet

I am an intercalating medical student at the University of East Anglia completing an MRes in Clinical Science, focusing on metabolic changes in macrophages induced by myeloma.

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Kristian Bowles

Professor of Clinical Haematology

I studied medicine at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals Medical School, London. I trained as a junior doctor in London, Kent and South Africa before specialist training in haematology in Cambridge and Norwich. I undertook my PhD at the University of Cambridge, studying haematopoietic stem cell self renewal. I have been a Consultant Haematologist at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital since 2006 and Professor of Haematology at Norwich Medical School since 2013.

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Annalisa Altera

Senior Research Associate - BBSRC

I am a BBSRC founded Postdoctoral researcher in the Rushworth lab. My project is aimed at investigating the effect of plant-based diet on immune system function using in vivo models and also bioinformatic approaches. 
Before joining the group, I completed my PhD at the University of Siena, where I researched the impact of faecal microbial transplant on gut-brain axis in aging. 

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Katherine Hampton

PhD Student - NRP DTP

I graduated from the University of East Anglia with a BSc in Biomedicine and an MSc in Molecular Medicine. My research focuses on the role of LC3 associated phagocytosis in regulating and maintaining the haematopoietic stem cell niche, and is funded by the NRPDTP.

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Dominic Fowler-Shorten

PhD Student - MMB DTP

I graduated from the University of East Anglia with a BSc in Biomedicine and an MRes in Clinical Science. My PhD project is exploring obesity induced gut microbiome changes in the development of multiple myeloma, and is funded by the MRC.

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George Bell

Intercalating MRes Student

I am an intercalating student from the UEA MBBS course studying for an MRes in clinical science. My research focuses on the role of macrophage polarisation in acute myeloid leukaemia.

Former lab members

Genevra Pillinger

Intercalating MRes 2015

Left for

Academic FY Training program

Eoghan Forde

Masters 2017

Left for PhD studentship

University of Glasgow

Rachel Piddock

PhD 2018

Left for post-doc

Weill Cornell Medicine,

New York

Yu Sun

PhD 2019

Left for post-doc

University of Cambridge

Jamie Moore

PhD 2022

Left for senior scientist

CRUK, Cambridge

David Riley

Post Doc

Alvin Katumba

Intercalating MRes 2016

Left for

Academic FY Training program

Manar Shafat

PhD 2018

Left for post doc

University College London

Becky Horton

Intercalating MRes 2018

Left for

Academic FY Training program

Prakrit Kumar

Intercalating MRes 2020

Left to complete medical degree

Norwich Medical School

Aisha Jibril

PhD 2023

Left for post-doc

Imperial College London

Niamh Loughran

Intercalating MRes 2016

Left for

Academic FY Training program

Megan Murray

Post Doc

Left for post doc 

UEA

Adam Morfarkis

Intercalating MRes 2018

Left to complete medical degree

Norwich Medical School

Amelia Lambert

Intercalating MRes 2020

Left to complete medical degree

Norwich Medical School

Martha Ehikioya

Intercalating MRes 2023

Left to complete medical degree

Norwich Medical School

Amina Abdul-Aziz

PhD 2017

Left for post-doc

Ohio State University

Lyubov Zaitseva

Post Doc

Chris Marlein

PhD 2018

Left for post-doc

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York

Jayna Mistry

PhD 2021

Left for post-doc

Jackson Laboratory, USA

Edyta Wojtowicz

Postdoctoral Fellow

Left for principle ingestigator role at Earlham Institute

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