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- Senior Research Associate
- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL
- Inst of Clinical Trials &Methodology
- Faculty of Pop Health Sciences


Main interest in ovarian and endometrial cancer screening. Alex is part of the core team of the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS), a randomised controlled trial involving 202,638 women from the UK assessing the mortality impact of screening. She has also been involved in the International Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium (OCAC) looking at genetic predisposition to ovarian cancer and has contributed to a number of publications in this field. Alex has an interest in the menopause transition and the therapies that women use to alleviate their menopausal symptoms. Other interests include biomarker discovery for ovarian as well as other cancers.
Alex has been involved in teaching on the MSc Reproductive Health course since 2008.
Currently, co-lead for the following modules:
* Women's Cancers module on the iBSc Women's Heath programme
* Concept and Controversies module on the newly established MSc Women's Health
* Applying Clinical Trial Design Principles in Practice module on the MSc Clinical Trials
2002 | PhD | Doctor of Philosophy – Cancer Research/Molecular Biology | King's College London |
1998 | MSc | Master of Science – Immunology | St George's Hospital Medical School |
1996 | Ba.BiomedScH | Bachelor Biomedical Science (Honours) – Biomedical Sciences | University of Westminster |