Research Interests
Dr Dunne is open to wide-ranging PhD applications from candidates with a basic science or clinical background.
His fields of interest include;
- Cancer molecular biology
- Digital pathology
- Computational biology
Previous research experience is desirable although not essential.
Public outreach & key achievements
- Lab website: dunne-lab.com
- Current chair of cancer public engagement in QUB
- Member of the Northern Ireland Cancer Research Consumer Forum (NICRCF) PPI network
- Member of the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Colorectal Cancer Clinical Studies Group
- Member of the Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) translational biomarkers development panel
- Member of the Stratification in Colorectal Cancer (S:CORT) Consortium Senior Management Group
Research students
| Name: | Aoife Mc Cooey |
| PhD Title | Investigating molecular vulnerabilities in early stage, disseminating colorectal cancer |
| Country | Ireland |
| Name | Yasemin Adali |
| PhD Title | Lifestyle factors, medications and colon cancer survival stratified by CRIS classification: a molecular cancer epidemiology approach |
| Country | Turkey |
| Name | Amy McCorry |
| PhD Title | Defining the clinical importance of epithelial-stroma-immune signalling in colorectal cancer using a molecular pathology approach |
| Country | UK |