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Dr Gerard Walls

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
Dr Gerard Walls

Dr Gerard Walls

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Dr Walls' work focuses on radiotherapy and systemic therapy for all stages of lung cancer. Through his research Dr Walls hopes to improve the prognosis of lung cancer by advancing how patients are selected and optimised for treatment.

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  • G.Walls@qub.ac.uk
  • @gwalls89

Research Interests

Pre-clinical, dry lab, clinical and qualitative projects in:

  • Lung cancer biology
  • Lung cancer radiotherapy & systemic therapy
  • Cardiotoxicity
  • Circulating tumour DNA
  • Adaptive radiotherapy
  • Radiotherapy trials access/design

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  • In 2023 Dr Walls was a Visiting Fellow at Washington University in St Louis where he joined the Bergom Labortory for 3 months to work on cardiac SABR and cardiotoxicity studies – via a Fulbright Scholarship.
  • Dr Walls completed a 1-year Clinical Trials Fellowship in Thoracic Oncology at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust and University of Manchester in 2024 under the supervision of Professor Corinne Faivre-Finn.

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