My Research Webinar 8 [LIVE Online Webinar] Steroids and Brain Cancers

Wednesday 27th July at 13:00 BST 

The session will be delivered by:  Sidra Awan

Biography (Sidra Awan) –

Sidra is a Cancer Research Fellow with the Centre for Medicines Optimisation, Research and Evaluation (CMORE) at UCL. She is also a Senior Critical Care Pharmacist at the University College London Hospital with experience in neuro-critical care, general and haematology-critical care.

She is passionate to continue her career within academia and has ideas focussing on patients with cancer on ICU. Her passion for research stemmed from her master’s project which focused on causes of chemo-resistance in AML. Subsequently, she has led and been involved with numerous research, service evaluations and audits which she has presented at conferences.

Last year she completed her NIHR Internship focusing on seizure management in patients with cerebral lesions (e.g SAH, brain tumours etc) and was awarded best poster at the NACCS conference 2021 for AHP. Her current fellowship is a NIHR funded project with an aim to determine the impact of treatment delays on progression free survival and examining toxicity management across different oncology specialties receiving check point inhibitors. Other than research, Sidra is passionate in supporting others into academia and education.

Please Note:

-Webinars will start at 13:00 BST and will last about 30 minutes to 1 hour

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-Webinars are FREE to access for BOPA Paid Members

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The BOPA Research Sub-Committee