Alex Kim

MPhil Student from 2017-2018

Funded by a Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Alex went on to study for an MD PhD at Washington University, St Louis, USA


Camilo Espinosa

MPhil Student from 2018-2019

Funded by a Santander Cambridge Trust Scholarship

Camilo went on to study for a PhD at Stanford University, USA


Joachim Hanna

PhD Student from 2017-2020 funded by an MRC Clinical PhD Studentship. Joachim moved on to complete his medical degree at the University of Cambridge.

Joachim was awarded the CRUK CI Postgraduate Thesis Prize in 2021. He also won the 2022 Top 10 Digital Oral Presentation Prize at the Arctic IBD Basic Science 17th Congress of ECCO selected from 845 abstracts and the prestigious Guts UK Dr Falk award in June 2022 (see here).


Valentina Carbonaro

PhD student from 2016-2022 (inclusive of two periods of maternity leave)

Funded by a Cancer Research UK Studentship

Valentina was snatched by AstraZeneca where she secured a position as Research Scientist in the Discovery Science Department designing novel CAR T cells.


Hung-Chang Chen

Research Associate from 2016-2022

Funded CRUK Core Award

Hung-Chang has moved to AstraZeneca where he has secured a position as a Senior Research Scientist.


Annika Decker

Erasmus student from 2021-2022

Annika went on to study for a PhD at Radboud University in the Netherlands