معرفی
Dr Katie Spencer is an Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Clinical Oncologist in the University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine & Health, embedded in the Academic Unit of Health Economics. She combines specialist clinical care for lymphoma and skin lymphoma patients with nationally influential research on cancer data, health economics, and radiotherapy policy.
Education & Professional Milestones
- MB BChir, MA (Cantab) – University of Cambridge
- MRCP, FRCR – Membership & Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists
- PhD – Medical Research Council Doctoral Training Fellowship, investigating palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases
- Rowan Williams Medal – highest mark in final Clinical Oncology FRCR examination
Research Focus
Dr Spencer’s programme integrates routine NHS data with health-economic modelling to evaluate the equity, outcomes and cost-effectiveness of cancer treatments. Major strands include:
- Utilisation and outcomes of radiotherapy across England
- Impact of COVID-19 on NHS radiotherapy and colorectal cancer services
- Systematic assessment of cancer-care costs to the NHS, patients, carers and society
- Variation in curative treatment for lung cancer and its population-level mortality effects
- Development of international radiotherapy datasets with the IAEA
Selected Scientific Awards & National Roles
- NHS England National Clinical Lead for Radiotherapy Data
- Contributor to Radiotherapy UK “World-class Radiotherapy in the UK” report
- Co-author, Royal College of Radiologists / ESTRO-HERO costing report
- Rowan Williams Medal, Royal College of Radiologists
Teaching & Mentoring
She currently supervises PhD candidate Janet Tonge and has mentored MRes student Sairah Naseer. She lectures on undergraduate and postgraduate oncology programmes, delivers regional FRCR exam teaching, and actively supports junior clinical academics.
Collaborative Networks
Dr Spencer works across the Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St James’s, the Academic Unit of Health Economics, the Cancer Epidemiology Group and the Decision Modelling Group. She collaborates nationally with NDRS, the Royal College of Radiologists, ESTRO-HERO, and internationally with the IAEA and multiple UK universities.
