معرفی
Susan Farrington is a Reader at the University of Edinburgh's Institute of Genetics and Cancer, specializing in Colorectal Cancer Genetics. Her work focuses on identifying genetic and environmental risk factors for colorectal cancer, with a particular emphasis on DNA repair mechanisms and gene-environment interactions.
Research Interests:
- Colorectal cancer susceptibility genes
- DNA mismatch repair (MMR) and base-excision repair (BER)
- Genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
- Gene-environment interaction analyses
- Development of organoid models for tumor progression
Collaborations:
- Prof Malcolm Dunlop
- Dr Farhat Din
- Prof Colin Semple
- Prof Richard Houlston (ICR)
- Prof Ian Tomlinson (University of Oxford)
Current Projects:
- CRUK-funded polyp prevention therapies for Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
- MRC-funded studies on genetic risk stratification
- Development of vitamin D-related chemoprevention strategies
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