Breaking Barriers in Oncology: Women leading early phase clinical trials

On behalf of Women for Oncology UK;

Join us online for a fireside chat with the inspirational Dr Ruth Plummer, hosted by Dr Helen Winter - Consultant medical oncologist, co-chair of the National Immunotherapy Education Forum and Clinical Director of the SWAG cancer alliance.

Ruth Plummer is Professor of Experimental Cancer Medicine, Newcastle University and an honorary consultant medical oncologist in Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She directs the Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Trials Research Centre and led the Newcastle Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre and CRUK Newcastle Cancer Centre until October 2025.

The focus of her research is first-in-human clinical trials, running a busy early phase trials practice which includes studies with novel small molecules, antibodies, immunotherapies and cellular therapies. She has taken multiple agents targeting DNA repair into the clinic, including the first-in-class PARP and ATR inhibitors. Nationally she has sat on multiple on grant funding committees for NIHR,…