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CANDIDATE INFORMATION PACK CHAIR/READER IN ONCOLOGY IMAGING THE HULL YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL 2 | CHAIR/READER IN ONCOLOGY IMAGING CONTENTS WELCOME – A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN 3 THE HULL YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL 4 MEDICAL IMAGING AT HULL 7 THE POSITION 12 THE PERSON 14 THE LOCATION 16 HOW TO APPLY 18 COMMERCIAL-IN-CONFIDENCE 3 | CHAIR/READER IN ONCOLOGY IMAGING WELCOME A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN HYMS has a strong base in biomedical, clinical, applied health and medical education research areas. HYMS’ academic and Thank you for showing clinical researchers across Hull and York have a reputation for interest in the post of the quality and impact of their work. Chair/Reader in Oncology Now is an exciting time to join the academic community of health researchers in Hull. HYMS is soon to become part of Imaging in the Hull York a wider Faculty of Health Sciences which will include a wide Medical School. range of biomedical and applied health researchers. A £28m University investment to develop a ‘Health Campus’ is in progress, including the prestigious Allam Medical Building, due for completion in summer 2017. This will house a new Institute for Clinical & Applied Health Research, with a significant investment in academic staff and the establishment of strong methods and support infrastructure for researchers, including trials. There is access to a wide range of imaging modalities HYMS IS A YOUNG, EXCITING AND VIBRANT MEDICAL which includes a major PET-CT clinical scanning facility on SCHOOL BASED IN TWO WELL-ESTABLISHED the University of Hull campus and Castle Hill Hospital. This UNIVERSITIES IN THE ATTRACTIVE AND HISTORIC combines high quality patient scanning and new radiopharmacy facilities with our own cyclotron providing a unique model for CITIES OF HULL AND YORK. SINCE OPENING IN per-patient dose production. 2003 WE HAVE AIMED TO PROVIDE A NATIONALLY LEADING AND INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN MEDICAL We value diversity and we are committed to recruiting and EDUCATION PROGRAMME THAT PRODUCES VERY supporting staff and students from all sectors of society. We HIGH QUALITY DOCTORS WHO ARE ALSO EQUIPPED achieved a bronze Athena SWAN award and have recently TO BE PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC LEADERS submitted for a Silver Award. AND MANAGERS. THROUGH PROMOTING STUDENTS’ If you are interested in this exciting opportunity to join us and INTEREST AND INVOLVEMENT IN RESEARCH WE contribute to the next phase of our development as a medical ALSO SEEK TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF school please do apply. If you wish to discuss this role informally CLINICAL ACADEMICS. please contact Mary Comer on +44 7408 850 797 or email [email protected] Further details on how to IN REF 2014, OVER 85% OF RESEARCH ACROSS apply can be found on page 18 of this document. HYMS WAS ASSESSED AS WORLD LEADING OR INTERNATIONALLY EXCELLENT. HYMS HAS AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR RESEARCH GROWTH IN BIOMEDICAL, CLINICAL AND APPLIED HEALTH RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HULL. PROFESSOR TREVOR SHELDON DSc FMedSci DEAN OF HYMS COMMERCIAL-IN-CONFIDENCE 4 | CHAIR/READER IN ONCOLOGY IMAGING THE HULL YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL HYMS OPERATES FROM BOTH UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES AND WITHIN TEACHING HOSPITALS Hull York Medical School (HYMS) AND MEDICAL PRACTICES THROUGHOUT THE is a collaboration between the YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER REGION. HAVING Universities of Hull and York RECENTLY CELEBRATED ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY, HYMS IS A YOUNG MEDICAL SCHOOL WHICH IS and the NHS. DEVELOPING A GROWING REPUTATION FOR ITS TEACHING AND RESEARCH. THE AREA COVERED BY THE HYMS NHS PARTNERSHIP COMPRISES HULL AND THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, YORK AND NORTH YORKSHIRE, AND NORTHERN LINCOLNSHIRE, WHICH TOGETHER HAVE A POPULATION OF AROUND 1.8 MILLION. 17 NHS ORGANISATIONS MAKE UP THE HYMS NHS PARTNERSHIP, WITHIN WHICH THERE ARE OVER 600 CONSULTANTS AND 900 GENERAL PRACTITIONERS. HYMS’s innovative MB BS curriculum includes an enquiry- based approach to learning, early clinical experience, balanced teaching across all health sectors and a wide range of special interest learning opportunities. Our graduates are recognised as being very capable Foundation Doctors, many of whom stay locally and contribute to health care services in the region. For the last two years, HYMS has been in the top 10 for overall student satisfaction in the National Student Survey (2014 and 2015). HYMS also delivers a growing portfolio of postgraduate taught programmes and is developing a training programme for Physician Associates. COMMERCIAL-IN-CONFIDENCE 5 | CHAIR/READER IN ONCOLOGY IMAGING RESEARCH AT HYMS HYMS provides a focus for internationally competitive high quality biomedical, clinical and health services research working in collaboration with others in the Universities of Hull and York and the NHS in North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire. In REF 2014, over 85% of research across HYMS was assessed as world leading or internationally excellent. HYMS has ambitious plans for research growth in biomedical, clinical and applied health research at the University of Hull. Activity “HYMS provides a is targeted on specific important clinically relevant areas reflecting focus for internationally health and biomedical priorities, and existing strengths in the collaborative partners, to enhance opportunities for translational competitive high medicine and so impact on patient care and population health. quality biomedical, The establishment of the Institute for Clinical and Applied Health clinical and health Research (ICAHR) at the University of Hull will drive further services research” research growth and collaboration, including closer working on research & innovation with the Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. Alongside this investment, HYMS and will become a School within a new Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Hull, which will established by August 2017. The six research centres within HYMS are the Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research and the Joint Centre for Cancer Studies (collaborating with the new school of Life Sciences at Hull), the Centre for Health and Population Studies (encompassing the SEDA Research Group in Hull, collaborating with the Department of Health Sciences and others at York); the Centre for Immunology and Infection (a collaboration with the Department of Biology at York); the Centre for Anatomical and Human Sciences (collaborating with the Department of Archaeology at York); and the Centre for Neurosciences CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR AND METABOLIC (developing in collaboration with the Department of Psychology RESEARCH (CCMR) and the York Neuroimaging Centre at York. The Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research collaborates with the School of Life Sciences (newly formed) JOINT CENTRE FOR CANCER STUDIES at the University of Hull. The Centre carries out translational The Joint Centre is a collaboration between HYMS and research in cardiorespiratory and vascular disorders, in particular researchers in the faculty of Sceince and Engineering at the to develop more refined, efficacious and safer approaches to University of Hull. This centre, focuses on bench to bedside combat thrombotic disease. translation activity and clinical trials. In addition to laboratories on the University campus, staff A Clinical Research Facility based at the Queen’s Centre, Castle work at the Daisy facility at Castle Hill Hospital which includes Hill Hospital, was opened in 2008, providing a focus for clinical a clinical trials unit and is currently supporting several studies cancer research and complementing the new Allam Biomedical in heart failure and telemonitoring, led by Professor Andrew Research Facility on the University campus. Research programmes Clark. Underpinning this activity is one of the world’s largest there focus on Cancer Medicine and Biology. Equipment available epidemiological programmes on heart failure, with more than includes flow cytometry, laser capture micro-dissection and gene- 30,000 patient-years of follow-up of patients from the local sequencing; and a 500Mhz wide-bore NMR spectrometer (89mm) population (about 600,000 people). This database, rich in clinical 11.75 TESLA enhancing the ability to analyse a wide range of information, data on quality of life, biomarkers and cardiac biological systems. There is also a PET-CT and a cyclotron facility imaging, is of huge importance and has already produced some (at Castle Hill) and micro PET (on the University campus). highly cited research. COMMERCIAL-IN-CONFIDENCE 6 | CHAIR/READER IN ONCOLOGY IMAGING CENTRE FOR HEALTH AND POPULATION STUDIES CENTRE FOR ANATOMICAL AND HUMAN The Centre is a joint centre with the Health Sciences SCIENCES Department in York (www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences). The The Centre for Anatomical and Human Sciences (CAHS) Department is a large multidisciplinary health research and collaborates with the Department of Archaeology at York. CAHS teaching department, offering a broad range of educational concerns itself with human biological organisation principally at programmes in the health and social care field. Its core the organismal level. It delivers Anatomy teaching using human philosophy is that its teaching and research programmes should cadavers at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and conducts improve health and health care through the application of research in human variation, functional morphology, evolution evidence-based practice and ecology. SEDA RESEARCH GROUP CENTRE FOR NEUROSCIENCES Part of the Centre for Health & Population Studies, the The Centre for Neurosciences is developing in collaboration