Upper Gastrointestinal Group

The NCRI Upper Gastrointestinal Group brings together clinicians, scientists and patients, carers and others affected by cancer (also known as ‘consumers’), amongst many others, to coordinate the development of a strategic portfolio of research within the field of upper gastrointestinal cancer. The group works closely with clinical research networks, funders and researchers to develop research to improve outcomes for upper gastrointestinal cancer patients.  

The NCRI Upper Gastrointestinal Group consists of an executive group, chaired by Professor John Bridgewater, which provides oversight of the research landscape and proactively identifies opportunities for the group. The NCRI Upper Gastrointestinal Group also has several subgroups that develop research in areas of strategic need. 

How can I get involved?

Join the NCRI Upper Gastrointestinal Network

Group members

Mr Hassan Malik

Chair

Mr Hassan Malik is a Consultant Surgeon at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. He is a surgi ...

Mr Hassan Malik

Chair

Mr Hassan Malik is a Consultant Surgeon at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. He is a surgical oncologist with an extensive hepatobiliary and retroperitoneal sarcoma operative experience. He obtained his medical degree from Glasgow University in 1992. He passed the FRCS exam in 1996 and was awarded a M.D from the University of Glasgow in 2000. He is a fellow of the Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Mr Malik has led development of an active research programme, with a specialist interest in cholangiocarcinoma. He has supervised a number of PhD and MD students and has in excess of 125 publications within his field of interest. He was awarded an associate professorship from the University of Liverpool in 2019.

Mr Malik is Past President of the British Association of Surgical Oncology (BASO),  Honorary secretary of the European Society of Surgical Oncology, past Chair of the NCRN Hepatobiliary subgroup, as well as associate editor of the European Journal of Surgical Oncology.

His special interests include Liver and Soft Tissue Sarcoma (retroperitoneal sarcoma).

Dr Gwen Murphy

Deputy Chair

Dr Gwen Murphy is a Senior Research Fellow in the Cancer Screening and ...

Dr Gwen Murphy

Deputy Chair

Dr Gwen Murphy is a Senior Research Fellow in the Cancer Screening and Prevention Research Group (CSPRG) in the Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London.

Dr Murphy earned a PhD in Clinical Medicine from Trinity College Dublin, and a Masters in Public Health from University College Dublin before joining the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) within the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). During her 13 years at the National Cancer Institute Dr Murphy worked to initiate the NCI International EBV-Gastric Cancer Consortium, was a founding member of the African Esophageal Cancer Consortium (AfrECC), coordinated a number of large international field studies of upper gastrointestinal cancers (China, Iran, Kenya, Brazil) and was a Steering Committee member for the Polyp Prevention Trial. Before joining the CSPRG Dr Murphy served as Executive Director at a health-tech start-up company.  

Her research program is focused on cancer prevention informed by etiologic investigations of gastrointestinal cancers in epidemiologic studies. 

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