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Professor Karen McCloskey

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Professor Karen McCloskey

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

My research group works on pelvic cancers including bladder, prostate and ovarian cancers in addition to pathophysiology of the urinary bladder. We combine cell physiology and molecular biology approaches to understand how ion channels are involved in the progression of these cancers.

We also work with radiation biologists and clinical oncologists to better understand the mechanisms underlying damage to the bladder that occurs as a result of radiation therapy for pelvic cancers.

Contact info

  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 2386

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Benign
  • Malignant urolog
  • Ion channels in health and disease

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Current Research Opportunities

  • Can we protect the urinary bladder from radiation toxicity?

Research students

PhD Title CaV channels and the development of castrate-resistant prostate cancer
Country UK
   

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title Functional Innervation and Neurogenic Dependence of Interstitial Cells in the Urinary Bladder
Country UK
Current Position  Research Officer, Imperial College London, UK.
   
PhD Title  Characterisation of radiation-induced bladder damage: functional, structural and molecular changes in animal and human models.
Country  UK
Current Position  Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
   
   

 

 


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