The Christie Charity
Natalie Cook
Name
Natalie Cook
Job title
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Experimental Cancer Medicine and Honorary Consultant
Email Address
the-christie.ECMT.enquiries@nhs.net
Phone number
0161 918 3743
Qualifications
MBChB, MRCP, PhD
Specialities
Medical oncology
Responsibilities
Dr Cook’s research focuses on development of early phase clinical trials of experimental anti-cancer therapies, translational assay development and early phase trials for gastrointestinal cancers
Professional biography
Dr Cook is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in Experimental Cancer Medicine at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust/Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester. She is also the clinical lead for Manchester Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre. She previously trained in Medical Oncology in Cambridge, UK, where she completed a PhD, funded by a CRUK Clinical Training fellowship.
In 2012, Dr Cook was awarded the Rothwell Jackson Postgraduate Travelling Fellowship and travelled to Canada to undertake a 2-year drug development research fellowship, based at the University of Toronto and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. In her current position, she is co-investigator on a portfolio of over 60 early phase clinical trials and is a Chief/Principal Investigator on over 20 trials.
Research Interest
Dr Cook has research interests in precision medicine, GI cancers and carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP).