Ruth Plummer

Clincal Professor of Experimental Cancer Med at University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Honorary Consultant at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

I was appointed to my consultant post in August 2004. I trained at Cambridge and Oxford Medical Schools, with oncology training in Newcastle at the Northern Centre for Cancer Care and Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University.
I am currently director of the Sir Bobby Robson Cancer trials Research Centre with responsibility for early phase trials practice. At a national level I sit on CRUK’s Science Funding committee, chair the CRUK New Agents Committee and also am involved in NCRI clinical groups in melanoma and radiotherapy research. I am a member of CRUKs Clinical Research Committee.