Samuel Janes MBBS, PhD, MSc, MRCP, MRCP

Dr. Samuel Janes qualified in 1992 gaining a BSc and MBBS. He trained in respiratory medicine at several hospitals including the Hammersmith, Harefield, and St Mary’s Hospitals, and completed an MSc (Distinction) in Respiratory Medicine in 1999 at the Brompton Hospital. He gained his CCST in Respiratory and General Medicine in 2004. He won an MRC Training Fellowship and worked in the CRUK Lincoln’s Inn Fields Institute with Fiona Watt working on integrin adhesion molecules and cancer cell survival leading to his Ph.D. in 2004.

He then worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the same institute before moving to University College London. At UCL he won an MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship and now leads a group interested in the pathogenesis of lung disease including cancer formation and its treatment with new biological and cellular therapies within the Centre for Respiratory Research. He has a particular interest in using stem cells as a cellular vector for gene therapy in cancers.