Dr Elise Glen

Organisation

Institute of Cancer Research

Job title

Researcher Development Manager 

Biography

Elise joined the ICR in February 2013 having been a Post Doc at Newcastle University working on a number of exome sequencing projects. Before that she completed her PhD in pharmacogenetics in collaboration with AstraZeneca. During her time in Newcastle Elise was involved in leading seminars and lectures for undergraduate medical and pharmacology students and was involved in her institute's public engagement committee. In her role at the ICR, Elise leads the Researcher Development programme and works with staff associations to create tailored development programmes for researchers. She regularly delivers training, provides individual careers advice, and is the main point of contact for the development of postdocs and clinical researchers.