People

Professor Anthony Maraveyas

Anthony Maraveyas is Director of the Centre and Professor in Cancer Medicine at Hull York Medical School.

Anthony is a member of TRANSFORM with a link role for the Hull Molecular Imaging Centres.

Anthony is an Honorary Consultant in the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and has particular clinical and basic science research interest in cancer associated thrombosis (CAT).

Academic lead: Professor Michael Lind

Professor Michael Lind is the academic lead for cancer research within the Centre.

Mike is Professor of Oncology at Hull York Medical School, University of Hull and has been involved in clinical oncology for the last 35 years, 25 years as a Consultant. His major research interests are in lung cancer and mesothelioma.

Mike chairs the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service lung group for Public Health England. Developing cancer services in East Yorkshire, oncogeriatrics and translational research.

Academic lead: Professor Thozhukat Sathyapalan

Professor Thozhukat Sathyapalan is the academic lead for diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism research within the Centre.

Sathya is Professor of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at Hull York Medical School, University of Hull and Honorary Consultant Endocrinologist at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Sathya's main research area of interest is on modulation of cardiovascular risk through pharmacological and nutritional interventions in insulin resistant states such as obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus. He is interested in traditional as well as novel risk factors, specifically endocrine disruptors.

Academic lead: Professor Alyn Morice

Professor Alyn Morice is the academic lead for respiratory research within the Centre.

Alyn is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at Hull York Medical School, University of Hull and an Honorary Consultant Physician at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Professor Morice specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of cough, and runs the Hull Cough Clinic. He also runs the Hull Respiratory Clinical Trials Unit, specialising in the treatment of asthma and COPD. The Hull Cough Clinic is one of the largest centres within Europe, with an international pattern of referral. Unique investigational strategies provide diagnosis and treatment advances, which are incorporated into national and international guideline documents.

Professor Morice has led the European Respiratory Society and British Thoracic Society Taskforces on Cough.

Academic lead: Professor Ian Chetter

Professor Ian Chetter is the academic lead for vascular research within the Centre.

Ian is Professor of Surgery at Hull York Medical School, University of Hull and Honorary Consultant Vascular Surgeon at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. He received a five-year NIHR Senior Investigators Award in April 2018 and is the Royal College of Surgeons Surgical Speciality Lead for Research in Vascular Surgery. His research interests are predominantly Health Services Research and New and Emerging Technologies in arterial and venous disease, wound healing and surgical site infection.