Melissa Barlow

Melissa is a PhD student and Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Exeter Medical School. For her PhD, she is evaluating the diagnostic value of pre-diagnostic thrombocytosis in lung cancer patients and exploring the underlying molecular mechanisms of this relationship. She is supervised by Associate Professor Sarah Bailey, Professor Willie Hamilton, Associate Professor Chris Scotton and Dr Giordano Pula.

She also works as a Graduate Research Assistant, under the management of Associate Professor Sarah Bailey, currently evaluating the diagnostic performance of the FIT for the detection of early onset colorectal cancer diagnosis.

Research Skills

• Management, preparation and analyses of large datasets using Stata
• Regression modelling
• Systematic reviews and meta-analysis
• In-vitro cell culture

Qualifications:

• BSc (Hons) Medical Science (Pharmacology & Therapeutics) – University of Exeter