Soumak joined the Generations Study team in 2025 under the mentorship of Professor Garcia-Closas. He holds a bachelor’s degree in information technology and a postgraduate diploma in Business Analytics. Prior to joining the team, Soumak gained extensive data-focused experience at leading IT consulting and technology firms, where he developed expertise in SQL, Python, Google Cloud platform, Hadoop, Spark, and ETL best practices. At the Generations Study, Soumak is responsible for data management, governance, and transformation, with a focus on optimizing participant-facing interfaces in line with FAIR principles.

I provide histopathological support and analysis for MRI biomarker validation.

Soumak Manna

Data Manager:

Integrative Cancer Epidemiology Soumak Manna headshot

Soumak joined the Generations Study team in 2025 under the mentorship of Professor Garcia-Closas. He holds a bachelor’s degree in information technology and a postgraduate diploma in Business Analytics. Prior to joining the team, Soumak gained extensive data-focused experience at leading IT consulting and technology firms, where he developed expertise in SQL, Python, Google Cloud platform, Hadoop, Spark, and ETL best practices. At the Generations Study, Soumak is responsible for data management, governance, and transformation, with a focus on optimizing participant-facing interfaces in line with FAIR principles.

Nida Mirza

Higher Scientific Officer:

Pre-Clinical MRI

I provide histopathological support and analysis for MRI biomarker validation.

Sabine Dreibe

PhD Student:

ICR-CTSU Early Phase and Adaptive Trials Headshot of Sabine Dreibe

Sabine is a PhD student with an MSc in Medical Statistics. Prior to joining the ICR, she worked as a trial statistician, gaining valuable experience in clinical research. Her academic background is further enhanced by additional training in precision oncology and cancer genomics at Harvard Medical School. Sabine’s research interests focus on early-phase adaptive platform trials in precision oncology.

Maggie Qiao

Trials Methodologist:

ICR-CTSU Early Phase and Adaptive Trials Headshot of Maggie Qiao

Being graduated in Statistics in UK and China, Yu (Maggie) began her career as a SAS programmer at Pfizer, then worked as a trial statistician at OCTRU (University of Oxford). She joined the ICR as a Trials Methodologist in 2025, focusing on early-phase trials and adaptive designs, and methodology improvement work.

Dr Conor Oates

Postdoctoral Training Fellow:

Medicinal Chemistry 1

Jamie Mann

Clinical Trial Assistant:

Clinical Academic Radiotherapy (Huddart)

Mahek Mehta

Clinical Trial Assistant:

The Adult Drug Development Unit at the ICR and the RM

Michelle Egbor

Clinical Trial Assistant:

The Adult Drug Development Unit at the ICR and the RM

Dr Xinyi Shen

Postdoctoral Training Fellow:

Cancer Biomarkers

Dr Sophia Lunetto

Postdoctoral Training Fellow:

Cancer Dynamics

Syed Hussain

Vacation Student:

Oncogenetics

Shameela Cousins

Assistant Practitioner:

Oncogenetics

Romayne McMahon

Research Assistant:

Oncogenetics

Dr Rose Hall

Clinical Research Fellow:

Oncogenetics

Dr Emma Hainsworth

Nurse Researcher:

Oncogenetics

Barbara Benton

Research Nurse:

Oncogenetics

Anmol Jhans

Data Manager:

Oncogenetics

Dr Karolína Benkova

Analytical Scientist in Single Cell and Spatial Genomics:

Breast Cancer Research Data Science Group

Dr Junyuan Lyu

Visiting Postdoctoral Training Fellow:

Breast Cancer Research Data Science Group

Dr Gayathiri Sathiamoorthy Kannan

Postdoctoral Training Fellow:

Hit Discovery and Structural Design