Robert Kerrison, BSc, MSc, PhD

Dr. Robert Kerrison is a Senior Lecturer in Cancer Care at the University of Surrey, where he co-leads the Cancer Care Cluster with Professor Katriina Whitaker. Rob completed his PhD at the Department of Behavioural Science and Health (UCL), under the supervision of Professor Jane Wadle, Profeessor Christian von Wagner and Dr Lesley Mcgregor. After completing his PhD, Rob was awarded a prestigious Cancer Research UK Population Research Fellowship in Cancer Screening. He has since been appointed to as co-chair of the World Endoscopy Organization (WEO) Coalition to Reduce Inequities in Colorectal Cancer Screening and sits on a number of funding panels, including Breast Cancer Now and Yorkshire Cancer Research. Rob is also a co-investigator on the NIHR Policy Research Unit for Cancer Awareness, Screening and Early Diagnosis, alongside colleagues at the University of Oxford and Cambridge. His research focuses primarily on inequalities in cancer across the cancer care pathway, from symptom awareness and early diagnosis, to patient treatment and outcomes.