Sabera Nazneen Rahman
is a geneticist who specialises in
cancer research
Cancer research is research into cancer to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure.
Cancer research ranges from epidemiology, molecular bioscience to the performance of clinical trials to evaluate and ...
and is a non-executive director for
Astra Zeneca
AstraZeneca plc () is a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with its headquarters at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in Cambridge, England. It has a portfolio of products for major diseases in areas includin ...
. She was previously head of Genetics and Epidemiology at the
Institute of Cancer Research.
Education
Rahman qualified in medicine from
University of Oxford
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in 1991, and completed a PhD in Molecular Genetics in 1999 on the
Wilms' tumor
Wilms' tumor or Wilms tumor, also known as nephroblastoma, is a cancer of the kidneys that typically occurs in children, rarely in adults.; and occurs most commonly as a renal tumor in child patients. It is named after Max Wilms, the German surg ...
susceptibility gene FWT1. She completed her Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in
Clinical Genetics
Medical genetics is the branch
tics in that human genetics is a field of scientific research that may or may not apply to medicine, while medical genetics refers to the application of genetics to medical care. For example, research on the caus ...
in 2001.
Career and research
She was head of Genetics and Epidemiology at the
Institute of Cancer Research, based at the
Sir Richard Doll Building in Sutton. She specialises in research into the genetic mechanisms that cause cancer, particularly among groups with a predisposition to pediatric cancers or breast cancer. Through her research, Professor Rahman has provided improved screening and treatment options for NHS patients, and also provides advice on rare cancer genetics to clinicians internationally. She blogs about her work at ''Harvesting the Genome''.
Rahman held a clinical role as head of the cancer genetics service at The
Royal Marsden
The Royal Marsden Hospital (RM) is a specialist cancer treatment hospital in London based in Kensington and Chelsea, next to the Royal Brompton Hospital, in Fulham Road with a second site in Belmont, close to Sutton Hospital, High Down and D ...
and
St George's Hospital in south west London.
Rahman resigned from her position following in October 2018 following upholding on independent investigation of a complaint of systematic bullying spanning 15 years from 44 of her current and former staff and students . Rahman also lost a £3.5-million grant from the
Wellcome Trust
The Wellcome Trust is a charitable foundation focused on health research based in London, in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1936 with legacies from the pharmaceutical magnate Henry Wellcome (founder of one of the predecessors of Glaxo ...
.
In 2017 Rahman was appointed Non-Executive Director and member of the Science Committee at AstraZeneca Plc.
Awards and honours
Rahman was elected a Fellow of the
Academy of Medical Sciences
The Academy of Medical Sciences is an organisation established in the UK in 1998. It is one of the four UK National Academies, the others being the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society.
Its mission is to adv ...
in 2010. Her nomination reads:
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power list 2014. In February 2016, she was awarded the Services to Science & Engineering award at the
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Rahman is also a singer-songwriter, with two albums and one EP released.