Consultant in Medical Oncology
Qualifications:
BSc, MBChB, FRCP, PhD
Membership and appointments:
Director of the Liverpool Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre
North West Cancer Research Chair in Medical Oncology, University of Liverpool
Specialty:
Prof Palmer was appointed North West Cancer Research Chair in Medical Oncology at the University of Liverpool in 2011. His research interests relate to HPB cancers (liver, pancreas and biliary tract) and involve basic laboratory science, translational research and clinical trials.
Prof Palmer is director of the Liverpool Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC), a collaboration between The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Liverpool Clinical Trials Centre and the University of Liverpool.
In 2023 Prof Palmer was appointed one of the clinical leads working with NHS England’s Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme, reviewing services for pancreatic cancer patients.
Prof Palmer has established a portfolio of early phase clinical trials and translational studies as well as making significant contributions to multi-centre phase III trials.