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Mr Rasheed Zakaria PhD, FRCS(SN), MA, BMBCh

Senior Clinical Lecturer, Neurosurgery Molecular & Clinical Cancer Medicine

Research

Brain metastasis

Diffuse glioma

Surgical technologies and imaging

Research Grants

BRain dIffusion TEnsor imaging to predict immunotherapy response in METastatic melanoma (BRITEMET) Rasheed Zakaria

CANCER RESEARCH UK (UK)

January 2020 - July 2023

Invasion of brain metastases

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND(UK)

December 2015 - November 2016

Research Collaborations

Christian Ottensmeier

Project: Immunotherapy for glioblastoma
Internal

I co-supervise a PhD with Professor Ottensmeier working on the spatial and temporal changes in the immune microenvironment of glioblastoma.

Harish Poptani

Project: Preclinical imaging of brain tumours
Internal

I work with Professor Poptani and his group to study preclinical imaging features of primary and metastatic brain tumours with a view to improving and optimising our care in the clinic.

Carlo Palmieri

Project: Brain metastases from breast cancer
Internal

We work with Professor Palmieri and post doctoral researcher Dr Athina Giannoudis to understand the mechanisms and targets of breast cancer-brain metastases.

Michaela Lorger

Project: Optimising the resonse to immunotherapy
External: University of Leeds

I work with Dr Lorger to facilitate her research into the role of extracranial disease in brain metastases colonisation and response to immunotherapy, supervising a joint MRC DiMeN PhD studentship.

Priscilla Brastianos

Project: Tumour evolution in response to immunotherapy
External: Harvard University, Broad Institute

We work with Professor Brastianos and her group to study the changes in brain metastases induced by immunotherapy to understand treatment response and improve outcomes.

Nicola Sibson

Project: Understanding the tumour boundary
External: University of Oxford

We work with Professor Sibson's group on studying and characterising the invasive margins of brain metastases to better understand and treat this pathology.