Ranchu Cheng
Thesis title: Dissecting Immune-Stromal Crosstalk to Define Prognostic Endotypes in Lung Cancer
MRC Precision Medicine DTP
Year of study: 1
- Akram Lab/Lung Cancer Group
- Centre for Inflammation Research
- Institute for Regeneration and Repair
Contact details
- Email: s2166355@ed.ac.uk
Address
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Centre for Inflammation Research
Institute for Regeneration and Repair
Edinburgh Bioquarter
4-5 Little France Drive - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH16 4UU
Background
I am an MRC Precision Medicine DTP PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, researching lung cancer using spatial and computational approaches. Before starting my PhD, I completed an MSc in Medical Statistics at the LSHTM, an MRes in Oncology at the University of Oxford, and a BSc in Cancer Biomedicine at University College London. My previous research has included tumour microenvironment profiling, cancer genomics, single-cell analysis and clinical survival analysis.
Qualifications
MRC Precision Medicine DTP PhD, University of Edinburgh, 2026–2030 — ongoing
MSc Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 2025–2026
MRes in Oncology, University of Oxford, 2024–2025
BSc Cancer Biomedicine, University College London, 2021–2024
Research summary
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Wan, P. K. T., et al. (2026). Evidence of endothelial anergy and T-cell exclusion in microsatellite stable colorectal liver metastases revealed through human hemi-liver perfusion and spatial transcriptomics. Molecular Cancer. Second author.
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Ji, C. X., et al. (2024). Identification and determination of the urinary metabolite of iodotyrosine in vivo. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 735, 150854. Fourth author.