Andy retired from Newcastle University in 2016. After qualifying in medicine, he specialised in haematology before moving to laboratory-based research in childhood leukaemia. He was the Director of the Northern Institute for Cancer Research and has served as a non-executive director for the Human Tissue Authority and as the chair of an NHS Research Ethics Committee.

Andy is also our Data Protection Officer and can be emailed at dpo@rarecan.com for queries related to our privacy policy.