Merseyside professor honoured for lifetime of pioneering cancer research
Posted 5th July 2016
Professor Michael Brada, Consultant in Clinical Oncology at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, has been honoured for dedicating a lifetime to improving the treatment of cancer patients.
Throughout his career, Professor Brada has been at the cutting edge of research into new drugs and radiation techniques for the treatment of brain tumours and lung cancer.
He was presented with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement award by the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology at their 35th annual meeting in Italy.
He said: “I was honoured to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. I hope that with my colleagues in Liverpool and the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre I can continue high quality research to find the best treatment and care for cancer patients.”
Professor Brada joined The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in 2013.
He is a world renowned researcher and says that during his work he always asks of new developments: “What would I want from new treatment and new technology if this was my own family? The answer always is that I would want them to live longer with a better quality of life.”
This approach has led him to subjecting research, technology and treatment techniques to vigorous scrutiny and his studies have resulted in widespread changes to clinical practice. He believes that is why he was honoured by his peers.
He said: “They told me ‘we value you most for being an honest and rigorous evaluator of technology’.”
He added: “I am proud of remaining completely objective and honest.”
Professor Brada, also Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Liverpool, was the President of ESTRO from 2003 to 2005.
He is married with two children and lives in Liverpool. He came to the United Kingdom from the Czech Republic in 1968 and studied at Bristol University before becoming an SHO and registrar in Haematology in Liverpool. He trained in oncology at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
He hopes to expand the world class research being done at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre and loves life on Merseyside.
