UCL academics named as Future Leaders Fellows

Seven UCL academics have been awarded UKRI Future Leaders fellowships, and will receive government investment to support their research. Seven UCL academics have been named by the government as recipients of prestigious UKRI Future Leaders fellowships, which are designed to identify and nurture the research leaders of tomorrow and support them in their academic careers. The scheme is designed to offer longer-term support to enable researchers to explore complex problems and establish new research teams. UCL has so far been awarded 30 fellowships. The seven UCL academics are: Dr Valentina Cambiano (UCL institute for Global Health) ; for her work contributing to the end of HIV in Zimbabwe by focusing on 2 crucial elements: HIV testing and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among adolescent girls and young women, using a multidisciplinary approach. Dr Charles-Antoine Collins-Fekete (UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering) ; for his work on outcome prediction through artificial intelligence to improve the prognosis of lung cancer patients. He is passionate about the possibilities of next-generation medical imaging to provide accurate quantitative information for personalized medicine.