About
Dr Ainhoa Mielgo was awarded, in 2005, her PhD degree in Cancer Biology with honours (cum laude) at the University of Basel, Switzerland. She next performed a post-doctoral training (2005-2010), and was promoted to junior faculty (2010-2012) at the Moores Cancer Centre, University of California San Diego, USA. In 2013, Ainhoa was awarded with a prestigious career development award (Sir Henry Dale Fellowship) from the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society and relocated to the UK, at the University of Liverpool where she started her independent research team in cancer research. Her research focuses on understanding how the cancer associated stromal and immune cells interact with the cancer cells and how these interactions affect cancer progression, metastasis and resistance to therapies. Cancer cell-centric therapies have not been very successful in the treatment of aggressive solid cancers. Ainhoa's team goal is to find more effective combination therapies targeting both the cancer cells and the tumour supporting functions of the tumour stroma and to translate their scientific discoveries to the benefit of cancer patients.
Prizes or Honours
- Elected Member of Editorial Board of Frontiers in Cell & Developmental Biology (Frontiers in Cell & Developmental Biology, 2015)
- Elected Member of AcademiaNet, expert database for outstanding female academics (AcademiaNet, 2015)
- Knowledge Exchange & Impact Award (Business Gateway. University of Liverpool, 2015)
- American Association for Cancer Research Award. (AACR, 2011)
- Presentation award (European Cancer Center meeting (EuCC)., 2004)
Funded Fellowships
- Pancreatic Cancer Research Foundation (Pancreatic Cancer Research Foundation, 2015)
- Sir Henry Dale Fellowship (Wellcome Trust & The Royal Society, 2013)
- Postdoctoral fellowship. (Caja Madrid Foundation, 2008)
- Postdoctoral fellowship . (Swiss National Foundation, 2007)
- Postdoctoral fellowship . (Novartis Foundation, 2006)
- Fellowship for Research (Spanish Research Council (CSIC), 2000)
- Fellowship for undergraduate Research (Basque Government, 1999)