Jade Dorrian

Jade is part of the Allott Research Group working in the Patrick G. Johnston Centre for Cancer Research within the School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences at Queen's Univeristy Belfast. Jade's PhD focus is to examine the role of Periprostatic Adipose Tissue (PPAT) in Prostate Cancer across two large biomedical cohorts (UK Biobank & AGES-reykjavik). Jade collaborates on this project with colleagues in Trinity College Dublin and The University of Bristol. 

Jade is a PhD researcher in the Allott Lab where the research focus combines molecular epidemiological approaches to the understanding of prostate cancer. She graduated with a BSc with honours 2:1 in 2014 and a Masters of Science with Distinction in 2015 where she obtained a vice chancellors scholarship for academic excellence.

• Prostate cancer epidemiology
• Adipose tissue, specifically periprostatic adipose tissue and links to prostate cancer
• Molecular biology of prostate cancer 
• Risk factors of prostate cancer

Jade has been a lab demonstrator at The University of Huddersfield and at Queens University Belfast. She has helped assist with delivering lectures and has been involved with marking undergraduate work at both institutions.