Caroline Dive | |
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Born | April 1962 (age 62) |
Alma mater | University of London (BPharm) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Cancer Pharmacology |
Institutions | Aston University University of Manchester Cancer Research UK |
Thesis | Flow cytoenzymology with special reference to cancer chemotherapy (1988) |
Website | www |
Caroline Dive CBE (born April 1962)[1] is a British cancer research scientist. Dive is Professor of Cancer Pharmacology at the University of Manchester, Deputy Director of the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Manchester Institute,[2][3] Director of the CRUK Manchester Institute Cancer Biomarker Centre[4] and co-director of the CRUK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence.[5] She is the current President of The European Association for Cancer Research (EACR).[6]
Dive's citation upon election as Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences describes her as internationally renowned for her work on the development of liquid biopsy methods which use biomarkers circulating in the blood, such as circulating tumour cells and cell-free tumour DNA, to diagnose and monitor cancer.[7]