Infrastructure & Technology
Professor Tony Whetton
Enabling Academic Section Lead for Infrastructure & Technology
Tony is Professor of Cancer Cell Biology at The University of Manchester and Head of School, Cancer and Enabling Sciences, as well as Director of the Leukaemia Research Fund Unit. He is based at the Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre on the Christie site where he is responsible for medical imaging facilities within the University across three different hospital sites. Tony has authored more than 150 papers as well as raising several million pounds of research funding and teaching both undergraduate and post graduate students. He is also an adjunct Professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York in the Department of Gene and Cell Medicine.
The Infrastructure & Technology Academic Section will coordinate and invest in repositories (genomics, DNA, protein, tissue, images, and clinical phenotype), drive the development and use of imaging technology, and lead the development of e-health.