Josep Sulé-Suso

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Biography

Professor Josep Sulé-Suso qualified in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Barcelona. He trained in Oncology at the University Hospitals of North Midlands. He later furthered his research at the Instituto Nazionale dei Tumori in Milan, Italy. He presently combines his clinical duties at the Cancer Centre, University Hospitals of North Midlands with his research at ISTM.

Further information

Education

2003 PhD in Medicine, Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University. Thesis: Autologous cell approaches to diagnosis and therapy in oncology. Date of award: 04-06-2003
1987 Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery, Barcelona, Catalonia.

Employment experience

10/06 – Present Post Clinical Senior Lecturer, Keele University.
10/04 – 09/06 Clinical Lecturer, Keele University.
11/03 – Present Post Associate Specialist in Clinical Oncology. University Hospital of North Staffordshire.
06/95 – 11/03 Staff Grade in Clinical Oncology. University Hospital of North Staffordshire.
02/93 – 05/95 Research Fellow. Department of Experimental Oncology “D”, National Cancer Institute, Milan (Italy).
11/88 – 12/92 Senior House Officer. University Hospital of North Staffordshire.

Professional activities

Chairman of the Working Group for the Infrared Beamline at DIAMOND synchrotron, Oxfordshire, 2013.
Member of the discussion panel: “Microscopy and Imaging in the Synchrotron Light”, organised by the French Embassy in London, at the Royal Society of Medicine, January, 2006
Theme leader for the Diagnostics, Proteomics and Imaging theme, Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University from January 2013.
Member of the Peer Review Committee 5 «Biology-Health» of Soleil, Synchrotron, France. From February, 2012.
Expert member of the review panel for SMIS beamline, Soleil Synchrotron, France. October, 2012.
Member of the Diamond User committee, 2012-2014.

International advisory board member

Spec2014. Shedding new light on disease, Krakow, Poland. August, 2014
Spec2012. Shedding new light on disease, Chiang Mai, Thailand. November, 2012.
Spec2010, June 2010, Manchester UK, member of the local organising committee.
3rd Diagnostic Applications with Synchrotron Infrared Micro-Spectroscopy Meeting, DASIM-2007. Soleil synchrotron, Paris, France.
4th International Symposium “Shedding Light on Disease: Optical Diagnosis for the New Millennium”. Heidelberg, Germany. June 2006

Examiner

External examiner for the PhD thesis: “The development of an infrared method for the characterisation of drug-cell interactions”. The University of Manchester, September 2014.
Internal examiner for the PhD thesis: “The aggregation and reduction of iron minerals by the Alzheimer’s disease peptide β-amyloid (1-42): an X-ray absorption study”. Keele University, September, 2014.
External examiner for the MSc (by research) thesis: “Investigating the use of Raman spectroscopy as a histopathological tool to identify metastatic brain tumours and their sites of origin”. University of Central Lancaster, Preston, December, 2013.
External examiner for the PhD thesis: “Development of a micro fluidic device for single cell analysis using FTIR microscopy”. The University of Manchester, September 2013.
External examiner for the PhD thesis: “Metabolic responses to fatty acids studied in vitro by FTIR and NMR spectroscopy”. Århus University, Denmark, October 2011.11.
External examiner for the PhD thesis: “Development of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy for drug response analysis”. The University of Manchester, September 2011.

Invited speaker

Does VERT improve patients and relatives treatment satisfaction? 4^thInternational VERT User Meeting, LiverpoolUniversity. June 2014.
Vibrational Spectroscopy and effects of drugs on cells. Can we identify resistant and sensitive cells in chemotherapy naive populations? Spec2012. Shedding New Light on Disease: optical diagnosis for the new millennium. Chiang Mai, Thailand. November, 2012.
Synchrotron based FTIR spectroscopy. Is there a niche in medicine? SOLEIL Users' Meeting Satellite Workshop "Biology and medicine: from fundamental research to diagnosis". Soleil Synchrotron, France, January, 2012.
Nanoscale imaging in medicine: is there a niche? CellNano Spec Workshop. Porqueroles, France. September, 2011.

PhD supervision

Application of vibrational spectroscopy in the management of lung cancer. Mr J. K. Pijanka, 2011.

Press interviews

“Brightest light in Universe to examine lung cancer cells”, by James Randerson. The Guardian 7th July, 2006.
“Research at Diamond Synchrotron”, BBC 10 o’clock News (national news), 11^th June, 2010.

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Funding period	Funding amount	Role of involvement	Project title	Source of funding
2014-2016	£12,300	Principal investigator	Study of volatile organic compounds released by lung cells for early diagnosis of lung cancer	Slater & Gordon Health projects & Research Fund
2013-2016	£231,000	Co-investigator	Clinical Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy (CLIRSPEC)	EPSRC Network Grant, EP/L012952/1
2012	£13,000	Principal investigator	Lung cancer diagnosis through breath analysis	Cancer Research Fund, University Hospitals of North Midlands
2012-2014	£29,100	Principal investigator	Joint PhD studentship	Diamond Light Source
2012-2015	£23,346	Principal investigator	Diagnosis of lung cancer through breath analysis	Breath of Life Charity
2012-2013	£8,400	Principal investigator	3D imaging for radiotherapy planning	The Dott Griffiths Fund
2011-2012	£17,332	Principal investigator	The application of the Selected Ion Flow-Mass Spectrometry (SIFT-MS) in the management of lung cancer	Keele Acorn Studentship