She has obtained her PhD in Molecular Oncology in Manchester University in 2002. She is a certified trainer in Research Ethics following a 2 months fellowship at University of Maryland in 2005, Baltimore, MA, USA. She has published over 25 peer reviewed papers and actively participated in over 50 international conferences. She has obtained several national and international awards. Her research interest always centred around the exploitation and implementation of different molecular approaches to provide evidence based implementation in her clinical practice and mentoring roles. h