Category: Research

What a busy year it has been in Research! Since welcoming our new Research Manager, Dr Sarah Thomas, we have completed our first research grant awarded by the charity, announced our largest ever grant and launched our first open call for research proposals to kick off in 2024.

In 2019 Make 2nds Count awarded it's first research grant to Dr Olga Oikonomidou, Consultant Medical Oncologist and Leader of The University of Edinburgh Breast Cancer Translational Research Group at the Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre. This grant was used to fund a 3-year post-doctoral researcher post, held by Dr Fiona Semple within Dr Oikonomidou's team.

A 5 year anniversary interview with Dr Olga Oikonomidou, the first recipient of research funding from Make 2nds Count. Dr Olga Oikonomidou is a Consultant Medical Oncologist and Principal Investigator of the Breast Cancer Translational Research Group at the University of Edinburgh.

Dr Sarah Thomas joined the Make 2nds Count team in March 2023 to become the charity’s first ever Research Manager and lead our growing research programme. Sarah answers questions from the community and discusses the challenges in secondary breast cancer research and her big ideas for the future.

Make 2nds Count is proud to announce that £219,560 in research funding, across 3 years, has been awarded to a new study taking place across the UK & Ireland investigating screening secondary breast cancer patients for brain metastases before they become symptomatic. Recruitment of patients will start in 2024.

The Make 2nds Count team, trustees and volunteers attended the Edinburgh Breast Cancer Special Symposium (EBCSS) on Saturday 25th February.The event hasn't been held for several years due to COVID, so there was a lot of interest now that it's finally back face to face. The biennial event brings together scientists, healthcare providers and patients to discuss the latest thinking in breast cancer.