Doctor Ellen Copson

Dr Ellen Copson

MB BS, PhD, FRCP

Professor

Connect with Ellen

Email: E.Copson@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8120 5170

Research

Research projects

Active projects

Cancer Research UK Southampton Centre - Non-Clinical Training Award

Researchers:

Professor Peter Johnson

,

Professor Diana Eccles ,

Professor Tim Underwood ,

Professor Stephen Beers ,

Professor Jon Strefford ,

Doctor Jeremy Blaydes ,

Professor Edd James ,

Professor John Primrose ,

Professor Ramsey Cutress ,

Professor Francesco Forconi ,

Professor Alex Mirnezami ,

Professor Mark Cragg ,

Professor Aymen Al-Shamkhani ,

Professor Simon Crabb ,

Emeritus Professor Graham Packham ,

Professor Juliet Gray ,

Doctor Ellen Copson ,

Professor Gareth Thomas ,

Professor Sean Lim

Sponsor: Cancer Research UK

Randomised controlled trial evaluating effectiveness of neoadjuvant endocrine treatment in post-menopausal women (EndoNET)

Researchers:

Professor Ramsey Cutress

,

Doctor Ellen Copson ,

Professor Claire Foster

Sponsor: National Institute of Health and Care Research

Developing a polygenic risk score for early onset breast cancer and tumour infiltrating lymphocytes

Researchers:

Doctor William Tapper

,

Doctor Ellen Copson ,

Professor Ramsey Cutress

Completed projects

E Copson BCC 2013NovSP227 Feasibility study to investigate body composition.

Researchers:

Doctor Ellen Copson

Sponsor: Breast Cancer Now

Copson - C49377/A19626 - Know Your Numbers: Adding Primary Prevention to NHS Breast Screening Programme

Researchers:

Doctor Ellen Copson

,

Professor Julia Sinclair

Sponsor: Cancer Research UK

J Sinclair MRC PHIND: All drinkers alcohol brief intervention in breast cancer clinics

Researchers:

Professor Julia Sinclair

,

Professor Mary Barker ,

Professor Janis Baird ,

Doctor Ellen Copson

Sponsor: Medical Research Council

Cancer Research UK Southampton Centre - Clinical Training Award

Researchers:

Professor Peter Johnson

,

Professor Diana Eccles ,

Professor Stephen Beers ,

Professor Tim Underwood ,

Professor Jon Strefford ,

Doctor Jeremy Blaydes ,

Professor Edd James ,

Professor John Primrose ,

Professor Ramsey Cutress ,

Professor Francesco Forconi ,

Professor Alex Mirnezami ,

Professor Mark Cragg ,

Professor Aymen Al-Shamkhani ,

Professor Simon Crabb ,

Emeritus Professor Graham Packham ,

Professor Juliet Gray ,

Doctor Ellen Copson ,

Professor Gareth Thomas ,

Professor Sean Lim

Sponsor: Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research UK Southampton Centre

Researchers:

Professor Peter Johnson

,

Professor Diana Eccles ,

Professor Tim Underwood ,

Professor Stephen Beers ,

Professor Jon Strefford ,

Doctor Jeremy Blaydes ,

Professor Edd James ,

Professor John Primrose ,

Professor Ramsey Cutress ,

Professor Francesco Forconi ,

Professor Alex Mirnezami ,

Professor Mark Cragg ,

Professor Aymen Al-Shamkhani ,

Professor Simon Crabb ,

Emeritus Professor Graham Packham ,

Professor Juliet Gray ,

Doctor Ellen Copson ,

Professor Gareth Thomas ,

Professor Sean Lim

Sponsor: Cancer Research UK

C Foster, BCC - Development and pilot testing of an online genetic testing Decision Aid for young women newly diagnosed with early stage breast cancer

Researchers:

Professor Claire Foster

,

Professor Diana Eccles ,

Professor Ramsey Cutress ,

Doctor Ellen Copson

Sponsor: Breast Cancer Now

Eccles - CRUK - C1275/A19187 Prospective study of Outcomes in Sporadic versus Hereditary Breast Cancer

Researchers:

Professor Diana Eccles

,

Doctor Ellen Copson

Sponsor: Cancer Research UK

Biography

I am an associate professor and honorary consultant in medical oncology at the University of Southampton, where she treats patients with early and advanced breast cancer. Following a PhD studying the molecular genetics of heritable breast cancer, I developed a particular interest in the genomic and modifiable host factors which influence the outcome of early breast cancer. I am involved with a number of research studies investigating the impact of breast cancer genomics and body composition/ nutrition factors on oncological outcomes. I am lead oncologist of the observational POSH study, a large national cohort study of young breast cancer patients and of the CANDO 3 pilot study of body composition and chemotherapy toxicity which is currently recruiting early breast cancer patients at a number of cancer centres across the UK. I also act as clinical advisor for several early breast cancer survivorship studies Having sat on the World Cancer Research Fund expert for the last 6 years, I have recently been invited to take the role of chair of the WCRF Global Cancer Survivorship expert panel.
I am the principle investigator for a number of observational and interventional clinical trials in early and advanced breast cancer and was a member the NIHR Breast Cancer Clinical Studies Group from 2013-2019. During this period I set up the national Breast Cancer Trainees Research Collaborative Group and I remain senior chair of this group. I have also recently been invited to join the UK Breast Cancer Group Executive Committee.

I have been co-chair of the Wessex Molecular Tumour Board since 2017 and cancer lead of the West Midland, Oxford and South Central Genomic Laboratory Hub since October 2021. I am chair of the National Oncogenetics Training Working Party and lead oncology advisor for the educational workstream of the ‘CanGene-CanVar research program and for the Health Education England GeNotes educational resource initiative. Locally, I am oncology lead and deputy lead of year one of the University of Southampton medical degree course.

Prizes

Ist prize winner in oncology category: BMA Medical Book Awards 2017 (2017)

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