People

We are a tight-knit, multidisciplinary team working closely with a number of expert groups at the University.

We share lab space with Dr David Kent and Dr Allison Green and work closely with the groups of Dr James Hewitson, Dr Michael Plevin, Professor Paul Kaye and Professor Paul Genever. We also belong to the Immunology, Haematology and Infection research theme within the York Biomedical Research Institute (YBRI).

Explore the Hitchcock Lab team and our expertise below.

Academic staff

Name	Qualifications	Expertise
Professor Ian Hitchcock	DPhil University of York BSc (Hons) University of York	Understanding the mechanisms of oncogenic driver mutations in MPN development; How does the endothelium regulate MPN-induced inflammation?; Understanding the causes of non-malignant haematological diseases.

Name

Qualifications

Expertise

Professor Ian Hitchcock

DPhil University of York

BSc (Hons) University of York

Understanding the mechanisms of oncogenic driver mutations in MPN development; How does the endothelium regulate MPN-induced inflammation?; Understanding the causes of non-malignant haematological diseases.

Research fellows

Name	Qualifications	Expertise
Katherine Bridge CFH Early Career Fellow and Associate Lab Member @BridgeKatherine	PhD University of Nottingham BSc (Hons) University of Nottingham	Understanding HIF signalling in Haematopoietic Stem Cells.

Name

Qualifications

Expertise

Katherine Bridge
CFH Early Career Fellow and Associate Lab Member
@BridgeKatherine

PhD University of Nottingham

BSc (Hons) University of Nottingham

Understanding HIF signalling in Haematopoietic Stem Cells.

Postdoctoral research associates

Name	Qualifications	Expertise
Bianca Rodrigues Lima Ferreira	PhD Federal University of Sao Paulo MSc Federal University of Sao Paulo BSc Federal University of Sao Paulo
Katie West	PhD University of York BSc University of York	Applying cell biology and imaging techniques to the to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying signalling through MPL in health and disease.

Name

Qualifications

Expertise

Bianca Rodrigues Lima Ferreira

PhD Federal University of Sao Paulo

MSc Federal University of Sao Paulo

BSc Federal University of Sao Paulo

Katie West

PhD University of York

BSc University of York

Applying cell biology and imaging techniques to the to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying signalling through MPL in health and disease.

PhD students

Name	Qualifications	Project title
Joanna Greenman Joint with Hewitson Lab	MBiol University of Durham	Mechanisms and functional consequences of platelet-macrophage cross-talk in type 2 immunity.
Lizzy Morritt iCase with Cancer Research UK Horizons and Astrazeneca Antibody Alliance Laboratory	MSci (Biomedicine) Lancaster University	Fine-tuning blood cell development: using antibodies as surrogate cytokines to modify receptor activation and signalling in haematopoeisis.
Gillian Caalim (Bridge Lab)
Ruth Ellerington (Bridge Lab)

MRes students

Name	Qualifications and Project title
Abril Arredondo-Garcia (Bridge Lab)

Research technicians

Name	Qualifications
Lucie Moss	MRes University of Liverpool BSc University of Liverpool
Cathy Hawley	BSc University of Edinburgh PhD University of Edinburgh
Ellie Bennett (shared with Kent Lab)	BSc Leeds Beckett University MSc University of Nottingham

Name

Qualifications

Lucie Moss

MRes University of Liverpool

BSc University of Liverpool

Cathy Hawley

BSc University of Edinburgh

PhD University of Edinburgh

Ellie Bennett

(shared with Kent Lab)

BSc Leeds Beckett University

MSc University of Nottingham

Lab alumni

Name	Position
Megan Cosgrove	PhD student
Katie Diggory (neé Dorman)	PDRA
Bryce Drylie	MRes student
Oliver Herd	PhD student
Sophie James	Research technician
David Kealy	Research Associate Cancer Cell Biology
Zahra Masoumi	Research associate
Nicole McDermott	Research technician
Hilary Prescott	Research technician
K. Daniela Pulgar Prieto	Research technician
Gulab Rani	PhD student
Jeanne Rivera	PDRA
Lauren Roberts	Research technician
Veena Sangkae	PhD student
Tess Stanly	PDRA
Andrew Stone	PhD student
Emily Taylor	PhD student, co-supervised by Mark Coles
Julie Tucker	Postdoctoral research associate
Daniel Yee	PDRA