ESSO Research Academy
The Research Academy aims to promote surgical oncology research within ESSO by providing a research skills oriented educational portfolio, and by fostering collaboration among all ESSO members. It supports projects that increase knowledge in cancer care in Europe and beyond, emphasising quality, equity, inclusivity, and patients’ perspectives.
Research Projects
Propose a study
Submit your ideas as a brief Abstract/Synopsis.
The Advisory Board will review the proposal, and the principal investigator will be invited to a Research Academy meeting to discuss the project further. The Research Academy will assist with protocol drafting, clinical trial design, statistical analysis, GCP guidance, data visualisation and will provide a platform for remote data capture.
Submit your proposal
Study endorsement
Request Research Academy Support
The project’s principal investigator can request the Research Academy’s support, endorsement, and dissemination through Y-ESSO National Representatives and the ESSO newsletter after a member of the Advisory Board reviews and approves the protocol. This step ensures the protocol is ethical, approved by an Institutional IRB, methodologically sound, and aligned with the Research Academy’s aims and scope. No revisions will be requested if the project meets these criteria.
Our Advisory Board
PSM
ETC Co-Chair, RA Chair
Andreas Brandl
Deputy Director and Senior Consultant in the Department of General, Visceral and Oncological Surgery, Hospital North West, Frankfurt, Germany
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Colorectal
Y-ESSO - Research Liaison
Henry Smith
Colorectal Fellow, Associate Professor - Bispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen
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Soft tissue sarcoma
Rare tumours
Y-ESSO - Fellowship Liaison
Nikolaos Vassos
Professor of Surgery, Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg ǁ Head, Department of Surgical Oncology, Athens Medical Center
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HPB
Y-ESSO Research Liaison
Dana Sochorova
Surgical trainee, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Brno & Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
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Oral cancers
Y-ESSO - Research Liaison
Pallvi Kaul
MD, M.Ch. Assistant Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical & Health Sciences, and Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital, India
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GI
Board Member, RA Co-Chair
Laura Lorenzon
Surgical Oncologist, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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GI
Clinical Research
Board Member - Secretary, RA Co-Chair
Wim Ceelen
Professor of Surgical Oncology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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