Dr Pasquale Innominato

Health and Care Research Wales Faculty award:

Award: NHS Research Time Award (2020 - 2023)

Project title: Leading the local research portfolio focussed on tele-medicine and eHealth applied to oncology and supportive care, establishing myself as an academic clinician

Biography

Dr Pasquale Innominato's research goal is to improve cancer care through accounting for our biological rhythms around 24 hours. These circadian rhythms include rest-activity and sleep-wake cycles, hormones, physical and mental performance and molecular pathways of each cell. Certain cancer patients display disrupted circadian rhythms, as a consequence of their disease and/or anti-cancer treatment, and this alteration negatively impacts on their outcome and wellbeing. Pasquale's plan is to restore or maintain a robust circadian function with novel interventions in order to improve both the efficacy and the tolerance of anticancer drugs.