Leila Khoja

Biography

I joined AstraZeneca in February 2016, as Associate Director Physician in the CDU, within Early Clinical Development. My role involves me working with discovery scientists to validate drug targets pre-phase I and conducting translational research in collaboration with academic units. I also provide line of sight and clinical insight into drug-development plans. I underwent medical oncology training at the Christie Cancer Centre in Manchester. During this time I was awarded an AstraZeneca Cancer Research UK Clinical Fellowship to begin my doctoral studies into the prevalence and biomarker utility of circulating tumour cells in melanoma and pancreatic carcinomas at different stages of disease. I was awarded my PhD in Cancer Studies by the University of Manchester in 2013. After my award of Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in medical oncology in the UK I undertook a two-year medical oncology fellowship programme at the University of Toronto and the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Here, I published a number of abstracts and peer-reviewed articles, and was selected to attend the AACR/ASCO clinical trials workshop in 2014. I hold an honorary medical oncology consultant post at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, where my tumour of interest is melanoma.  

Research Interest

Pathology