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Dr Ajay Aggarwal

Clinical Associate Professor

United Kingdom

I am a Consultant Clinical Oncologist (specialising in the delivery of radiation and systemic cancer therapies) at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Trust, London and Associate Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). My main research areas are Cancer services and systems research and Global Health.

I am the Clinical Director for the ten national cancer audits in England and Wales (NATCAN) and a member of the Executive Committee for the European Cancer Organisation. I have been the recipient of two fellowship awards from the National Institute for Health Research in 2014 and 2020 and is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cancer Policy.

In my role as the clinical lead for the UK National Prostate Cancer Audit, I led the development and delivery of the first ever national hospital outcome reporting programme for radiotherapy. My research has also contributed significantly to national and international policy discussion around the affordability of cancer care and the value of new technologies in cancer medicine which has influenced directly the WHO Cancer Drug Pricing and Benefits Taskforces. As co-chair of the Health Economics in Radiation Oncology (HERO) group within ESTRO (European Society for Radiation Oncology), I am leading the value-based health care initiative.

I have previously worked at the World Health Organisation in Geneva and currently the Chief Investigator of the NIH funded ARCHERY study, the first prospective international multicentre trial across India, Jordan, Malaysia and South Africa evaluating the role of AI in the delivery of radiotherapy treatment.

I graduated from Guy’s, Kings’ & St Thomas’ Medical school having attained a BSc in Management at Imperial College London. I have an MSc in the Science of Cancer from The Institute of Cancer Research and an MSc in Health, Population and Society from The London School of Economics. I completed my PhD in Health Services and Policy Research at LSHTM.

Affiliations

Department of Health Services Research and Policy
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Teaching

I teach postgraduate students on the MSc in Public Health Course at LSHTM. I am also a member of teaching faculty for CREDO (International Collaboration for Research Methods Development in Oncology) This is an annual one-week research protocol development workshop in India involving senior oncology trainees from across the world to build capacity and capability in oncology research and methods. I also teach on the annual ESTRO Quality Management course and am a member of faculty for the Leadership in Oncology Course organised by the European School of Oncology (ESO).

Research

Research Area
Health services research
Epidemiology
Health policy
Mixed methods research
Disease and Health Conditions
Cancer
Country
United Kingdom
India
South Africa
Zambia
Indonesia
Malaysia
Jordan
Canada
United States of America

Selected Publications

Moving forward through consensus: a national Delphi approach to determine the top research priorities in prostate cancer in Uganda.
SSEMATA, AS; Muhumuza, R; SEELEY, J; Lombe, DC; Mwamba, M; Msadabwe, S; Mwaka, AD; AGGARWAL, A;
2023
BMJ open
Challenges in building radiotherapy capacity: a longitudinal study evaluating eight years of the Brazilian Radiotherapy Expansion plan.
Gouveia, AG; Viani, GA; Bratti, VF; Marta, GN; Hanna, SA; Jacinto, AA; Silva, MS; Hamamura, AC; Rosa, AA; Castilho, MS; Carson, L; Hopman, WM; Sullivan, R; Booth, CM; AGGARWAL, A; Hanna, TP; Moraes, FY;
2023
Journal of cancer policy
The future of cancer care in the UK-time for a radical and sustainable National Cancer Plan.
AGGARWAL, A; Choudhury, A; Fearnhead, N; Kearns, P; Kirby, A; Lawler, M; Quinlan, S; Palmieri, C; Roques, T; Simcock, R; Walter, FM; Price, P; Sullivan, R;
2023
The Lancet. Oncology
Quality indicators for systemic anticancer therapy services: a systematic review of metrics used to compare quality across healthcare facilities.
Leung, K; McLeod, M; Torode, J; Ilbawi, A; Chakowa, J; Bourbeau, B; Sengar, M; Booth, CM; Gralow, JR; Sullivan, R; AGGARWAL, A;
2023
European journal of cancer
Radiation Planning Assistant - A Web-based Tool to Support High-quality Radiotherapy in Clinics with Limited Resources.
Court, LE; AGGARWAL, A; Burger, H; Cardenas, C; Chung, C; Douglas, R; Du Toit, M; Jhingran, A; Mumme, R; Muya, S; Naidoo, K; Ndumbalo, J; Netherton, T; Nguyen, C; Olanrewaju, A; Parkes, J; Shaw, W; Trauernicht, C; Xu, M; Yang, J; Zhang, L; Simonds, H; Beadle, BM;
2023
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
Evidence into practice: a national cohort study of NICE-recommended oncological drug therapy utilisation among women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in England.
GANNON, MR; Dodwell, D; AGGARWAL, A; PARK, MH; MILLER, K; Horgan, K; Clements, K; Medina, J; CROMWELL, DA;
2023
British journal of cancer
What is the impact of hospital and surgeon volumes on outcomes in rectal cancer surgery?
Boyle, JM; Van der Meulen, J; Kuryba, A; COWLING, TE; Braun, MS; AGGARWAL, A; WALKER, K; Fearnhead, NS;
2023
Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
The Innovative Medicines Fund: a universal model for faster and fairer access to new promising medicines or a Trojan horse for low-value creep?
ANGELIS, A; AGGARWAL, A; Miners, A; GRIEVE, R; CAIRNS, J; BRIGGS, A;
2023
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
Status of Peer Review in Radiation Oncology: A Survey of Cancer Centers in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Rubagumya, F; Mushonga, M; Abdihamid, O; Nyagabona, S; Hopman, W; Nwamaka, L; Omar, AA; Ndlovu, N; Booth, C; AGGARWAL, A; Brundage, M; Vanderpuye, V; De Moraes, FY;
2023
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
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