Claire Dearden BSc, M.D., FRCP, FPCPath Royal Marsden Hospital/ Institute of Cancer Research (United Kingdom)

Claire Dearden is consultant haematologist and head of the CLL Unit at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, UK. She trained in hematology at the Hammersmith, Royal Marsden and St George's Hospitals in London and joined Professor Daniel Catovsky's group to undertake research into lymphoid malignancy. Her current research interests focus on mature B- and T-cell malignancies, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia, hairy cell leukemia, and T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia. She has been involved in clinical research studies using purine analogs, monoclonal antibodies, and stem cell transplantation in a range of lymphoproliferative diseases. She is a member of numerous societies, including the British and American Societies of Hematology, the NCRI CLL Trials group and is on the executive board of the UK CLL Forum. She is the Medical Director for the SWL Cancer Network. She has also authored or co-authored many journal articles, meeting abstracts, and book chapters in the field of haematologic malignancy.