Louise studied Medicine at the University of Aberdeen. She completed her House Officer jobs and initial Oncology training in Aberdeen, before relocating to Sheffield to train in Clinical Oncology. After her exams, she completed a PhD in technical radiotherapy at Leeds Cancer Centre and the University of Leeds. Louise then spent one year in Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, focusing on radiotherapy for brain and paediatric tumours. She now works in Leeds Cancer Centre in a part-academic, part-NHS position. Her research interests include the appropriate implementation of new radiotherapy technologies in the clinic and re-irradiation. Louise is the Chief Investigator of the BRIOChe trial (Brain Re-Irradiation Or Chemotherapy), a multicentre phase II UK trial randomising patients with recurrent glioblastoma between re-irradiation and lomustine-based chemotherapy. In her spare time Louise enjoys running and came third in the annual Toronto Monster Dash (a 10 kilometre race in fancy dress) while working in Canada. This success may have been due to the fact that all the really good runners don’t compete in fancy dress races!