Dame Lesley Fallowfield and Prof Val Jenkins from SHORE-C with actress Elizabeth Hurley

Prof Dame Lesley Fallowfield from Sussex Health Outcomes Research & Education in Cancer (SHORE-C) at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) has been awarded $225,000 from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), the highest rated breast cancer research organisation in the US.

Annual awards are given to only 260 researchers from top universities around the world to help them pursue ground-breaking innovative research. The grant will permit Dame Lesley and her team at SHORE-C to continue research which includes development of unique evidence-based communication skills programmes; these are designed to help healthcare professionals discuss the risks and benefits of genetic testing and treatment options in understandable and non-patronising ways.

October is also Breast Cancer Awareness month which will see Professor Fallowfield participating in a variety of awareness and fund-raising events in the UK and US. This will start with a meeting at the Houses of Parliament and a reception in London celebrating actress Elizabeth Hurley, Estee Lauder Companies’ Ambassador for the past 30 years who has been a great supporter and participant in SHORE-C’s research.

Elizabeth is pictured with Dame Lesley Fallowfield and Professor Val Jenkins on a previous visit to SHORE-C.