Brian D Nicholson
MRCGP BSc MSc (Health Res) DPhil
Associate Professor
- NHS General Practitioner
- NIHR Cancer Awareness Screening and Early Diagnosis Policy Research Unity - Co-Director
- CRUK Postdoctoral Fellow
- Affiliate Investigator - KPWHRI
Contact information
+44 (0)1865 289300
Diagnosis and Cancer in Primary Care
Brian's academic interests include cancer, global health, and evidence-based diagnosis.
His research aims to improve the diagnostic process for patients with symptoms of cancer. This work focusses on understanding symptoms, appropriate test use, and developing clinical pathways.
He leads the departmental Cancer Theme that conducts research in four main areas: health records data; implementation science; diagnostic reasoning; and clinical trials and prospective studies. He is Early Detection lead for the CRUK Oxford Cancer Centre investigating community-based multi-cancer testing. He is a member of the NIHR EME Committee and the CRUK EDD Committee.
He supervises DPhil and MSc students, medical students, postdocs, and Academic Clinical Fellows. He is a GP in Oxford City.