Meet Esme: New Student Representative for the Sussex Cancer Research Centre

We’re delighted to welcome Esme Morcom as the new Student Representative for the Sussex Cancer Research Centre. This role plays an important part in strengthening connections between students and the Centre’s research community, ensuring student voices are heard and actively involved in shaping opportunities across SCRC. Esme joins us with a strong research background and a genuine passion for engagement, collaboration, and making cancer research accessible and inclusive for students at all stages.

"Hi! I’m Esme Morcom, a PhD student at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, researching cancer-related fatigue in women with breast and ovarian cancer, and the new Student Representative for the Sussex Cancer Research Centre (SCRC). I’m really looking forward to helping strengthen the connection between students and the SCRC’s important work. My role is all about making sure student voices are heard – whether that’s sharing ideas, raising questions or helping shape opportunities for involvement.

I’ll be working with the SCRC to support fundraising activities, bring more students into our events and help create ways for us to learn, collaborate and contribute to cancer research in meaningful and enjoyable ways. This includes everything from promoting opportunities to helping organise fun community-building events that raise both awareness and support.

Over the coming months, I’ll also be putting together student-led interviews and spotlights on the SCRC's research and researchers. If you’d like to be featured, have a project you want to share or want to help create this content, I’d love to hear from you. You can reach me at e.morcom1@uni.bsms.ac.uk.

Looking forward to meeting many of you!"