Clinical Research Fellow

Dr Aboud graduated from Leicester Medical School with a medical MBChB degree and iBSc (Hons) in breast cancer genetics. He completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAPP) at Leicester Medical School and achieved the status of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) in medical education. He has also completed a PGDip (Hons) in Oncology at Newcastle University.

Karam is a Registrar in Medical Oncology in South Wales Deanery and a Clinical Research Fellow at the All Wales Medical Genomics Lab and Cardiff University. He is a current PhD candidate researching into resistance signatures in lung cancer using ctDNA liquid biopsy. 

Since starting his PhD, Karam joined the Cardiff Cancer Research Partnership as a Clinical Research Fellow and a sub-investigator on multiple solid tumour and haematology clinical trials. His PhD is funded by Velindre Cancer Centre Charitable Funds and Stepping Stones lung cancer charity.