Professor Short is a clinical oncologist with a specialist research interest in treating adults with primary brain tumours. Professor Short is a clinical oncologist with a specialist research interest in treating adults with primary brain tumours. She trained at King’s College London and took up a post as Senior Lecturer at University College London in 2004, where she ran a translational research group as CRUK Clinician Scientist and Senior Fellow. She moved to Leeds in 2012 as professor of Clinical Oncology and Neuro-Oncology and currently leads the brain cancer research section at Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology.

Professor Short’s major research interests are in the optimization of radiotherapy for patients with gliomas, particularly through improved understanding of mechanisms of radioresistance in stem cell populations. Her current work is funded through MRC, CRUK, The Brain Tumour Charity, BTRS and PPR Foundation and also includes projects investigating the use of micro-RNAs as biomarkers and targets and investigation of novel and re-purposed drugs as cytotoxics in glioma.