Dr Alanna Stanley is a lecturer in Anatomy and Radiology in the School of Medicine, within the College of Medicine Nursing and Health Science, University of Galway. Upon completion of her Anatomy degree, she obtained a MSc in Biomedical Science. Alanna was awarded her PhD entitled “Analysis of the role of Rho GTPases in epithelial cells” in 2014. Her research primarily focuses on examining and quantifying structural changes in preclinical models and patient samples – with interest in the tumour microenvironment. She also has experience is measuring vessel parameters (e.g diameter, tortuosity, length) from computed tomography angiograms having supervised a MSc project involving 100 patients. Alanna is also involved in a number of projects involving cadaver studies collaborating with medical device companies. She is Anatomy research lead for Luminate Medical^TM who aim to develop technologies that control and reduce cancer treatment side effects.

Alanna is the Treasurer for the Microscopy Society of Ireland (MSI). In 2014, in partnership with Dr.a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:www.nuigalway.iemedicine-nursing-and-health-sciencesmedicinedisciplinesanatomypeoplekerrythompsonKerry Thompson ,acted as a team leader and coordinator in thea target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:www.facebook.comUnderthemicroscopeRMSUnder the Microscope programme which introduced the RoyalMicroscopicalSociety (RMS) Microscope Activity Kits into Irish Primary Schools for the first time. This programme has been running very successfully since then and is now expanding to develop resources for Secondary schools.

Alannas research primarily focuses on the integumentary system, with expertise in examining and quantifying structural changes. She is currently working on the designing a correlative light and electron microscopy imaging protocol for investigation of the tumour microenvironment in basal and squamous cell carcinoma. In addition, during her Ph.D study Alanna began to investigate how the effect of the deletion of Rac1 in epithelial cells would affect reactive oxygen species (ROS) production through NADPH oxidase complexes, in particular the impact this would have on the cytoskeleton. Alanna is also involved in a number of projects involving cadaver studies.

Gross AnatomyRadiological AnatomyImage Analysis Continued professional development programmes with Biomedical science companies.