Speaker profile

Harriet Unsworth

Digital Cancer Research Team Lead
Cancer Research UK

Harriet leads the Digital Cancer Research team at the CRUK National Biomarker Centre, University of Manchester, where she is Co-PI on the UpSMART programme to digitise early phase cancer clinical trials. She is an expert on AI and digital health, having co-authored the NICE Evidence Standards Framework for digital health and care, and served as a committee member for the first British Standard on AI in health and care, BS30440. Her previous experience includes lab-based cancer research, research funding roles, and 7 years at NICE, where she was technical lead for NICE’s first digital health evaluation programme. Harriet is the community lead for CRUK’s DCSU Community of Special Interest for public involvement and diversity in data-driven cancer research. She has a PhD in molecular biology and an MSc in data science and artificial intelligence.

Agenda sessions

Day 2 | May 20, 2026
14:45 (CEST)
UpSMART – Improving Cancer Clinical Trials Through Digital Tools
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15:05 (CEST)
Panel Discussion and Q&A
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