We are The Christie magazine July 2025 Staff edition

Staff stories Each and every person who works at The Christie performs a valuable role which directly links to patient care. Whether it is a nurse delivering chemotherapy or an IT engineer keeping our computer systems running, there is a huge variety of roles that come together to make The Christie special.

Georgia Woodcock Georgia Woodcock is one of our medical photographers. She uses specialist equipment to take photos that are used to help diagnose, treat, and monitor cancer.

Kane Wildman Kane Wildman is a clinical trials co-ordinator in our blood cancer research team. He joined The Christie on a placement year as part of his degree in biomedical sciences and now works here full-time. The Christie is one of Manchester Metropolitan University’s ‘Employers of Choice’ for non-clinical placements like Kane’s. Kane always knew he wanted to work in healthcare, but wasn’t sure which path he wanted to take. He spent a lot of his placement with the blood cancer team, where he still works, and gained great insight into the different types of research we do at The Christie. “I love the people I met on my placement, everyone was so welcoming and helpful, so that was a big reason why I came back,” he adds. “My degree covered a broad range of topics. I did some modules about the basics of cancer – what it is and how the disease progresses – and found that really interesting. So when I was looking at the options for my placement year, The Christie seemed like the right choice" Kane Wildman

“Photos can help the medical teams to do a number of things, including understanding whether a certain treatment is working and assessing side effects, so I feel that I’m making a difference every day,” she says. Georgia, who has a degree in photography, gained clinical experience elsewhere in the NHS before joining The Christie in 2023. She has since completed a master's in clinical photography. “My job allows me to combine two of the things I love – photography and science. What I do is quite niche, so patients can be quite curious about it. Chatting about it can help put them at ease,” Georgia says.

“I came to The Christie as I wanted more experience in surgical photography, and I also wanted to support clinical trials, which is something we do regularly. I meet patients at a difficult time in their lives, and just being able to make someone laugh or smile makes me realise how important my role is.” Georgia Woodcock

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