Anjali Chander is a PhD student/Senior Clinical Research Fellow in the Comprehensive Cancer Centre, School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London. She is based in the Centre for Host- Microbiome Interactions in the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences and her supervisor is Dr Miguel Reis Ferreira.

Anjali's research focuses on exploring the impact of the microbiome on head and neck cancer treatment outcomes. Her area of interest is specifically looking at Fusobacterium nucleatum and its role in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma development and treatment outcomes.

Anjali completed her MBBS degree at KCL in 2013 in addition to undertaking an intercalated BSc in Physiology in 2010 at KCL. This was followed by gaining post-graduate clinical qualifications including Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) and Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR). She is currently a senior specialty registrar in Clinical Oncology, and has a strong interest in managing patients with head and neck cancers.