Andrew Peet is an NIHR Research Professor in paediatric neuro-oncology at the University of Birmingham and the Research Director of the NIHR 3T MRI Research Centre at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. He is a practicing paediatric oncologist. Professor Peet’s research focusses on the development and evaluation of novel MRI techniques for diagnosis, management and understanding childhood cancer and neurological diseases. The imaging research is underpinned by a laboratory programme which focusses on tumour metabolism. He has more than 100 publications in the field.

Professor Peet has led national and international collaborations aiming to ensure that the techniques his team develops benefit as many patients as possible. He previously co-chaired the International Society of Pediatric Oncology Europe (SIOPE) Brain Imaging group, was the vice chair of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Pediatric Study Group and is the chair of the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group’s (CCLG) Research Advisory Group. He is the Co-Director of the International Laboratory of Children Medical Imaging Research at the Southeast University, Nanjing and the University of Birmingham.