Biography
Arabella Cox is a DPhil student at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBME), University of Oxford. Her research investigates breast cancer in young (pre-menopausal) women, with a focus on leveraging MRI for early detection and characterisation of tumour development. She applies Bayesian network modelling to support clinical decision-making and risk prediction within this cohort.
Before starting her DPhil, Arabella gained experience in MRI image analysis at Perspectum and in fDExSI MRI research at the Francis Crick Institute, London. She is supported by an EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) Studentship.
Other roles
Arabella aco-leads the Women’s Health Book Club hosted at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, fostering interdisciplinary discussion around women’s health research and wellbeing.
Outside of her academic work, she is a keen triathlete and endurance (ultra) runner, and is part of the Oxford University Blues Performance Scheme for Triathlon
Research Interests
- Breast cancer
- Women’s health and pre-menopausal cohorts
- MRI image analysis
- Machine learning for biomedical research
- Risk prediction and decision support
Current Projects
Bayesian Network Development (2025): Developing probabilistic models to support clinical decision-making and risk prediction in young women with breast cancer.
ADC Utilisation in Breast Cancer Subtypes (2025): Investigating how diffusion-weighted MRI and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) metrics can be used to characterise and differentiate breast cancer subtypes.
