Conchita Vens is a Reader in Translational Radiobiology at the School of Cancer Science at the University of Glasgow in the United King- dom.

A medical radiobiologist, she studies DNA damage repair mechanisms in both healthy and neoplastic cells, particularly in response to ionizing radiation.

Her research focuses on how to exploit DNA repair defects in cancer cells to improve cancer therapies.

Strongly committed to supporting radiation oncology, she is an active member of international and national radiation oncology societies.

She is a lecturer in local and international oncology degree courses.