Dr Hatcher is the Clinical and Regional lead for young people with cancer specialising in sarcomas and other rare cancers. She qualified in medicine at the University of Cambridge and has trained at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. Her PhD and post doctoral research has investigated the genetics of tumour progression and secondary cancers. She has worked at the National Cancer Institute in the USA and the Haemonc unit at the Hosital of the University of Pennsylvania. Her current research interests include drug treatments in sarcomas, and psychological impacts of cancer. She is a member of the NCRN sarcoma clinical studies group and lead investigator in several multicentre and international trials.