Case study While at DX Digital
Cancer Grand Challenges
A global cancer research initiative, co-founded by Cancer Research UK and the National Cancer Institute
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Related content types in Drupal
Challenges, teams, researchers, news, conferences, committees
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Founding organisations
Cancer Research UK and the US National Cancer Institute
- Client
- Cancer Grand Challenges
- Sector
- Medical research funding
- Services
- Drupal development
- Engagement
- 2022
The initiative
Cancer Grand Challenges is a global research initiative co-founded by Cancer Research UK and the National Cancer Institute in the United States. It identifies the hardest unsolved problems in cancer research and funds international, interdisciplinary teams to take them on, with awards of up to twenty five million dollars.
The audience is unusual. It is not the public and it is not customers. It is research scientists deciding whether to commit years of their working lives to a challenge, alongside the funders, partners and advocates who have to understand where that money goes.
The build
Drupal, not WordPress, which is the right call for something with this much structured content and this many editors across two organisations in two countries.
Challenges, funded teams, the researchers on them, news, conferences and the committees behind it all relate to each other, so the same team appears under its challenge, its people appear under the team, and none of it is retyped. That is Drupal’s strength and it is why serious research and public sector work still lands there.
Built while at DX Digital.
What clients say
In their words, not mine.
Aaron built our website and now looks after the search side of it, and it's the first time anyone's shown us numbers that mean something. Enquiries from people searching for the coatings we actually do, rather than our name, have roughly doubled in six months. He built a page for exhaust ceramic coating that ranks on its own, and every month we get a short report in plain English saying what changed and why. Straightforward to deal with, and he tells us when something isn't worth doing.
Aaron has been excellent to work with. His WordPress development skills are first class, with a strong understanding of both the technical side and the practical needs of a live e-commerce website. He works quickly, communicates clearly and, most importantly, knows how to diagnose and fix problems without making things unnecessarily complicated. We've used Aaron for a range of WordPress development work and I've always found him knowledgeable, reliable and easy to work with. Highly recommended for anyone looking for an experienced WordPress developer.
Aaron built our online shop from scratch and it was the first time the brand actually looked like us online. Every pair we sell is a one off and he built the shop around that, so people find the right size and condition quickly. He handled design and build end to end, sorted the pricing and VAT properly, and I can add new pairs and update the site myself without going back to him every time.
We use Aaron for development we would rather not hand to a junior. The work comes back the way it was specced, on the date he said, and it goes out under our name without us having to check it twice.
