The colours of a clinical trial
This blog was written by Deepali Patel. Deepali started her career working as a research scientist at the Cancer Research UK labs in Cambridge. She […]
Public Health and government
Obituary: Dr Morris Greenberg
Names not numbers Morris Greenberg was once one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Factories. In that role, he worked tirelessly for the health and safety […]
The Vape Debate: Sticks and stones may break your bones but inflammatory terminology will cause more harm in the long run
In this post, Georgia Mannion-Krase (@GeorgiaMKrase) updates us on events at the E-Cigarette (EC) Summit held virtually on the 3-4th of December 2020. “Needles are not […]
The Vape Debate: Are critiques of flavours just (tobacco-less) smoke and mirrors?
In this post, Georgia Mannion-Krase (@GeorgiaMKrase) updates us on events at the E-Cigarette (EC) Summit held virtually on the 3-4th of December 2020. A year on […]
An interview with: Dr Stuart Griffiths, Director of Research & Services at Yorkshire Cancer Research
Dr Stuart Griffiths is the current Director of Research & Services at Yorkshire Cancer Research. Previously, Stuart has worked as the Assistant Director of Research […]
Achieving cervical cancer elimination requires collective action from civil society
In her previous blog, Rose Brade, policy advisor for Cancer Research UK’s international cervical cancer prevention programme, wrote about her personal experiences with vaccine hesitancy […]
Professor David McCoy’s COVID manifesto
David McCoy is Professor of Global Public Health at Queen Mary University London, where he’s involved in delivering a multi-disciplinary and critical undergraduate and postgraduate […]
The Marmot review: Lessons for cancer screening and prevention
A few weeks ago, on the 24th of February 2020, Michael Marmot released the newest review of his “Fair Society, Healthy Lives review”, detailing how […]
Does a ‘Cancer Prevention Diet’ really exist?
Traditionally, January and the New Year is a time for New Year’s resolutions. For many people, their New Year’s resolution revolves around the idea of […]
Smoking: it’s the end of the word as we know it. Report from the e-Cigarette summit.
In this post Georgia Mannion-Krase (@GeorgiaMKrase) updates us on events at the E-Cigarette (EC) Summit held at the Royal Society on the 14th November 2019. […]
Global Perspectives on Screening: Sub-Saharan Africa
Changing burdens of disease When we discuss the burden of disease in regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), our mind immediately jumps to examples such […]