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An interview with: Dr Stuart Griffiths, Director of Research & Services at Yorkshire Cancer Research

December 16, 2020 Jamie Doorbar 0

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

November 16, 2020 Guest Author 0

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

May 8, 2020 Guest Author 0

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

March 18, 2020 Jamie Doorbar 0

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?

January 29, 2020 Jamie Doorbar 0

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.

December 2, 2019 Guest Author 4

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

November 18, 2019 Jamie Doorbar 0

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 […]

Structural racism – a root cause of health inequities?

October 25, 2019 Alejandra Castanon 1

We have all heard how cancer outcomes are poorer for people in low socioeconomic groups and those from ethnic minority backgrounds. Although I knew that […]

The Mysterious Case of an American Epidemic of Vaping-Related Lung Injuries

October 8, 2019 Peter Sasieni 1

Deep down every epidemiologist imagines themselves as Sherlock Holmes: equipped with little more than a magnifying glass and a good brain, they dream of becoming […]

Equality and Equity in Cancer Screening: How can we personalise interventions and still be fair?

July 19, 2019 Peter Sasieni 2

The classic American illustration explaining the difference between equity and equality  is of three people trying to watch a baseball game from behind a fence. […]

The Art and Peril of Communicating about Cancer Screening

June 14, 2019 Guest Author 1

In this post Hilary Robbins, Scientist at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), discuses the art of communicating scientific information accurately. Whether or […]

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