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Researchers at the THIS Institute Publish a New Paper in the Annals of American Thoracic Society Exploring Social Frailty Among Survivors of Sepsis

12 May 2026

Professor Jo McPeake, Colin Hamilton, Leanne M. Boehm, Kelly M. Toth and Peter Hartley have published a new paper in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society exploring social frailty among survivors of sepsis. While recovery after sepsis has traditionally focused on physical frailty, this qualitative study highlights...

Four Research Groups from the Department of Public Health and Primary care are the First Teams from Cambridge to Receive a Bronze GreenDisc Certification!

12 May 2026

This recognises their efforts to reduce the environmental impacts of computational research. Congratulations to these teams based in the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit in DPHPC: · Inouye Group · Molecular Epidemiology Group · Health Data Science Group · Cambridge Sustainability Computing Lab About Green DiSC: Green DiSC...

A New Tool to Predict Heart Failure Risk in Europe

12 May 2026

Researchers in the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, — Lisa Pennells, Stephen Kaptoge, Spencer Keene, Wen Shi and Emanuele Di Angelantonio — have published a new paper in the European Heart Journal describing SCORE2‑HF, a tool designed to estimate heart failure (HF) risk in people without existing cardiovascular disease (...

International Screening Trial for Atrial Fibrillation Reaches Recruitment and Screening Milestone

28 April 2026

The SAFER Programme (Screening for Atrial Fibrillation with ECG to Reduce Stroke) is an international research partnership led by Prof Jonathan Mant, investigating whether screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) can reduce the risk of stroke. AF is a major risk factor for ischaemic stroke unless treated with anticoagulant...

CCHSR In Conversation: Why health inequalities persist despite all the efforts to reduce them

15 April 2026

Despite decades of research, policy initiatives and public health interventions, inequalities remain a part of health systems. Why is progress so slow and what might we be missing? We explored these questions and more at the Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research (CCHSR) In Conversation event, held on Wednesday 3...

CanRisk v4 released – now including prostate cancer risk prediction

2 April 2026

The CanRisk tool has been updated, enabling healthcare professionals to calculate an individual's future risk of developing breast, ovarian and now prostate cancer. CanRisk calculates breast and ovarian cancer risk using the BOADICEA models and prostate cancer risk using CanRisk-Prostate. These models are based on...

Algorithmic fairness and health equity in clinical prediction

2 April 2026

Clinical prediction models are increasingly used to guide decisions in healthcare, such as identifying patients for screening or preventive treatment. However, there are growing concerns that these models may not work equally well for all groups, potentially reinforcing existing health inequalities. Traditional approaches...

Two-year follow-up of neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases

2 April 2026

New research shows that the memory and cognitive problems often experienced by people with systemic rheumatic diseases do not get worse over time as many patients fear. This research was led by Dr Melanie Sloan from the University of Cambridge, Primary Care Unit and the School of Medicine at the University of East Anglia...

Physical and mental health professionals perspectives of providing mental health care for young people

20 March 2026

A new study explores how physical and mental health professionals experience delivering mental health care to young people in paediatric hospital settings. This publication from the Cambridge Children’s Hospital Project, was written by Jessica Folwell, a medical student at the University of Cambridge. The multi-...

Two-year follow-up of neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases

19 March 2026

New research shows that the memory and cognitive problems often experienced by people with systemic rheumatic diseases do not get worse over time as many patients fear. This research was led by Dr Melanie Sloan from the School of Medicine at University of East Anglia and the University of Cambridge, Primary Care Unit, with...

Researchers at the THIS Institute Publish a New Paper in the Annals of American Thoracic Society Exploring Social Frailty Among Survivors of Sepsis

Four Research Groups from the Department of Public Health and Primary care are the First Teams from Cambridge to Receive a Bronze GreenDisc Certification!

A New Tool to Predict Heart Failure Risk in Europe

International Screening Trial for Atrial Fibrillation Reaches Recruitment and Screening Milestone

CCHSR In Conversation: Why health inequalities persist despite all the efforts to reduce them

CanRisk v4 released – now including prostate cancer risk prediction

Algorithmic fairness and health equity in clinical prediction

Two-year follow-up of neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases

Physical and mental health professionals perspectives of providing mental health care for young people

Two-year follow-up of neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases

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