Wines and beers labelled as lower in alcohol strength may increase the total amount of alcoholic drink consumed, according to a study published in the journal Health Psychology. The study was carried out by the Behaviour and Health Research Unit at the University of Cambridge in collaboration with the Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research at […]
Archives for April 2018
New research to explore whether inviting people for screening based on their risk rather than their age alone can improve efficiency of screening programme
Dr Juliet Usher-Smith, an academic general practitioner from the Primary Care Unit (PCU) at the University of Cambridge, has been awarded a grant of almost £65,000 from Bowel Cancer UK and Beating Bowel Cancer. The research will investigate whether people living in England should be invited to take part in the bowel cancer screening programme […]
EnterpriseWOMEN: JOIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
EnterpriseWOMEN: JOIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS 12 May and 9 June Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge For more information and to apply visit the website Are you looking to explore entrepreneurship? Would you like to build relevant skills, know-how and networks? Do you have ambitions to start up a business? EnterpriseWOMEN provides real-world […]
First CanTest School held to boost research into early detection of cancer in primary care
The first CanTest International School for Cancer Detection Research in Primary Care was held earlier this month at Jesus College, Cambridge, with a focus on the challenges and cost-effectiveness of diagnostic testing in primary care. The week-long event, led by CanTest Director, Dr Fiona Walter, brought together international leaders in the primary care early detection […]
Online ads show promise for getting pregnant smokers into cessation support
Online advertisements prompting pregnant smokers to take up stop-smoking support reached women earlier in pregnancy than interventions delivered via clinical settings can typically achieve, and at a lower cost, in a new, NIHR-funded study from the Universities of Cambridge, East Anglia and Nottingham. This study, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), is […]
National prize for Dr Rebecca Ward
Dr Rebecca Ward won the ‘Best Oral Abstract’ award for her presentation at the National Primary Care Academic Clinical Fellow Conference on 12/13 April 2018. The conference brought together academic GP trainees, their supervisors, programme leads and the wider academic primary care community. Becky is a Cambridge GP VTS trainee completing an NIHR funded Academic […]