A full list of publications from the group will be available shortly. More details on publications from individual members of the group are on their individual profile pages.
Key recent publications include:
Dennison, R., Waller, J., Clune, R., Tung, J., Morris, S., Usher-Smith, J. Receptiveness to Risk-Based Innovations. A multi-methods exploration of the receptiveness of the public to implementation of risk-based innovations within cancer screening and early diagnosis in the UK. Cancer Research UK. 2024.
Stutzin Donoso F, Carver T, Ficorella L, Fennell N, Antoniou AC, Easton DF, Tischkowitz M, Walter FM, Usher-Smith JA, Archer S. Improving the communication of multifactorial cancer risk assessment results for different audiences: a co-design process. Journal of Community Genetics. Oct;15(5):499-515.doi: 10.1007/s12687-024-00729-4.
Razai MS, Ussher M, Goldsmith L, Hargreaves S, Oakeshott P. Navigating vaccination in pregnancy: Qualitative study in 21 ethnically diverse pregnant women. PLoS One. 2025 Jan 31;20(1):e0310823. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310823
Stewart GD, Godoy A, Farquhar F, Kitt J, Burge SW, Cartledge J, … Usher-Smith JA. Abdominal Non contrast Computed Tomography Scanning to Screen for Kidney Cancer and Other Abdominal Pathology Within Community-based Computed Tomography Screening for Lung Cancer: Results of the Yorkshire Kidney Screening Trial. European Urology. 2024 Sep 12:S0302-2838(24)02567-3. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2024.08.029
Razai MS, Mansour R, Ravindran P, Freeman S, Mason-Apps C, Morris J, et al. (2024) Facilitators and barriers to vaccination uptake in pregnancy: A qualitative systematic review. PLoS ONE 19(4): e0298407. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0298407
Chung R, Xu Z, Arnold M, Ip S, Harrison H, Barrett J, Pennells L, Kim L, Di Angelantonio E, Paige E, Ritchie S, Inouye M, Usher-Smith JA, Wood AM. Using polygenic risk scores for prioritising individuals at greatest need of a CVD risk assessment Journal of the American Heart Association. 2023 Aug;12(15):e029296. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.029296
Usher-Smith JA, Hindmarch S, French DP, Tischkowitz M, Moorthie S, Walter FM, Dennison RA, Stutzin F, Archer S, Taylor L, Emery J, Morris S, Easton DF, Antoniou AC. Proactive breast cancer risk assessment in primary care: a review based on the principles of screening. 2023 British Journal of Cancer. Feb 3;1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02145-w.
Dennison RA, Thomas CV, Morris S, Usher-Smith JA. A discrete choice experiment to understand public preferences and priorities for risk-stratified bowel cancer screening programmes. Preventive Medicine. Dec:177:107786. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107786
Taylor LC, Dennison RA, Griffin SJ, John SD, Lansdorp-Vogelaar I, Thomas CV, Thomas R, Usher-Smith JA. Implementation of risk stratification within bowel cancer screening: A community jury study exploring public acceptability and communication needs. BMC Public Health Sep 15;23(1):1798. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16704-6
Dennison R, Usher-Smith JA, John S. The ethics of risk-stratified cancer screening. European Journal of Cancer. 2023 Mar 23;187:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2023.03.023
Archer S, Stutzin Donoso F, Carver T, Yue A, Cunningham AP, Ficorella L, Tischkowitz M, Easton DF, Antoniou AC, Emery J, Usher-Smith JA, Walter FM. Exploring the barriers and facilitators of implementing CanRisk in primary care: a qualitative thematic framework analysis. BJGP. 2023 Jul 27;73(733):e586-e596. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2022.0643
Razai MS, Rania Mansour, Lucy Goldsmith, et al. Interventions to increase vaccination against COVID-19, influenza and pertussis during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Journal of Travel Medicine, 2023; taad138, https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taad138
Hollands GJ, Usher-Smith JA, Hasan R, Alexander F, Griffin SJ. Impact of visualising health risk with medical imaging on recipients’ health-related behaviours and outcomes: systematic review with meta-analysis. PLOS Medicine. 2022 Mar 3;19(3):e1003920. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003920
Usher-Smith JA, Von Wagner C, Ghanouni A. Behavioural Challenges Associated With Risk-Adapted Cancer Screening. 2021 Cancer Control doi: 10.1177/10732748211060289
Harrison H, Pennells L, Wood A, Rossi SH, Stewart GD, Griffin SJ, Usher-Smith JA. Validation and public health modelling of risk prediction models for kidney cancer using UK Biobank. 2021 BJUI doi: 10.1111/bju.15598
Thomas C, Mandrik O, Saunders CL, Thompson D, Whyte S, Griffin SJ, Usher-Smith JA. The costs and benefits of risk-stratification for colorectal cancer screening based on phenotypic and genetic risk: a health economic analysis. 2021 Cancer Prevention Research May 26:canprevres.0620.2020. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-20-0620
Usher-Smith JA, Mills K, Riedinger C, Saunders C, Helsingen LM, Lytvyn L, Buskermolen M, Lansdorp-Vogelaar I, Bretthauer M, Guyatt G, Griffin SJ. The impact of information about different absolute benefits and harms on intention to participate in colorectal cancer screening: A think-aloud study and online randomised experiment. 2021 PLoS ONE 16(2): e0246991. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.024699