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Prize winner!
A member of our team, Dr Nick Burr, has won a prize for his presentation at the recent British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) meeting in Liverpool. Entitled, “A Study of Post Colonoscopy Colorectal Cancer (PCCRC) in England” his talk examined the wide variation in colorectal cancer rates after a colonoscopy and explored possible explanations. Nick’s…
BCI UK at the Great Exhibition of the North, 28-29 July
Meet the Researchers On the last weekend in July we will be taking part in the Great Exhibition of the North. With fellow researchers from Leeds, and members of use My data, we will be at the Great Museum of the North: Hancock to explain how both data and algorithms can be used to improve…
BCI UK at ACPGBI annual meeting in Birmingham 9-11 July
BCI UK will have a stand at this year’s ACPGBI meeting at the International Conference Centre in Birmingham, 9-11 July 2018. If you are attending the meeting please come along and say hello. Image credit: Edited version of Bob Hall’s ICC Birmingham image (used under CC BY-SA 2.0)
BCI UK at Cancer Services, Data and Outcomes Conference in Manchester
BCI UK will have a stand at the Public Health England Cancer Services, Data and Outcomes Conference on Wednesday 20 June and Thursday 21 June, 2018. The theme of the conference is to explore how data are being used to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. It has a wide audience including researchers, patients, clinicians and…
We will be at the Patients First: Pioneering Partnerships event next week
On the 20 March the Patients First: Pioneering Partnerships event in London will explore managing and growing partnerships that bring benefits to patients sooner. Barbara, a member of our Patient-Public Group (PPG), will lead a table talk discussing the specific challenges PPG members face. The event is a collaboration between the Association of the British Pharmaceutical…
Come and join BCI UK at this year’s Be Curious event at the University of Leeds on the 17th March
Ever wondered what happens in a University? Be Curious is the University of Leeds’ interactive open day which showcases its research to the public. The theme of this year’s day is “We are International”. With free interactive activities aimed at the whole family, the event celebrates and showcases the global scale of the University’s research…
Visiting the Festival of Genomics
By Ana Sredic-Rhodes, Programme PhD student
New paper!
We have a new paper in the journal Cancer Epidemiology entitled, “Obesity surgery and risk of colorectal and other obesity-related cancers: An English population-based cohort study”. The paper is open access and available from ScienceDirect. A plain language summary is also available.