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Transforming Health Care Through Prevention – Primary Care at the Forefront

Lee Hall, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, Barton Road, Cambridge, CB3 9BB Wolfson College, Cambridge

There is a long tradition of disease prevention in primary care” but “over-stretched primary care teams are struggling to meet the needs of patients with existing disease. In this lecture Professor Simon Griffin, the Unit's Programme Leader for Prevention of Diabetes and Related Metabolic Disorders in High Risk Groups, will share some thoughts on how […]

Seminar – Applications of geospatial data and methods in environmental epidemiology

MRC Epidemiology meeting rooms 1&2, Level 3 IMS Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom

All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar: Applications of geospatial data and methods in environmental epidemiology. S.M. Labib, Department of Geography, School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED), University of Manchester. MRC Epidemiology Unit meeting rooms 1 and 2, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Download slides of S.M. Labib's presentation. Abstract Geospatial […]

The NCD emergency, intergenerational inequality, and the urgent need for systems change

Lee Hall, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, Barton Road, Cambridge, CB3 9BB Wolfson College, Cambridge

The only way is upstream: the NCD emergency, intergenerational inequality and the urgent need for system change. A free public lecture by Professor Martin White, Programme Leader for Population Health Interventions at the MRC Epidemiology Unit. FREE registration at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transforming-health-care-through-prevention-the-ncd-emergency-tickets-90624019883 This event is part of the Wolfson Explores Transformation lecture series.

Let food be thy medicine – Talk by Professor Nita Forouhi

Wolfson Hall, Churchill College Storey's Way, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Type 2 diabetes is one of the biggest global public health challenges, also placing a massive burden in the U.K. on people with diabetes, their families and the wider society. Urgent solutions are needed to help individuals with this condition as well as to prevent those at risk from developing it in the future. Dietary […]