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New study reveals stark global inequalities in trauma surgery survival

16 September 2025

Mortality after emergency abdominal surgery is more than three times higher in the least developed countries compared to the most developed, according to a major new international study led by the University of Cambridge. Published in The Lancet Global Health, the research analysed outcomes for 1,769 patients treated in...

Global estimates for frontotemporal dementia published in JAMA Neurology

11 September 2025

Study synthesises global data from 32 population-based studies. A new open-access study in JAMA Neurology , co-authored by Professor Carol Brayne, Cambridge Public Health, provides the most comprehensive pooled estimates to date of the incidence and prevalence of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and its clinical variants...

Shobhana Nagraj talks co-design on Global Health podcast

13 August 2025

Shobhana Nagraj, co-leader of Cambridge Public Health’s Global Health priority area, is featured in the latest CHW Data Dialogues podcast, hosted by the Community Health Impact Coalition (CHIC) . The episode explores how co-design can strengthen data collection, analysis, and use in community health programs. Joining Dr...

New Cambridge Public Health Seminar Series launching soon

5 June 2025

We’re excited to announce a new seminar series from Cambridge Public Health that takes a wide-angle view on public health, drawing on insights from medicine, epidemiology, engineering, social science, arts, and more. The series will showcase the breadth of public health research across the University of Cambridge...

New report highlights opportunities for better health in the East of England

2 June 2025

Insights from the PHREsH symposium in March 2025 highlight priorities for action across the region’s health systems. Cambridge Public Health is pleased to share a newly published report from a regional health symposium hosted by East of England Population Health Research Hub (PHResH) in March 2025. The event brought...

Genetic risk score enhances Prostate cancer detection in landmark study

9 May 2025

A major study has shown that a saliva-based genetic test can help identify men at high risk of prostate cancer, raising the possibility that targeted screening in this group could potentially lead to earlier detection of serious cases. The findings, from the BARCODE1 trial and published in The New England Journal of...

Streets in the Sky Podcast, examines the public health impact of modern housing design

28 April 2025

Cambridge Public Health is pleased to announce the launch of Streets in the Sky , a podcast series exploring the public health consequences of modern housing developments around the world. Across three episodes, Streets in the Sky brings together academics, architects, public health specialists, and policymakers to examine...

Cambridge Public Health Co-Director explores parenting and adolescent wellbeing in new blog

23 April 2025

In a powerful new two-part blog series for the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, Professor Gordon Harold, Co-Director of Cambridge Public Health, examines the vital role of parents in supporting adolescent mental health in the digital age. Prompted by the conversations sparked by the Netflix series Adolescence , which...

Tomorrow’s Health Today: AI and Data Science explained

3 April 2025

On 2 April, Cambridge Public Health co-hosted Tomorrow’s Health Today: AI and Data Science Explained with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). The interactive panel discussion, held as part of the Cambridge Festival, explored the real-world applications and limitations of artificial intelligence (AI) in health and care...

Job opportunity: Research Associate/Research Assistant in Evidence Synthesis

18 March 2025

Applications are invited for the position of Research Associate/Research Assistant in Evidence Synthesis at the Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology of the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, working closely with Professor Nora Pashayan. The postholder will conduct a systematic review of markers of tumour...

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New study reveals stark global inequalities in trauma surgery survival

Global estimates for frontotemporal dementia published in JAMA Neurology

Shobhana Nagraj talks co-design on Global Health podcast

New Cambridge Public Health Seminar Series launching soon

New report highlights opportunities for better health in the East of England

Genetic risk score enhances Prostate cancer detection in landmark study

Streets in the Sky Podcast, examines the public health impact of modern housing design

Cambridge Public Health Co-Director explores parenting and adolescent wellbeing in new blog

Tomorrow’s Health Today: AI and Data Science explained

Job opportunity: Research Associate/Research Assistant in Evidence Synthesis

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