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Cambridge Public Health welcomes new Co-Director, Professor Nora Pashayan

10 October 2024

We are excited to announce the appointment of Professor Nora Pashayan, Professor of the Epidemiology of Ageing, as a new co-director at Cambridge Public Health. A leading figure in cancer screening and public health, Professor Pashayan brings extensive experience and a deep commitment to advancing public health initiatives...

What to do about prevention Mr Streeting?

2 October 2024

A recent blog by Professor Mike Kelly, lead of Cambridge Public Health's Health Inequalities theme, and Emeritus Professor Peter Littlejohns, calls for revitalizing NICE's public health role and fully implementing its guidelines. Published by NIHR ARC South London, the blog emphasizes the importance of these guidelines on...

How doctors who act as policy advocates can maintain trustworthiness

14 August 2024

Cambridge Public Health researchers led by Dr Sebastian Walsh have published a feature in the BMJ evaluating the role of doctors in effective advocacy and recommend strategies to maximise trustworthiness. "As the world recovers from the pandemic and faces up to grand challenges such as widening social and health...

Make vision loss screening and treatment accessible to reduce dementia risk.

Preventing dementia: new risks identified in cholesterol and vision loss

1 August 2024

Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by tackling 14 risk factors starting in childhood, including two new risks – high cholesterol and vision loss.

New systematic review shines an important light on older adults' mobility

17 July 2024

A new systematic review shines an important light on older adults' mobility. Funded by the World Health Organisation, The impact of transport, housing, and urban development interventions on older adults’ mobility examines recent experimental and quasi-experimental studies with mobility outcomes. While the review yielded...

CPH researcher Sebastian Walsh wins Alzheimer's Society Rising Star Award

27 June 2024

We are thrilled to announce that Dr Sebastian Walsh, an NIHR doctoral fellow based at Cambridge Public Health, has been awarded the Rising Star Award in the Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Research Excellence and People Awards. This award recognises exceptional PhD students or early postdoctoral researchers who have...

Professor John Clarkson awarded CBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours list

17 June 2024

John Clarkson, Professor of Engineering Design at Cambridge University, has been honoured with a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Engineering and Design. Expressing his gratitude, Professor Clarkson said, “I am delighted to receive this honour and...

Webinar recording now available: Harnessing machine learning to promote health equity with Dr John Ford

11 June 2024

We are pleased to announce that the recording of our recent webinar is now available for viewing. The event, hosted by the CPH Health Inequalities pillar , featured an insightful presentation by Dr John Ford on the pioneering work of the Health Equity Evidence Centre. The Centre uses machine-learning software to sift...

Networking lunch and flash talks spark lively discussions among Early Career Researchers in public health

23 May 2024

On 22nd May, Cambridge Public Health hosted a networking lunch and flash talks event for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in public health. The highlight of the event was a series of 10 engaging talks covering a wide array of research topics, ranging from examining the effects of health system strain on patient care...

New research highlights potential, and challenges, of mHealth in fighting Dementia

20 May 2024

A new study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity has found that a coach-supported mobile health (mHealth) intervention can help reduce dementia risk factors among underserved populations. However, the low response rates raise concerns about the effectiveness of technological approaches in reaching those most in need...

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Cambridge Public Health welcomes new Co-Director, Professor Nora Pashayan

What to do about prevention Mr Streeting?

How doctors who act as policy advocates can maintain trustworthiness

Preventing dementia: new risks identified in cholesterol and vision loss

New systematic review shines an important light on older adults' mobility

CPH researcher Sebastian Walsh wins Alzheimer's Society Rising Star Award

Professor John Clarkson awarded CBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours list

Webinar recording now available: Harnessing machine learning to promote health equity with Dr John Ford

Networking lunch and flash talks spark lively discussions among Early Career Researchers in public health

New research highlights potential, and challenges, of mHealth in fighting Dementia

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