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NCID 2021 cancelled due to COVID-19 | We are sad to announce that in view of the absence of sufficient improvement of the COVID-19 situation, we need to cancel again our annual[…] | |
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NCID 2020 – Cancelled | We are sad to announce that in view of the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the decision of the French gouvernement to cancel national[…] | |
NCID 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 | We are sad to announce that in view of the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the decision of the French gouvernement to cancel national[…] | |
Articles published in 2020 | Macacu A, Lasagni S, Carnesecchi E, Dorne JL, Guillot G. Dose-response analysis of toxicological and pharmacological mixtures with the model deviation ratio method: problems and[…] | |
iPRI signs MOU in Peru | Lima, December 12th, 2019 – Auna and the International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI) have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding in order to become the[…] | |
Nise Yamaguchi receives award at NCID 2019 | Nise Yamaguchi is a medical oncologist who focuses on treating patients and making their lives as comfortable as possible. She has managed to develop and[…] | |
Rajendra Badwe receives award at NCID 2019 | Rajendra Badwe is Director of the Tata Memorial Cancer Centre in Mumbai, India. He was a pioneer in the introduction of evidence-based treatment guidelines in[…] | |
Luis Pinillos Ashton and Carlos Vallejos Sologuren receive award at NCID 2019 | Professors Luis Pinillos Ashton and Carlos Vallejos Sologuren have made major contributions to Cancer Control in Peru. Each has been Director-General of the National Cancer[…] | |
Fourteenth Annual Meeting of National Cancer Institute Directors (NCID 2019) | The fourteenth annual NCID meeting took place in Lyon between 10-12th July, 2019. There were 125 attendees from 65 countries at a wide range of[…] | |
Ten Years of iPRI in video | iPRI is pleased to be entering its tenth year of academic and scientific endeavours. We do so recognising our many partners and stakeholders, without whom[…] | |
NCID 2019 | The fourteenth meeting of National Cancer Institute Directors will take place in Lyon between 10th and 12th July, 2019 as decided last year. The previous[…] | |
Regional Ministerial Conference on Partnership and Cooperation in Oncology | Declaration in the Fields of Oncological Training, Research and Development among the Countries of the Central and Eastern European and the Central Asian Region Representatives[…] | |
Boyle gave inaugural lecture at Calisia World Conference | On 10th June 2019, Peter Boyle gave the inaugural lecture on ‘Health, Wellbeing and the Family’ at the Calisia World Conference on Family Health. Professor[…] | |
Country reports EU 1950-2015 | Budapest, 12th June 2019The Report “Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Europe, 1950-2015” has been presented at the Ministerial Meeting in[…] | |
Celebrating Ten Years | iPRI is pleased to be entering its tenth year of academic and scientific endeavours. We do so recognising our many partners and stakeholders, without whom[…] | |
iPRI 2017-2018 Biennial Report | The International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI) will celebrate the tenth anniversary of its founding (April, 2009) and has recently moved from Ecully-ouest-Lyon into more spacious[…] | |
Articles published in 2019 | Ngoma M, Autier P. Cancer prevention: cervical cancer. Ecancermedicalscience. 2019;13:952. [PMID: 31552125] Mullie P, Autier P. Type 1 error. J Physiol. 2019 Sep;597(17):4677-4678. doi: 10.1113/JP278407.[…] | |
Dr Otis Brawley joins Johns Hopkins | Dr Otis Brawley, iPRI Senior Research Fellow, has taken up the position of Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Oncology and Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University. He[…] | |
iPRI signs MOU with INEN | The International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI) is delighted to announce the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas (INEN)[…] | |
Agreement for closer collaboration with IEO | Today, 26th November 2018, in Milan, Ing. Mauro Melis, CEO of the Istituto Europeo di Oncology (IEO) and Professor Peter Boyle, signed an agreement for[…] | |
Jean-François Doré interviewed regarding sunbed use | Professor Jean-François Doré, Senior Research Fellow of the International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI), has been interviewed recently on French television (M6) regarding the health risks[…] | |
Medal presented to Miklós Kásler | Professor Miklós Kásler is a head and neck surgeon who became Director of the National Oncology Institute in Budapest, Hungary in 1986. Since 1994 he[…] | |
Protected: NCID 2018 Presentations | Dear friends and colleagues, I would like to thank you all for attending the recent NCID 2018 meeting in Lyon (11-13 July, 2018) and for[…] | |
MOU with National Center of Oncology, Azerbaijan | The International Prevention Research Institute and the National Center of Oncology of the Republic of Azerbaijan are delighted to announce the signing of a Memorandum[…] | |
Mamadou Diop | iPRI would like to welcome our most recent Senior Research Fellow, Professor Mamadou Diop. Professor Mamadou Diop received his Doctorate Degree in Medicine in 1993 at[…] | |
Mamadou Diop receives award at NCID 2018 | Mamadou Diop is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Cancer Institute of Dakar in Senegal (institute Joliot-Curie service de de cancérologie de l’hôpital A.[…] | |
Twalib Ngoma receives award at NCID 2018 | Professor Twalib Ngoma is a Radiotherapist who currently works in Muhimbili University Hospital. He is the founder of Tanzania’s National Cancer Institute based at the[…] | |
Trish Scanlan receives award at NCID 2018 | Dr Scanlan is a Paediatric Oncologist who left her native Ireland to work in Muhimbili Hospital in Dar-es-Salam, Tanzania. Since her arrival the survival from[…] | |
NCID 2018 | The thirteenth meeting of National Cancer Institute Directors will take place in Lyon between 11th and 13th July, 2018 as decided last year. The previous[…] | |
Autier invited in debate on Mammography Screening | Dr. Philippe Autier, vice-President Population Research of the International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI), participated in a radio debate on Mammagraphy Screening on French radio station[…] | |
Boyle awarded Chancellor’s Medal | Professor Peter Boyle, President of the International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI) and Director of the Strathclyde Institute of Global Public Health at iPRI, has been[…] | |
Boyle delivers Macewen Lecture | At the annual International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, held in Liverpool, Professor Peter Boyle was honoured to[…] | |
Breast Cancer Screening Statement | iPRI calls for an independent inquiry into the effectiveness of Mammographic Screening for Breast Cancer and supports the review ordered by the Secretary of State[…] | |
Gilles Guillot | iPRI is delighted to announce the arrival of Dr Gilles Guillot to the position of Vice-President Biostatistics at the International Prevention Research Institute. Gilles Guillot[…] | |
Happy New Year 2018 | Professor Peter Boyle and the entire iPRI family would like to wish all a Happy New Year 2018. | |
David Galloway | iPRI would like to welcome our most recent Senior Research Fellow, Professor David Galloway. David Galloway is the President of the Royal College of Physicians and[…] | |
Articles Published in 2018 | Bernard R, Bowsher G, Milner C, Boyle P, Patel P, Sullivan R. Intelligence and global health: assessing the role of open source and social media[…] | |
Annie Young | Annie Young, SRN, Phd, is Emeritus Professor of Nursing at Warwick Medical School, working in clinical research. Her research portfolio encompasses the management of thrombosis[…] | |
Chloé Leao | Chloé Leao was born in Chambéry, France. She graduated with a Bachelor in management of tourism business. During her study, she worked in Megève, France[…] | |
Protected: NCID 2017 Presentations | Dear friends and colleagues, I would like to thank you all for attending the recent NCID2017 meeting in Lyon (17-19 July, 2017) and for your[…] | |
Romualdas Gurevicius | Romualdas Gurevicius was born in Plunge, Lithuania and in 1974 graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University receiving a diploma of Public Health[…] | |
Boyle to receive Royal Medal | On May 17, 2017, The Royal Society of Edinburgh has announced that Her Majesty the Queen has approved the RSE Council’s recommendations for the 2017[…] | |
NCID 2017 | The twelfth meeting of the National Cancer Institute Directors meeting took place in Lyon between 17th and 19th July, 2017. Hosted by the World Prevention[…] | |
Boyle to receive Royal Medal | Today, The Royal Society of Edinburgh has announced that Her Majesty the Queen has approved the RSE Council’s recommendations for the 2017 RSE Royal Medals.[…] | |
Cancer is… Attacking Africa (Updated 22-min version) | Show it in your school, university, NGO, UN organization… Let us know how it went! Cancer is… Attacking Africa is the fifth full length documentary[…] | |
iPRI Delegation in Vietnam | iPRI continues to strengthen its ties to Vietnam’s Hospital K and the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. Following on the recent signing of an MOU between[…] | |
iPRI signs MOU in Ukraine | On Tuesday March 20th, 2017, the International Prevention Research Institute (Lyon, France), represented by its President Professor Peter Boyle, and the Shupyk National Medical Academy[…] | |
Philippe Vanhems | Philippe Vanhems graduated as Medical Doctor from Nancy Medical School in 1992. He accomplished his internship in Epidemiology and Public Health and integrated the Division[…] | |
Ibolya Nyulasi | Ibolya Nyulasi is the Head of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Alfred Health, Melbourne Australia. Alfred Health is a multi-campus health service that[…] | |
World Cancer Day 2017 | Is Africa once again the forgotten continent of global public health response? We fear it is. How else can one explain how international organizations, donors,[…] | |
iPRI 2015-2016 Biennial Report | iPRI is pleased to present its 2015-2016 Biennial Report. Increasingly international attention is turning towards a focus on prevention. Prevention ranges over Primary Prevention, to[…] | |
Report: The State of Oncology in Africa | Written about cancer in Africa by health professionals working in Africa or international colleagues working closely with Africa, identifies ‘The State of Oncology in Africa,[…] | |
iPRI Stands Against Cancer in Africa | The International Prevention Research Institute stands with all those concerned with African Public Health. In the past decade, Global Public Health seems to have lowered the[…] | |
Cancer is… Attacking Africa (59-min version) | Show it in your school, university, NGO, UN organization… Let us know how it went! Cancer is… Attacking Africa was produced in two versions. This[…] | |
iPRI signs MOU with Patients’ Organization | iPRI signs MOU with International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) Lyon, 1 February 2017 – Today, the International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI), represented by its[…] | |
MOU with Ukraine’s RE Kavetsky Institute | iPRI Signs MOU with RE Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology, National Academy of Science of Ukraine Kyiv, 26 January 2017 — Today,[…] | |
Melanoma Deaths Could Fall by 2050 | NEWS RELEASE Experts predict melanoma death rates will fall by 2050, but numbers of deaths will increase unless effective treatments are developed Amsterdam, The Netherlands:[…] | |
Dan Krewski | Dan Krewski is currently Scientific Director of the McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment at the University of Ottawa, and Professor in the School[…] | |
Articles Published in 2017 | Autier P, Boniol M, Koechlin A, Pizot C, Boniol M. Effectiveness of and overdiagnosis from mammography screening in the Netherlands: population based study. BMJ. 2017[…] | |
iPRI Signs MOU in Hungary | Budapest, 14 December 2016 — Today, the International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI), represented by its President, Professor Peter Boyle, concluded discussions and signed an important[…] | |
Continued Breast Cancer Mortality Decline | NEWS RELEASE AND COMMENTS BY iPRI SENIOR FACULTY News Release Breast Cancer Mortality Rates Decline in Many Countries South Korea, parts of Latin America are[…] | |
Healthcare in Afghanistan challenging | NEWS RELEASE Innovative health care model in Afghanistan still has a way to go London (UK) and Lyon (France), 22 November 2016 — Providing access[…] | |
Health Promotion Foundation Poland sign MOU | This 5 December 2016, in Nadarzyn, Poland, two European-based organizations with a long-standing commitment to Prevention both in Europe and worldwide, have come together to[…] | |
Pierre Anhoury no longer at iPRI | Please note that Pierre Anhoury no longer works at iPRI. | |
Tran Van Thuan | Tran Van Thuan was born in Bac Ninh, Viet Nam and graduated MD, MSC and PhD from Ha Noi Medical University. He studied at Singapore[…] | |
Umberto Veronesi RIP | On November 8th, 2016 the world lost one of the great men of modern Medicine with the passing of Umberto Veronesi. A pioneering surgeon who[…] | |
Boyle Awarded Prestigious Fellowship | Dublin, Saturday 22 October, 2016 – Today Professor Peter Boyle was conferred with Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland at the St. Luke’s[…] | |
Keynote at St. Luke’s | Dublin, Friday 21 October, 2016 – Today, Professor Peter Boyle gave the keynote lecture, on the topic of Global Public Health, at the Advanced Masterclass[…] | |
iPRI Signs MOU with Vietnam | Hanoi, 7 October 2016 — Today, the International Prevention Research Institute, represented by its President, Professor Peter Boyle, concluded discussions and signed an important Memorandum[…] | |
David Zaridze presented Award | On the occasion of the 11th Annual Meeting of Cancer Institute Directors (NCID2016), Professor David Zaridze was presented with the World Prevention Alliance / International[…] | |
Pat Loehrer presented Award | On the occasion of the 11th Annual Meeting of Cancer Institute Directors (NCID2016), Dr Patrick Loehrer was presented with the World Prevention Alliance/International Prevention Research[…] | |
David Byrne presented Award | On the occasion of the 11th Annual Meeting of Cancer Institute Directors (NCID2016), Mr. David Byrne was presented with the World Prevention Alliance / International[…] | |
Eye-Light | Diabetic Retinopathy Diabetic Retinopathy is a complication of the eye that can affect anyone who has diabetes either type I or type II. It causes damage to the[…] | |
Protected: NCID 2016 Presentations | Presentations Please find below the links to download the presentations given at NCID 2016. Thank you to all the speakers who kindly shared their[…] | |
NCID 2016 Awards | During this past 2016 National Cancer Institute Directors meeting in Lyon, France, iPRI and WPA President Professor Peter Boyle was proud to present three awards for[…] | |
Melinda Magyari | Melinda Magyari was born in Transylvania.She did her undergraduate medical training at the Semmelweis University in Budapest. She moved to Denmark and graduated in medicine[…] | |
Christian Partensky | Christian Partensky has been Professor of Digestive Surgery at the Claude Bernard University of Lyon since 1977 and Head of the Department of HPB Surgery[…] | |
Adil Aljarrah | Adil Aljarrah, graduated from the University la-Sapienza with honours. He completed his general surgery and breast surgery residency in Scotland obtaining a fellowship in general surgery[…] | |
The Moonshot: A View from Europe | Today, The Cancer Letter published a guest editorial written by iPRI President, Professor Peter Boyle: The Moonshot: A View from Europe | |
Mammography Screening Questioned | NEWS RELEASE: MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING QUESTIONED – Lyon, France – A study by the International Prevention Research Institute (Lyon) and King’s College… | |
NCID 2016 | Welcome to The eleventh meeting of the National Cancer Institute Directors meeting will take place in Lyon between 11th and 13th July, 2016. | |
World Cancer Day 2016 | There is a catastrophic cost associated with cancer; let us not forget those who have to face these costs. | |
Mireille Doré RIP | We are deeply saddened to hear that Mme Mireille Doré passed away earlier this morning. Mireille was the wife of Dr Jean Francois Doré, a long-standing[…] | |
Articles Published in 2016 | Mullie P, Pizot C, Autier P. Daily milk consumption and all-cause mortality, coronary heart disease and stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational cohort[…] | |
Jean-Louis Touraine | Jean-Louis Touraine has been a Professor in Nephrology, Immunology and Transplantation at the Claude Bernard University of Lyon since 1979. From 1986 to 2012 he[…] | |
Miruna Dragomir | Miruna Dragomir was born in Brasov, Romania. After her high school diploma in Romania, she graduated from INSA (National Institute of Applied Sciences) in Lyon,[…] | |
Protected: NCID 2015 Presentations | Please find below the links to download the presentations given at NCID 2015. Thank you to all the speakers who kindly shared their presentations. | |
Mammography Benefits Overestimated | An in-depth review of randomised trials on screening for breast, colo-rectal, cervical, prostate and lung cancers, published today in the Journal of the Royal Society[…] | |
Physical activity and breast cancer risk | From 29 May till 2 June 2015 Cécile Pizot, Research Officer at iPRI, participated in the 2015 ASCO annual meeting in Chicago. She presented her[…] | |
ASSET Summer School | Within the activities of the EU-funded project ASSET of which iPRI is partner, we have the pleasure to announce the first “Summer School on Science in Society[…] | |
NCID 2015 | Welcome The tenth meeting of National Cancer Institute Directors will take place in Lyon between 8th and 10th July, 2015. The previous meeting attracted over[…] | |
The Health of Nations | March 9, 2015 – A review has been published in The Lancet today. The Health of Nations Prevention of infectious diseases and other global health[…] | |
Jean-Claude Mbanya | Jean-Claude Mbanya is Professor of Medicine and Endocrinology at the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Director Biotechnology Center and Coordinator[…] | |
Alina Macacu | Alina Macacu was born in Bucharest, Romania. She graduated in 2010 from the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) in Lyon, France, with an engineer’s[…] | |
Derek Yach | Derek Yach has focused his career on advancing global health. He is currently the Executive Director of the Vitality Institute. Prior to that he was[…] | |
Tanning booths and melanoma in France | On 12-13 March 2015, Professor Mathieu Boniol, Vice-President of Biostatistics at iPRI, participated in the 17th National Days of Photodermatologie organised by the French Society[…] | |
Statistics are Human Beings with the Tears Wiped Away | March 17, 2015 – As part of a Series “Countering Cancer – 100 reports from the frontline”, Pfizer has published an interview with Professor Peter Boyle, President[…] | |
Life-saving treatments learnt from war being missed | NEWS RELEASE Life-saving treatments learnt from war being missed Friday 20 March, 2015, London, UK: Trauma is responsible for more global deaths annually than HIV, malaria and[…] | |
Paul Ndom | Paul Ndom was born in Cameroon and graduated MD from the Faculty of Medicine (CUSS), University of Yaounde. He is: Associate Professor of Medicine at the[…] | |
Master’s programme in Global Public Health | The University of Strathclyde Institute for Global Public Health at iPRI is pleased to launch the Master’s Programme in Global Public Health for the September[…] | |
Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness | Book cover of Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness (SIVE): an observational retrospective cohort study – exploitation of a unique community-based national-linked database to determine the effectiveness[…] | |
World Cancer Day 2015 | The International Prevention Research Institute, today released its 2015 World Cancer Day Statement. In it, Professors Peter Boyle, Derek Yach and Twalib Ngoma, make the[…] | |
Boyle awarded city's medal | January 8, 2015, Professor Peter Boyle, President of iPRI, was presented with his city’s medal, the Médaille de la Ville de Dardilly. Below is Professor[…] | |
Giovanni Corrao | Giovanni Corrao became research assistant at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Turin, in 1984, where he was until 1988. In 1988 he was upgraded as[…] | |
Carlo La Vecchia | Carlo La Vecchia received his medical degree from the University of Milan and a master of science degree in clinical epidemiology from Oxford University. He[…] | |
Nigel Gray (1928-2014) | The International Prevention Research Institute is deeply saddened by the death of Nigel Gray (on 20th December, 2014). This represents the loss of a pioneer[…] | |
Donald Mattison | Donald Mattison continues his distinguished career in medicine and public health. In 2012 he was concurrently appointed Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of[…] | |
Articles Published in 2015 | Autier P, Funck-Brentano E, Aegerter P, Boniol M, Saiag P. Re: High nevus counts confer a favorable prognosis in melanoma patients by S ribero and[…] | |
Publication of Mathematical Oncology 2013 book | iPRI is pleased to announce the publication of the book “Mathematical Oncology 2013”, co-edited by Alberto d’Onofrio, Research Director at iPRI, and Alberto Gandolfi, Research[…] | |
Mathematical Oncology 2013 | Cover page of Mathematical Oncology 2013 co-edited by Alberto d’Onofrio (iPRI) and Alberto Gandolfi (National Research Council of Italy) With chapters on free boundaries, constitutive[…] | |
Professor Boyle at ECCO14 | https://youtu.be/TwM6-jmUss8 | |
Michel Jourlin | Michel Jourlin was born in Saint-Etienne, France, and graduated in Mathematics at the University of Lyon 1. After a PhD in Pure Mathematics, he turned[…] | |
Protected: NCID 2014 Presentations | Please find below the links to download the presentations given at NCID 2014. Thank you to all the speakers who kindly shared their presentations. | |
Peter Boyle awarded Lifetime Achievement award | The prestigious ESMO Lifetime Achievement Award was established in 2006 to recognise international research by individuals, teams and organisations that demonstrate commitment to clinical cancer[…] | |
Bernard Levin | Bernard Levin earned his medical degree from the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School in Johannesburg, South Africa. He held academic appointments in the Department[…] | |
Miri Ziv | Miri Ziv is a Medical Sociologist and serves as a member of various national and global councils, providing guidance on issues relating to cancer control[…] | |
Dan Waitzberg | Dan Waitzberg is a gastrointestinal surgeon and nutrologist. He received his medical degree from the University of São Paulo (FMUSP), Brazil in 1974 and completed his residency[…] | |
Pierre Singer | Pierre Singer has over 30 years of clinical and academic experience. He was born in France attending medical school at the Louis Pasteur Faculty of[…] | |
Markus Pasterk | Markus Pasterk was born in Klagenfurt, Austria and studied Molecular Biology at the University of Vienna, where he received a M.Sc. degree in 1994. Early in his[…] | |
iPRI Quinqennial Report | iPRI is pleased to present its 2009 – 2014 Quinquennial Report. To download the report (approx. 100 Mb) CLICK HERE. | |
NCID 2014 | The ninth meeting of National Cancer Institute Directors will take place in Lyon between 9th and 11th July, 2014 as decided last year. The previous[…] | |
André-Robert Grivegnée | André-Robert Grivegnée is Head of the Cancer Prevention and Screening Clinic at Jules Bordet Institute in Brussels. As a radiologist, he is Head of the Senology[…] | |
John Fitzpatrick RIP | The sudden passing of Professor John Fitzpatrick is a source of deep sadness to all at the International Prevention Research Institute iPRI. Professor Fitzpatrick was[…] | |
iPRI Statement | In the interest of transparency, iPRI wishes it to be made known that the publications below which cite ‘an unrestricted research grant’ were neither iPRI[…] | |
Mark Dumenil | Mark Dumenil was born in London and moved to France in 1981 and directing his career towards supporting the introduction across Europe of innovative medical[…] | |
Physical activity reduces breast cancer risk | NEWS RELEASE Regular physical activity reduces breast cancer risk irrespective of age Thursday 20 March, 2014, Glasgow, UK: Practising sport for more than an hour day[…] | |
Deaths from breast cancer fall in Europe | NEWS RELEASE Deaths from breast cancer fall in Europe, but unexplained differences between countries remain Thursday 20 March, 2014, Glasgow, UK: Improvements in treatment, as well as enhanced[…] | |
Breast Cancer 2013: Good news, Bad news | NEWS RELEASE Where are we with Breast Cancer in 2013: Good news for some, bad for others Thursday 20 March, 2014, Glasgow, UK: The global[…] | |
The Cancer Letter interviews Peter Boyle | The interview given by Professor Peter Boyle, Ph.D., President of the International Prevention Research Institute to The Cancer Letter, has just been published in The Cancer[…] | |
Markus Pasterk moves to BBMRI-ERIC | Markus Pasterk has resigned from his position at the International Prevention Research Institute to take up the key position of Administrative Director at the new[…] | |
Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer joins Institute | Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer joins the University of Strathclyde and International Prevention Research Institute The University of Strathclyde Institute of Global Public Health at iPRI (SIGPH@IPRI) has announced the arrival[…] | |
Articles Published in 2014 | Gaye A, Marcon Y, Isaeva J, LaFlamme P, Turner A, Jones EM, Minion J, Boyd AW, Newby CJ, Nuotio ML, Wilson R, Butters O, Murtagh[…] | |
Mouthwash use and the Prevention of Plaque, Gingivitis and Caries | A monograph has been published as Special Issue of the journal Oral Diseases (Boyle P, Koechlin A and Autier P. Mouthwash use and the Prevention[…] | |
Elizabeth Fontham | Elizabeth Fontham is the Founding Dean and Professor of Epidemiology Emeritus at Louisiana State University (LSUHSC) School of Public Health and Professor of Pathology in[…] | |
Further doubt cast on benefit of vitamin D supplementation for disease prevention | NEWS RELEASE Lyon, France, 6 December 2013 — A comprehensive review of the evidence suggests that low vitamin D levels are not a cause but a consequence[…] | |
Ed Trapido | Ed Trapido is Associate Dean for Research at the Louisiana State University School of Public Health, Professor and Wendell Gauthier Chair for Cancer Epidemiology, and[…] | |
ECCO 2013, Amsterdam: ‘The State of Oncology' (Interview of Professor Boyle) | ECCO 2013, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Friday 27 September – Tuesday 1 October Prof Peter Boyle discusses ‘The State of Oncology’ during the 2013 European Cancer[…] | |
ECCO 2013 | ECCO 2013, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Friday 27 September – Tuesday 1 October Prof Peter Boyle, in a presentation entitled ‘The State of Oncology’ during the[…] | |
'State of Oncology 2013' media coverage | The “State of Oncology 2013” report has generated substantial media attention around the world since its launch at ECCO on 30th September 2013. A non-exhaustive[…] | |
Peter Boyle is Inaugural John A Rock Visiting Scholar at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Public Health | John A Rock was formerly the Chancellor of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and since that time has served as the Dean of the[…] | |
Muhammed Aasim Yusuf | Muhammed Aasim Yusuf is a gastroenterologist with a particular interest and expertise in therapeutic endoscopy in gastrointestinal cancer. He graduated from the King Edward Medical[…] | |
Prostate Cancer Screening using the PSA Test Does more Harm than Good | NEWS RELEASE Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Lyon, France, 29 September 2013 — Prostate cancer screening using the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is widely used in France[…] | |
Colorectal Cancer: Fall in Death Rates is Attributable to Screening Programmes | NEWS RELEASE Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Lyon, France, 28 September 2013 — Screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) in European countries is highly effective in reducing mortality from[…] | |
The State of Oncology 2013 – new report draws attention to urgent need to tackle disparities in cancer care worldwide | NEWS RELEASE Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Lyon, France, 30 September 2013 — A proposal for a new financing model to tackle the major disparities that exist in[…] | |
The State of Oncology 2013 | Breast cancer has been known and written about for millennia and has been the subject of research into its treatment and causes for centuries. Despite[…] | |
Prof. Little and Dr. Vaught join iPRI | iPRI is delighted to announce that Prof. Little and Dr. Vaught join as Senior Research Fellows. Julian Little, PhD holds a Canada Research Chair in Human Genome[…] | |
Jim Vaught | Jim Vaught spent 14 years at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, most recently as the Chief of the Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research Branch. He earned a[…] | |
Julian Little | Julian Little has been a Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Director 2006-2016) at the University of Ottawa since 2004. He currently[…] | |
The Enemy Within | http://vimeo.com/dependableproductions/theenemywithin Vivienne Parry OBE tells the incredible story of our fight against cancer over the last 50 years. Through the eyes of scientists such as[…] | |
Alan Nelson | Alan Nelson, PhD, is the founder, Chairman and CEO of VisionGate, Inc., founder of Nortis, Inc., co-founder and President of the Predictive Health Analytics Institute[…] | |
Protected: NCID 2013 Presentations | This is a private page with links to NCID 2013 photos, videos and presentations. We thank all participants for their contribution and for their generosity[…] | |
Naftali Busakhala | Naftali Busakhala is the founder and chairman of the department of Hematology and Oncology at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, the teaching hospital for Moi[…] | |
Carlos Vallejos Sologuren | Carlos Vallejos Sologuren is principal member of AUNA, one of the most important private healthcare services in Perú. In 1996, he founded the Sociedad Peruana[…] | |
Peter Johnstone | Peter Johnstone was raised in Gresham, Oregon. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1979, completing a Master of Arts degree in Communication[…] | |
Office expansion | The International Prevention Research Institute has extended its premises at the Ecully Offices. The additional office space proved necessary with the expansion of research activities[…] | |
Hans Joachim Schmoll | Hans Joachim Schmoll obtained his medical degree in 1970 from Hanover Medical University, Germany. Currently, Prof. Schmoll is the Head of the Division of Hematology[…] | |
Joint Strathclyde iPRI institute to deal with global health issues | NEWS RELEASE A major initiative to tackle global health problems was launched today at the University of Strathclyde. The Strathclyde Institute of Global Public Health[…] | |
Cancer Epidemiology: Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Special Populations | Foreword According to the World Health Organization’s 2008 GLOBOCAN report, 64% of global cancer deaths —and 56% of cancer cases— were registered in countries in[…] | |
Cancer Epidemiology: Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Special Populations | iPRI is pleased to announce the publication of the book “Cancer Epidemiology – Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Special Populations”, co-edited by Amr Soliman, University[…] | |
Cancer is… 4 | This is the fourth episode of a four-part television documentary series championed and produced by Cemil Alyanak, filmmaker and Professor Peter Boyle, President of the[…] | |
Cancer is… 3 | This is the third episode of a four-part television documentary series championed and produced by Cemil Alyanak, filmmaker and Professor Peter Boyle, President of the[…] | |
Cancer is… 2 | This is the second episode of a four-part television documentary series championed and produced by Cemil Alyanak, filmmaker and Professor Peter Boyle, President of the[…] | |
Cancer is… 1 | This is the first episode of a four-part television documentary series championed and produced by Cemil Alyanak, filmmaker and Professor Peter Boyle, President of the[…] | |
8th National Cancer Institute Directors meeting, Lyon, 10-12 July, 2013 | The eighth meeting of National Cancer Institute Directors will take place in Lyon between 10th and 12th July, 2013. As requested by participants, the focus[…] | |
Womens' Cancer Summit | Professor Peter Boyle, Ph.D., President of the International Prevention Research Institute gave the keynote address during Susan G. Komen International Global Women’s Cancer Summit on[…] | |
Mark Clanton | Mark Clanton served as the principal Deputy Director of the National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health in 2006, under NCI Director Andrew von Eschenbach. […] | |
Alcohol: Science, Policy, and Public Health | Alcohol: Science, Policy and Public Health Oxford University Press has just published the milestone book: ‘Alcohol: Science, Policy, and Public Health’. This is the second in[…] | |
Phillipe Autier receives certificate of excellence | The European Journal of Cancer has granted Dr Philippe Autier, Vice-President Population Research at iPRI, a certificate of excellence in reviewing in recognition of his outstanding[…] | |
World Breast Cancer Report launched | Washington DC, World Cancer Day, 4 February 2013 – Today, the 2012 World Breast Cancer Report was officially launched at the Global Women’s Cancer Summit.[…] | |
NCID 2012 interview with Michael Baum | Professor Michael Baum University College London, UK Future direction for breast cancer treatment Professor Michael Baum highlights the need for a dramatic change in the[…] | |
NCID 2012 interview with Murat Tuncer | Professor Murat Tuncer Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey Importance of cancer prevention Professor Murat Tuncer discusses the importance of disease prevention and explains what steps must[…] | |
NCID 2012 interview with Otis Brawley | Professor Otis Brawley Emory University, Georgia, USA Prostate cancer screening and treatment Professor Otis Brawley discusses the risks and benefits associated with prostate cancer screening[…] | |
NCID 2012 interview with Patrick Loehrer | Dr Patrick Loehrer Indiana University, USA Working to improve the standard of cancer care in Eldoret, Kenya Dr Patrick Loehrer discusses the difficulties faced improving[…] | |
Aasim Yusuf | Dr Aasim Yusuf Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan Improving cancer care in Pakistan Dr Aasim Yusuf talks about the current state[…] | |
NCID 2012 interview with Akram Hussain Syed | Dr Akram Hussain Syed University Hospital Dhaka, Bangladesh Landscape of cancer care in Bangladesh Dr Akram Hussain Syed considers the state of cancer care and[…] | |
NCID interview with Anne Merriman | Professor Anne Merriman Hospice Africa, Uganda Palliative care and affordable morphine Professor Anne Merriman explains the importance of affordable palliative care and expanding the distribution[…] | |
NCID interview with Brian Hook | Brian Hook Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon Partnership Combining the Red Ribbon, HIV, and Pink Ribbon, breast cancer, campaigns Brian Hook talks about the launch of[…] | |
NCID interview with Clement Adebamowo | Dr Clement Adebamowo Institute of Human Virology, Abuja, Nigeria The impact of breast cancer in Africa Dr Clement Adebamowo talks about the lack of knowledge[…] | |
NCID 2012 interview with David Zaridze | Dr David Zaridze Russian National Cancer Research Centre, Moscow, Russia Cancer prevention and epidemiology in Russia Dr David Zaridze talks about the state of cancer[…] | |
NCID interview with Hilal al Sayer | Professor Hilal al Sayer Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospital, Kuwait Paediatric palliative care and development in Kuwait Professor Hilal al Sayer talks about paediatric palliative care[…] | |
NCID 2012 interview with Jean Mossman | Jean Mossman Cancer Charity Consultant Patient’s perspective and regulation of treatments Jean Mossman stresses the importance of the patient’s perspective in cancer care. As the[…] | |
NCID 2012 interview with Nancy Brinker | Ambassador Nancy Brinker Founder of Susan G Komen for the Cure Global burden of breast cancer Nancy Brinker talks about the work her organisation is[…] | |
NCID 2012 interview with Kurt Zatloukal | Professor Kurt Zatloukal – Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Austria International Network of bio-banks and expert centres Professor Kurt discusses preclinical work, biobanks[…] | |
NCID 2012 interview with Paul Ndom | Dr Paul Ndom Taounde University, Cameroon Cancer care in Cameroon and treatment options Dr Paul Ndom talks about NGO activists, cancer care in Cameroon and[…] | |
NCID 2012 interview with Rajendra Badwe | Dr Rajendra Badwe Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India Cost effective care and the state of oncology in India Dr Rajendra Badwe talks about the implementation[…] | |
NCID interview with Richard Sullivan | Professor Richard Sullivan Kings College London, UK The value of cancer care and society The framing for value cancer care and society is not solely[…] | |
NCID 2012 interview with Philippe Autier | Dr Philippe Autier iPRI Organised mammographic screening programmes Dr Philippe Autier talks about the efficacy of screening programmes. Also mentioned is evidence for new methods[…] | |
NCID 2012 interview with Peter Boyle | Professor Peter Boyle iPRI Professor Peter Boyle, chair of the 2012 National Cancer Institute Directors Meeting in Lyon, talks about the importance and highlights of[…] | |
ESMO 2012, Vienna | ESMO 2012 Vienna, Austria: Friday 28 September – Tuesday 2 October A record-breaking 16,394 delegates attended ESMO 2012 in Vienna: over the five days, 140[…] | |
The Big Burn | Fighting entrenched industries is no easy task, not even for governments. We all know how long it took the public interest sector to win campaign[…] | |
Articles Published in 2013 | Autier P. [Screening for breast cancer: worries about its effectiveness]. Rev Prat. 2013 Dec;63(10):1369-77. French. [PMID: 24579331] Chaturvedi AK, Anderson WF, Lortet-Tieulent J, Curado MP,[…] | |
NCID 2013 | The first meeting of National Cancer Institute Directors took place at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, Italy when five National Cancer Institute Directors[…] | |
NCID 2012 | NCID 2012 attendees The 2012 meeting has attracted a great deal of interest and several projects initiated at our previous meeting have come to fruition[…] | |
NCID 2011 | The National Cancer Institute Director’s Meeting 2011 was held in Lyon, France. Over eighty participants from 35 countries participated in the meeting of Cancer Institute[…] | |
Publication of p53 book | iPRI is pleased to announce the publication of the book “p53 in the Clinics”, co-edited by Pierre Hainaut, Research Director in iPRI, Magali Olivier, IARC,[…] | |
p53 in the Clinics | Foreword Initially ignored by many researchers as an outsider molecule of minor importance in carcinogenesis, p53 took over 10 years to rise to the status[…] | |
Articles Published in 2012 | Boniol M, Boyle P, Autier P, Ruffion A, Perrin P. Critical role of prostate biopsy mortality in the number of years oflife gained and lost[…] | |
Institute of Global Public Health established in Lyon and Glasgow | NEWS RELEASE Glasgow, Scotland (UK) / Lyon, France, 12 December 2012 — The University of Strathclyde has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the[…] | |
World Breast Cancer Report 2012 | Breast cancer has been known and written about for millennia and has been the subject of research into its treatment and causes for centuries. Despite[…] | |
Witold Zatoński | Witold Zatoński, M.D., Ph.D., is a Director and Professor in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Prevention at Cancer Center & Institute of Oncology in[…] | |
Kurt Zatloukal | Kurt Zatloukal, M.D. is professor of pathology at the Medical University of Graz, Austria and head of the Diagnostic and Research Center for Molecular BioMedicine.[…] | |
Tongzhang Zheng | Tongzhang Zheng is Professor of Epidemiology (environmental health) at the Yale School of Public Health. He received a D.Sc. from the Harvard University in 1990.[…] | |
David Zaridze | David Zaridze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. He is member of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. He graduated Medical[…] | |
William Wood | William Wood is a graduate of Harvard Medical School. He completed a residency in surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital and a fellowship in surgical[…] | |
Lars Vatten | Lars Vatten was born in Trondheim, Norway, studied Medicine at the University of Tromsø (MD in 1980) and received a Master of Public Health in[…] | |
Murat Tuncer | Murat Tuncer is a specialist in Paediatric Haematology (1991) in Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. Between 1997 and 2005, Professor Tuncer was Secretary General of[…] | |
Robert JS Thomas | Professor Robert Thomas is the Special Advisor on Health to the Victorian Government and University of Melbourne, and Chair of the Advisory Council of Cancer[…] | |
Richard Sullivan | Professor Richard Sullivan studies health systems, particular NCD policy and the impact of conflict on health. He is Professor of Cancer and Global Health at[…] | |
Frank Sullivan | Frank Sullivan has been a Senior Research Fellow International Prevention Research Institute since 2012. Following clinical training in the West of Scotland and fourteen years as[…] | |
Temple Smith | Temple Smith graduated with a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics from University of Colorado. He did a joint postdoctoral fellowship under the direction of the mathematician, Stanislaw[…] | |
Chris Robertson | Chris Robertson is a statistician whose long term research interests have focussed on the application and development of statistical modelling in epidemiology. Since 2002 he[…] | |
Paul Perrin | Paul Perrin has been Professor of Urology at the University of Lyon since 1981. He received his degree in Medicine from the Claude Bernard University[…] | |
Twalib Ngoma | Twalib Ngoma is one of Africa’s foremost radiation oncologists with special interest in cancer control. He trained at the Christie Hospital in Manchester and Beatson[…] | |
Andrew Morris | Since August 2017 Andrew Morris has been the inaugural Director of Health Data Research UK, the multi-funder UK Institute for health and biomedical informatics research[…] | |
William R. Miller | William R. Miller is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Edinburgh, in the United Kingdom. He completed his BSc and PhD degrees at the[…] | |
Albert Lowenfels | Albert Lowenfels, a graduate of New York University College of Medicine has been a faculty member of New York Medical College for several decades. Initially[…] | |
Geoffrey Hamilton-Fairley | Geoffrey Hamilton-Fairley is Vice Chairman of Oncimmune plc a company pioneering tests to measure the immune response to cancer in order to enable early cancer[…] | |
Donato Greco | Donato Greco was born in Naples, Italy, and graduated in medicine with a specialisation in infectious diseases, public health, epidemiology, and biostatistics. He started his[…] | |
Kenneth Fleming | Kenneth Fleming has been an academic pathologist for over 40 years. His research interests include the pathogenesis of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, and the molecular analysis[…] | |
Jean-François Doré | Jean-François Doré was born in 1940 in Fécamp, France, graduated LSc Nat from the Faculty of Sciences, University of Paris, and obtained a Doctorate in[…] | |
Paul Burton | Paul Burton qualified in Medicine from the University of Leicester in 1983, taking an intercalated BSc in Genetics (supervised by Barry Holland) in 1981. As[…] | |
Otis Brawley | Otis Brawley is a graduate of University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine at University Hospitals of Cleveland,[…] | |
Clement Adebamowo | Clement Adebamowo was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and graduated BM ChB Hons from the University of Jos, Nigeria, having earned a distinction at every examination. He[…] | |
Alina Blaj | Alina Blaj was born in Romania and studied bank finance at Babes Bolyai University at Cluj Napoca in Romania. In 2010 she received a Masters[…] | |
Michel Smans | Chief Technology Officer Michel Smans was born in Brussels, Belgium, and received a Master’s Degree of Mathematics from the University of Namur. After two years[…] | |
Cécile Pizot | Cécile Pizot was born in Lyon, France. She graduated from the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon (France) in 2011, obtaining an engineering diploma[…] | |
Alice Koechlin | Alice Koechlin grew up in Saint-Étienne, France, and graduated in Bioinformatics and Modelling at the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) of Lyon in 2010,[…] | |
Maria Bota | Maria Bota is a biostatistician at iPRI. She obtained an engineering diploma (Master in Science and Technology) in Bioinformatics and Modelling in 2009, from the National[…] | |
Patrick Mullie | Research Director Patrick Mullie was born in Mouscron, Belgium, and graduated in Nutrition and Dietetics at the University College of Leuven and in Epidemiology and[…] | |
Maria Paula Curado | Senior Researcher Maria Paula Curado received a Doctor of Medicine degree and a PhD degree from the University of Goias. From 1990 to 2006 she[…] | |
Irene Leigh | Research Director Irene Leigh was born and educated in Liverpool. She obtained her undergraduate medical training and intercalated BSc (Hons) in Anatomy at the London[…] | |
Pierre Hainaut | Research Director Pierre Hainaut was born and educated in Belgium. He obtained an Msc in Science in 1980 and a PhD in Biological Sciences in[…] | |
Philippe Autier | VP Population Research Philippe Autier was born in Brussels, Belgium, and received a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Université Libre de Bruxelles and a[…] | |
Peter Boyle | President Peter Boyle’s appointment as President of the International Prevention Research Institute, Lyon, France follows immediately on his tenure as Director of the International Agency[…] | |
ESMO 2012 | New studies that reveal for the first time the real economic and human costs of caring for cancer patients in Europe have been presented during[…] | |
Review of the first iPRI textbook | A review of the first “iPRI Scientific Publication”, Textbook on Epidemiology and Biostatistics, has been published in the American Journal of Epidemiology on September 18th, 2012. Click[…] | |
Diabetes may up breast cancer risk | WOMEN with type II diabetes are nearly 30 per cent more likely to get breast cancer, according to results of a comprehensive review made by[…] | |
Prof. Boyle, honorary Doctor of Laws | Professor Peter Boyle awarded Doctor of Laws honoris causa The University of Dundee has honoured leading figures from Scotland and the world at its summer[…] | |
Dr. Greco joins iPRI | iPRI is delighted to announce that Dr Donato Greco joins as Senior Research Fellow. He has founded and later directed the National Centre for Epidemiology of[…] | |
One more award for Prof. Leigh | Irene Leigh, awarded CBE (© Image from School of Medicine, University of Dundee) It is with great pleasure that we announce that Professor Irene May[…] | |
Prof. Leigh awarded | It is with great pleasure that we announce that Professor Irene May Leigh, an iPRI Senior Research Fellow, has been honoured with the award of[…] | |
New partnership between iPRI and ENVIRON | iPRI President Peter Boyle and ENVIRON CEO Steve Washburn are pleased to announce a collaborative research partnership between the International Prevention Research Institute and international[…] | |
Dr. Hainaut, Professor at the University of Malaya | We are delighted to announce that, as of the 4th of June, 2012, Pierre Hainaut was offered an appointment of Visiting Professor at the University[…] | |
Today is World No Tobacco Day | Today, Thursday 31 May, is World No Tobacco Day, a day dedicated to highlighting why tobacco is harmful, and why quitting is life-saving. Tobacco remains[…] | |
Burden of sunbed use in France | A new study conducted by iPRI, and published the 23thof May in the Bulletin d’Epidemiologie Hebdomadaire, evaluates the impact of sunbed use on the incidence[…] | |
The 7th NCID meeting in Lyon | The seventh meeting of National Cancer Institute Directors will take place in Lyon between 11th and 13th July, 2012. The previous meeting attracted 85 participants[…] | |
EU and US biological and medical sciences cooperation | On the initiative of Seán Kelly, Member of the European Parliament, a series of biomedical sciences cooperation seminars will be held in Washington DC. These[…] | |
Dr. Hainaut joins iPRI | It is with great pleasure that we welcome Dr. Pierre Hainaut to iPRI. Pierre Hainaut was born and educated in Belgium. He obtained an Msc[…] | |
Mr. Michael P. Johnson | It is with great sadness that we announce that Michael P. Johnson passed away today after battling a long illness. Mike was an outstanding finance[…] | |
Higher springtime UV radiation in Northern Europe | Based on a multi-year EU-funded study (EuroSun), the International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI) in Lyon, has concluded that UV radiation in Europe appears earlier in[…] | |
Prof. Leigh and Prof. Zatloukal join iPRI | iPRI is proud to announce the joining of Prof. Irene Leigh and Prof. Kurt Zatloukal as Senior Research Fellows. Prof. Irene Leigh has been Head[…] | |
Dr. Guigaz, French Ambassador for the Global Fund | We are delighted to announce that, as of the 5th of January, Mireille Guigaz has been appointed by the French Conseil des Ministres as the French Ambassador for[…] | |
Dr. Boniol, President of EUROSKIN | iPRI is proud to announce that, as of the 12th of December, 2011, Dr Mathieu Boniol has been unanimously elected President of EUROSKIN for a[…] | |
Dr. Guigaz awarded | iPRI is proud to announce that one of our Senior Research Fellows, Dr. Mireille Guigaz, is awarded the French National Order of Merit (Commander’s class). The[…] | |
ITFoM at the FET Flagship Midterm Conference | The ITFoM (IT Future of Medicine) project will present outcomes and achievements of the past six months at the FET Flagship Midterm Conference and Exhibition[…] | |
Epidemiology and Biostatistics | Preface Faced with unprecedented growth and ageing of the world population, the dramatic increases in the global burden of chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer[…] | |
Summer School 2012: Call for applicants open, deadline 12/31/2011 | Following the great success of the 2011 course, healthcare professionals from around the world will be gathering in Dundee once more for our third Summer[…] | |
Prof. Sullivan and Prof. Wood join iPRI | iPRI is delighted to announce that two more internationally renowned experts join as Senior Research Fellows: Prof. Richard Sullivan and Prof. William Wood. Prof. Richard[…] | |
The 1st iPRI scientific publication is available | iPRI is pleased to announce the publication of the first in a new series “iPRI Scientific Publication”. This first book is a textbook on Epidemiology[…] | |
2nd iPRI-University of Dundee Summer School successfully convened | Following the overwhelming success of the 2010 Summer School, health professionals from low- and middle-income countries joined faculty from the International Prevention Research Institute and[…] | |
Breast cancer screening has little to do with falling breast cancer deaths | An international team of researchers from France, the UK and Norway coordinated by Philippe Autier, Research Director at the International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI) found[…] | |
DataSHIELD Implementation Workshop | The DataSHIELD implementation workshop has been successfully held at the IPRI headquarters in Lyon. A joint collaboration of: DataSHIELD (Data aggregation through anonymous summary-statistics from[…] | |
6th NCID Meeting 2011: a real success | Over eighty participants from 35 countries participated in the recent meeting of Cancer Institute Directors held by iPRI in Lyon between 16th-18th May, 2011. Among[…] | |
ITFoM: an IT revolution for health | The European Future Technologies (FET) Conference and Exhibition 2011 in Budapest on 4th May 2011 will mark the official launch of the futuristic FET Flagship[…] | |
Prof. Tuncer and Prof. Zatoński join iPRI | iPRI is proud to announce the joining of Prof Murat Tuncer and Prof Witold Zatoński as Senior Research Fellows. Witold Zatoński M.D., Ph.D., is a[…] | |
6th NCID meeting in Lyon | Cancer Centre Directors and leading cancer scientists will meet at iPRI between 16-18th May, 2011. The informative programme will range over presentation of forthcoming advances[…] | |
OncoTrack kicks off search for novel genomic cancer diagnostics | OncoTrack, an international consortium of over 60 scientists, managed by Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, launches one of Europe’s[…] | |
Dr. Guigaz and Prof. Sullivan join iPRI | iPRI is delighted to announce that two more internationally renowned experts have recently joined as Senior Research Fellows: Dr Mireille Guigaz, a French Ambassador and[…] | |
Study Confirms Body Weight Influences on Death | A study of more than 1 million Asians found that those who were a normal weight were far less likely to die from any cause[…] | |
Prof. Boyle, Member of Hungarian Academy of Sciences | Heading 1 Test It is with pleasure that we announce the appointment of Peter Boyle as Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, from[…] | |
Articles Published in 2011 | Lehrach H, Müller H, Bruggeman FJ, Subrak R, Boyle P, Pasterk M, Zatloukal K, Hubbard T, Brand A, Girolami M, Jameson D, Westerhoff HV. ITFoM – The IT Future of Medicine. Procedia[…] | |
Articles Published in 2010 | Parkin DM, Ferlay J, Curado MP, Bray F, Edwards B, Shin HR, Forman D. Fifty years of cancer incidence: CI5 I-IX. Int J Cancer. 2010[…] | |
Articles Published in 2009 | Boyle P, Ford I, Robertson J, La Vecchia C, Boffetta P and Autier P. Essential considerations in the investigation of associations between insulin and cancer[…] |