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Published	Title	Excerpt
May 27, 2021	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[…]
Jan 4, 2021	Best wishes for 2021
Apr 17, 2020	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[…]
Apr 17, 2020	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[…]
Jan 28, 2020	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[…]
Dec 18, 2019	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[…]
Aug 29, 2019	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[…]
Aug 28, 2019	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[…]
Aug 27, 2019	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[…]
Aug 26, 2019	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[…]
Jul 10, 2019	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[…]
Jun 18, 2019	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[…]
Jun 18, 2019	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[…]
Jun 18, 2019	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[…]
Jun 11, 2019	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[…]
Mar 25, 2019	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[…]
Mar 13, 2019	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[…]
Feb 8, 2019	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.[…]
Jan 25, 2019	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[…]
Dec 3, 2018	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)[…]
Nov 26, 2018	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[…]
Oct 18, 2018	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[…]
Aug 26, 2018	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[…]
Aug 8, 2018	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[…]
Aug 1, 2018	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[…]
Jul 23, 2018	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[…]
Jul 13, 2018	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.[…]
Jul 12, 2018	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[…]
Jul 11, 2018	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[…]
Jun 18, 2018	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[…]
May 29, 2018	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[…]
May 25, 2018	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[…]
May 11, 2018	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[…]
May 9, 2018	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[…]
Mar 6, 2018	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[…]
Jan 17, 2018	Happy New Year 2018	Professor Peter Boyle and the entire iPRI family would like to wish all a Happy New Year 2018.
Jan 9, 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[…]
Dec 19, 2017	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[…]
Nov 29, 2017	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[…]
Nov 12, 2017	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[…]
Jul 28, 2017	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[…]
Jul 10, 2017	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[…]
Jul 6, 2017	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[…]
May 19, 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[…]
May 17, 2017	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.[…]
May 3, 2017	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[…]
Apr 28, 2017	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[…]
Apr 3, 2017	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[…]
Feb 17, 2017	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[…]
Feb 17, 2017	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[…]
Feb 10, 2017	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,[…]
Feb 5, 2017	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[…]
Feb 3, 2017	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,[…]
Feb 3, 2017	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[…]
Feb 2, 2017	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[…]
Feb 2, 2017	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[…]
Jan 30, 2017	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,[…]
Jan 29, 2017	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:[…]
Jan 29, 2017	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[…]
Jan 9, 2017	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[…]
Dec 13, 2016	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[…]
Dec 9, 2016	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[…]
Dec 8, 2016	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[…]
Dec 6, 2016	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[…]
Nov 29, 2016	Pierre Anhoury no longer at iPRI	Please note that Pierre Anhoury no longer works at iPRI.
Nov 20, 2016	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[…]
Nov 9, 2016	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[…]
Oct 27, 2016	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[…]
Oct 26, 2016	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[…]
Oct 11, 2016	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[…]
Sep 23, 2016	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[…]
Sep 21, 2016	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[…]
Sep 15, 2016	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[…]
Aug 16, 2016	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[…]
Aug 2, 2016	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[…]
Jul 26, 2016	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[…]
Jul 2, 2016	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[…]
May 27, 2016	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[…]
May 3, 2016	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[…]
Apr 29, 2016	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
Apr 23, 2016	Mammography Screening Questioned	NEWS RELEASE: MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING QUESTIONED – Lyon, France – A study by the International Prevention Research Institute (Lyon) and King’s College…
Apr 20, 2016	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.
Feb 3, 2016	World Cancer Day 2016	There is a catastrophic cost associated with cancer; let us not forget those who have to face these costs.
Jan 29, 2016	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[…]
Jan 4, 2016	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[…]
Nov 5, 2015	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[…]
Aug 7, 2015	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,[…]
Aug 3, 2015	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.
Jul 8, 2015	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[…]
Jun 11, 2015	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[…]
May 29, 2015	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[…]
Apr 10, 2015	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[…]
Apr 9, 2015	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[…]
Apr 2, 2015	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[…]
Apr 2, 2015	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[…]
Apr 2, 2015	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[…]
Mar 30, 2015	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[…]
Mar 23, 2015	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[…]
Mar 20, 2015	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[…]
Mar 1, 2015	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[…]
Feb 23, 2015	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[…]
Feb 6, 2015	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[…]
Jan 31, 2015	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[…]
Jan 29, 2015	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[…]
Jan 29, 2015	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[…]
Jan 29, 2015	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[…]
Dec 21, 2014	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[…]
Dec 4, 2014	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[…]
Dec 2, 2014	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[…]
Oct 28, 2014	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[…]
Oct 28, 2014	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[…]
Sep 27, 2014	Professor Boyle at ECCO14	https://youtu.be/TwM6-jmUss8
Sep 26, 2014	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[…]
Aug 28, 2014	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.
Aug 22, 2014	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[…]
Aug 4, 2014	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[…]
Jul 23, 2014	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[…]
Jul 16, 2014	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[…]
Jul 16, 2014	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[…]
Jul 15, 2014	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[…]
Jul 12, 2014	iPRI Quinqennial Report	iPRI is pleased to present its 2009 – 2014 Quinquennial Report. To download the report (approx. 100 Mb) CLICK HERE.
Jul 5, 2014	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[…]
Jun 16, 2014	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[…]
May 16, 2014	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[…]
Apr 1, 2014	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[…]
Mar 24, 2014	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[…]
Mar 20, 2014	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[…]
Mar 20, 2014	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[…]
Mar 20, 2014	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[…]
Feb 4, 2014	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[…]
Jan 31, 2014	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[…]
Jan 23, 2014	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[…]
Jan 3, 2014	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[…]
Dec 17, 2013	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[…]
Dec 6, 2013	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[…]
Dec 6, 2013	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[…]
Dec 5, 2013	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[…]
Dec 3, 2013	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[…]
Dec 2, 2013	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[…]
Dec 2, 2013	'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[…]
Nov 25, 2013	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[…]
Nov 18, 2013	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[…]
Oct 4, 2013	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[…]
Oct 4, 2013	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[…]
Sep 30, 2013	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[…]
Sep 28, 2013	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[…]
Sep 9, 2013	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[…]
Sep 9, 2013	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[…]
Aug 29, 2013	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[…]
Aug 1, 2013	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[…]
Jul 29, 2013	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[…]
Jul 22, 2013	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[…]
Jul 22, 2013	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[…]
Jul 22, 2013	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[…]
Jul 22, 2013	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[…]
Jul 16, 2013	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[…]
Jul 9, 2013	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[…]
Jun 18, 2013	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[…]
Jun 10, 2013	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[…]
Jun 10, 2013	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[…]
May 11, 2013	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[…]
May 11, 2013	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[…]
May 11, 2013	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[…]
May 11, 2013	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[…]
Apr 22, 2013	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[…]
Apr 11, 2013	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[…]
Mar 26, 2013	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. […]
Mar 8, 2013	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[…]
Mar 7, 2013	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[…]
Feb 4, 2013	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.[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Feb 1, 2013	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[…]
Jan 23, 2013	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[…]
Jan 22, 2013	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[…]
Jan 17, 2013	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,[…]
Dec 20, 2012	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[…]
Dec 20, 2012	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[…]
Dec 20, 2012	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[…]
Dec 19, 2012	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,[…]
Dec 19, 2012	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[…]
Dec 17, 2012	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[…]
Dec 12, 2012	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[…]
Nov 4, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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.[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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.[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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,[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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,[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 24, 2012	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[…]
Oct 3, 2012	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[…]
Oct 2, 2012	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[…]
Sep 14, 2012	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[…]
Sep 12, 2012	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[…]
Sep 10, 2012	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[…]
Jul 6, 2012	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[…]
Jun 18, 2012	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[…]
Jun 15, 2012	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[…]
Jun 4, 2012	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[…]
May 31, 2012	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[…]
May 23, 2012	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[…]
May 22, 2012	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[…]
May 16, 2012	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[…]
May 15, 2012	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[…]
Apr 24, 2012	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[…]
Apr 3, 2012	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[…]
Mar 7, 2012	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[…]
Jan 6, 2012	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[…]
Dec 16, 2011	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[…]
Dec 14, 2011	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[…]
Nov 24, 2011	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[…]
Nov 4, 2011	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[…]
Oct 21, 2011	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[…]
Sep 2, 2011	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[…]
Aug 26, 2011	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[…]
Aug 2, 2011	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[…]
Jul 29, 2011	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[…]
Jun 24, 2011	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[…]
May 20, 2011	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[…]
May 3, 2011	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[…]
Apr 15, 2011	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[…]
Apr 11, 2011	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[…]
Mar 9, 2011	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[…]
Mar 3, 2011	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[…]
Feb 25, 2011	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[…]
Feb 21, 2011	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[…]
Jan 17, 2011	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[…]
Dec 25, 2010	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[…]
Dec 25, 2009	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[…]