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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

VP Biostatistics Gilles Guillot was born in Lyon, France, and received a degree in data science from Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration[…]

The International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI; www.i-pri.org) is an independent research institute with an outstanding faculty of demonstrated leadership in many fields of epidemiology, health[…]

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[…]

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[…]

The International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI) is a not-for-profit Research Institute which has major international programmes in a wide variety of disease areas in chronic[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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.[…]

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[…]

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[…]

The International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI www.i-pri.org) is a research institute devoted to disease prevention in which highly experienced epidemiologists, biostatisticians and applied mathematicians work[…]

Aïda Ben Brahim grew up in Lyon, France. She has a general university studies diploma in Foreign Languages and Civilization. She continued her studies at[…]

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,[…]

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 RE Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology, National Academy of Science of Ukraine Kyiv, 26 January 2017 — Today,[…]

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[…]

Budapest, 14 December 2016 — Today, the International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI), represented by its President, Professor Peter Boyle, concluded discussions and signed an important[…]

NEWS RELEASE Innovative health care model in Afghanistan still has a way to go London (UK) and Lyon (France), 22 November 2016 — Providing access[…]

Please note that Pierre Anhoury no longer works at iPRI.

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[…]

Dublin, Friday 21 October, 2016 – Today, Professor Peter Boyle gave the keynote lecture, on the topic of Global Public Health, at the Advanced Masterclass[…]

On the occasion of the 11th Annual Meeting of Cancer Institute Directors (NCID2016), Professor David Zaridze was presented with the World Prevention Alliance / International[…]

On the occasion of the 11th Annual Meeting of Cancer Institute Directors (NCID2016), Mr. David Byrne was presented with the World Prevention Alliance / International[…]

  Presentations Please find below the links to download the presentations given at NCID 2016. Thank you to all the speakers who kindly shared their[…]

Melinda Magyari, born in Transylvania, obtained her medical degree from the University of Southern Denmark. In 2008 she specialised in neurology and obtained her PhD[…]

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[…]

NEWS RELEASE: MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING QUESTIONED – Lyon, France – A study by the International Prevention Research Institute (Lyon) and King’s College…

There is a catastrophic cost associated with cancer; let us not forget those who have to face these costs.

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[…]

Cristina Stefan is the President-Elect of AORTIC (African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer). She will be President of AORTIC 2017-2019. She is also Vice-President[…]

Please find below the links to download the presentations given at NCID 2015. Thank you to all the speakers who kindly shared their presentations.

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

iPRI is searching for a talented Senior Epidemiologist with proven, demonstrable expertise in delivering epidemiological strategy, methodology and projects/studies. This full-time position will involve daily[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

Miri Ziv is a Medical Sociologist and serves as a consultant for the Israeli medical authorities, providing guidance on issues relating to cancer control. One of[…]

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[…]

iPRI is pleased to present its 2009 – 2014 Quinquennial Report. To download the report (approx. 100 Mb) CLICK HERE.

Francesca Ciaraffa was born near Naples. She received a Doctor of Medicine from the Catholic University of Rome in 2002, and a diploma in Neurology[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

The International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI; www.i-pri.org) is an independent research institute with an outstanding Faculty of demonstrated leadership in many fields of epidemiology, health[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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 Netherlands: Friday 27 September – Tuesday 1 October Prof Peter Boyle, in a presentation entitled ‘The State of Oncology’ during the[…]

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[…]

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[…]

 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[…]

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[…]

Julian Little, PhD holds a Canada Research Chair in Human Genome Epidemiology, and is a Professor in (and Chair of) the Department of Epidemiology and[…]

Alan Nelson, PhD, is the founder, Chairman and CEO of VisionGate, Inc., founder and Chairman of Nortis, Inc., founder and President of the Predictive Health[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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 Oxford University Press has just published the milestone book: ‘Alcohol: Science, Policy, and Public Health’. This is the second in[…]

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.[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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 2012 attendees The 2012 meeting has attracted a great deal of interest and several projects initiated at our previous meeting have come to fruition[…]

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,[…]

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[…]

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[…]

Kurt Zatloukal is professor of pathology at the Medical University of Graz with specialisation in molecular pathology, focusing on metabolic and neoplastic diseases, mainly of[…]

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[…]

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[…]

Robert JS Thomas graduated in Medicine from the University of Melbourne and trained in surgery at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He commenced surgical practice in[…]

Frank Sullivan is a medical graduate of Glasgow University (Scotland, United Kingdom). Following clinical training in the West of Scotland, fourteen years as a partner[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

Geoffrey Hamilton-Fairley’s entrepreneurial career started in 1982 by founding a number of companies in the media sector backed by The Abingdon Management Company Limited (Abingdon)[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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,[…]

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[…]

Kim Coppens was born in St. Agatha-Berchem, Belgium. She graduated from the University College of Ghent, Belgium in 2011 as an Office Manager specialised in[…]

Cécile Pizot was born in Lyon, France. She graduated from INSA Lyon (National Institute of Applied Science) in 2011, obtaining an engineering diploma (Master in[…]

Maria Bota was born in Romania. In 2009 she graduated from INSA (National Institute of Applied Sciences) in Lyon, obtaining an engineering diploma (Master in[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

Irene Leigh, awarded CBE (© Image from School of Medicine, University of Dundee) It is with great pleasure that we announce that Professor Irene May[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]