Romain Ould Ammar was born in Lyon, France. He graduated in 2020 from Lasalle Beauvais, an engineering school in Agronomy. During the same year he[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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.[…]

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)[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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,[…]

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 was born in Transylvania.She did her undergraduate medical training at the Semmelweis University in Budapest. She moved to Denmark and graduated in medicine[…]

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[…]

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,[…]

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[…]

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[…]

March 9, 2015 – A review has been published in The Lancet today. The Health of Nations Prevention of infectious diseases and other global health[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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 was born in Cameroon and graduated MD from the Faculty of Medicine (CUSS), University of Yaounde. He is: Associate Professor of Medicine at the[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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Please find below the links to download the presentations given at NCID 2014. Thank you to all the speakers who kindly shared their presentations.

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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 has been a Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Director 2006-2016) at the University of Ottawa since 2004. He currently[…]

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[…]

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. […]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

NEWS RELEASE Glasgow, Scotland (UK) / Lyon, France, 12 December 2012 — The University of Strathclyde has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the[…]

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[…]

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.[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]