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🌍 Join us for an international webinar on eliminating cervical cancer.
🎗️ Global Momentum, National Action: Five Countries’ Strategies to Eliminate Cervical Cancer
📅5th June 2026
⏰ 10:00am–12:00 noon (BST)
Chaired by Dr Sharon Hanley
🔗 Register now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
In March Dr Sharon Hanley and PhD Student Daisy Urquhart-Dixon attended EUROGIN 2026 in Vienna. Strong momentum around HPV self‑sampling and new evidence shaping cervical cancer prevention and elimination. Proud to see Sharon chair a session on education and advocacy. #AYEScreen
New paper from some of our team in the Journal of Public Health analysing rural–urban differences in cancer screening across Scotland!
academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/…
📢 New publication from the team!
Key finding: Head and neck cancer patients with the longest travel times were less likely to present with advanced stage disease and had lower one-year mortality.
Read the paper here 👇
doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2026…
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Are you someone living with or beyond cancer? Researchers at the University of Aberdeen are inviting you to participate in a questionnaire about taking care of your health. More info and questionnaire here: iahs.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/…
📢 New #publication from our own Prof Peter Murchie, Dr Natália Calanzani and Dr Shahana Naqvi alongside colleagues @unilincoln.
A global bibliometric analysis of rural cancer research.
Read the paper here👇
link.springer.com/article/10…
📢 New publication from Hana Tomoi a PhD student at @LSHTM and @NU_kouhou, supervised by our own Dr Sharon Hanley.
A scoping review exploring factors influencing HPV vaccination decision‑making in Japan.
Read the paper here 👇
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
📢Exciting new publication in @bmj_latest from our very own @rosadamaberdeen, making the case for managing cancer as a chronic disease in primary care and integrating cancer reviews alongside existing chronic disease management.
Read the paper below 👇
Cancer is a chronic disease: why don’t we treat it as one?
bmj.com/content/392/bmj-2025…
The team had a great time at #NADEGS 2026 last week in Edinburgh! We heard inspiring keynote talks on primary care challenges in Scotland from health inequalities to AI. The team presented work on remote monitoring, cancer care, HPV self‑sampling, and rural health equity.
📢 New publication from the team!
Geographic variation in experiences of cancer care in Scotland: Insights and policy implications from the Scottish Cancer Patient Experience Survey
📰Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpo.2025.…
Yesterday, the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition came together for the first Thanksgiving event to celebrate the many successes across our school!
A huge thank you to everyone who makes our school such a special place, and well done to the organisers!
Our PhD student @LF_Duncan is running this #questionnaire study inviting anyone living with or beyond #cancer. iahs.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/….
Please RT/share with anyone who might be interested!
Are you someone living with or beyond cancer? Researchers at the University of Aberdeen are inviting you to participate in a questionnaire about taking care of your health. More info and questionnaire here: iahs.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/…
Are you someone living with or beyond cancer? Researchers at the University of Aberdeen are inviting you to participate in a questionnaire about taking care of your health. More info and questionnaire here: iahs.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/…
📢New publication!
Dr Melanie Turner and colleagues have published a population-level data-linkage study exploring unscheduled hospital readmissions after stroke🏥
Read the paper published in @IntJStroke here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
📢 Research in the news! The ASICA project, led by Prof Peter Murchie and funded by @CR_UK has been featured in the @Telegraph. ASICA is a smartphone app 📱 designed to make skin checks after #melanoma easier and more efficient. Read the article here: telegraph.co.uk/science/canc…
📢New publication in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine! Our PhD student @MengxuanS alongside @rosadamaberdeen @EhudReiter & @LF_Duncan have published a #scopingreview on the role of natural language processing in #cancer care. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
📢New publication from colleagues @aberdeenuni including Dr Melanie Turner of @APCAberdeen reports that #stroke patients living in more #deprived areas are more likely to die within a year compared with those living in less deprived areas.
Read more in the #pressrelease below.
Stroke patients are more likely to die in a year if they live in more deprived areas according to research from @aberdeenuni. The findings should be considered by policymakers to tailor advice and treatment according to where people live. abdn.io/1xp @chsscotland
📰Read the full #paper published in Cerebrovascular Diseases @NeuroKarger here: karger.com/ced/article/doi/1…
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🎥👩🔬 A day in the life of an @aberdeenuni academic! Our own Dr Donna MacCallum shares how teaching, mentoring and student support are at the heart of her role; beyond research. 💬👩🏫 Watch here 👉 abdn.io/1xe
