Welcome to staff and students as we start the new academic year in the Faculty of Medicine. Optimism is associated with exceptional longevity according to researchers at The Rockerfeller University, New York. So we should all try and look on
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“Welcome back” by Professor Diana Eccles
“A refreshed sense of purpose” by Professor Tim Underwood
âA brilliant team who collaborate to deliver innovative discovery cancer science and patient benefit.â This is the refreshed sense of purpose that the Cancer Sciences Unit is bringing to life right now. This is the âWhyâ. The order of words
Read moreOf colleagues and friends – by Professor John Holloway
Last week I was in Norway attending the annual meeting of the RHINESSA study. It is always a pleasure to visit the lovely city of Bergen and catch up with colleagues who have now become friends. This week I am
Read morePlan S and you – by Professor Philip Calder
Last week, Faculty of Medicine staff received an email highlighting local changes to the policy on scientific publishing that are driven by the move to fully compliant open access. Amongst other things, this email mentioned Plan S and provided a
Read moreBuilding stronger links abroad despite Brexit
As Brexit becomes even more unclear, we cancer immunologists have been looking outward with a view to building stronger links with centres of excellence worldwide. I had the privilege of taking a representative delegation of cancer immunologists from across the faculty to
Read moreAwards for MRC LEU investigators
Early December, and National Osteoporosis Society Annual Osteoporosis Conference, saw a busy few days for UK bone clinicians and researchers, not least those of us involved in organising, and contribution to, the meeting.
Read moreEngaging with the community
It is always welcome to see the wider success of individuals within the Faculty or across the wider University. Nowhere is this more evident than in our clinical trainees.Â
Read moreWill Big Data and real world evidence ever replace randomised trials?
The advocates of big data sometimes claim that, given enough data, tedious epidemiological concerns about data that is not missing at random, other causes of bias or confounding will become irrelevant, so that randomised trials will become unnecessary.
Read moreUpdate on the Centre for Cancer Immunology
So much has happened at the Centre for Cancer Immunology since my last blog, and in retrospect it all seemed to be leading up to Fridayâs Vice Chancellors Awards ceremony held at St Mary Stadium…
Read moreThe doors to the Centre for Cancer Immunology
The doors to the Centre for Cancer Immunology have been open for just over a month now, with everyone settling in to their new routines and ways of going about their day, and I canât help feeling an immense sense
Read moreMigration into the new Centre for Cancer Immunology
We are nearing the end of the first week of the researchersâ migration into the CCI where we join our colleagues in the Clinical Trials Unit who have been in occupation for a few weeks already.
Read moreThe Introvert Science Communicator Do I really have to explain?
What kind of scientist are you â introvert or extrovert? Academia of 30 years ago was a bit of an âIvory Towerâ, a state of privileged seclusion.Â
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