Hertfordshire News
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Hertfordshire Cohort Study member treks to Everest Base Camp
In late 2012, HCS member Gordon Papworth and long-time friend Ray Elliot embarked on the experience of a lifetime. Their story can be read below. Gordon, Ray and The Big Pointe Rock (Everest) In early 2012 Gordon Papworth and Ray Elliot visited “The Scott Foundation” in Cambridge. After an inspiring morning, a long lunch and probably…
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Celebrating 100 years of Medical Research in the UK
In 2013 we celebrated a hundred years of life-changing discoveries as the Medical Research Council turned 100. This gave us an opportunity to reflect on the achievements of the Council, both nationally and more locally in our own Unit’s research, as well as to look back to where it all began… The Medical Research Council was…
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Hertfordshire Cohort Study featured on BBC Horizon
The Hertfordshire Cohort Study has featured on the BBC’s flagship science programme, Horizon. The programme entitled ‘The Nine Months That Made You’ was broadcast in August 2011 on BBC2. It described how Professor David Barker, who preceded our current MRC LEU Director, Professor Cyrus Cooper, discovered the health visitor records in Hertfordshire, and used these to develop…
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20th Anniversary Celebrations!
Anniversary Celebrations: Hertfordshire Cohort Study Public Meeting The Hertfordshire Cohort Study celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2008. In celebration, a get-together was held at Castle Hall in Hertford in September, and was attended by around 400 members of the cohort local to the area. The day was a very special one; there were speeches from…
