Cambridge scientists involved in detailed analysis highlighting the need for multi-disciplinary capability for research into whole-system influences on behaviour and public health.

Non-communicable diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart disease have a huge impact on our quality of life and put pressure on the NHS and other services, especially as our society lives longer. To prevent these diseases, we need to better understand how the social and physical environments interact to play a role in their development. [Read more…]

A third of women who get diabetes while pregnant – a common condition called gestational diabetes mellitus or GDM – will go on to develop type 2 diabetes within 15 years of their pregnancy.

The figures show that the risk of developing type 2 diabetes after a pregnancy with GDM is much more variable than previously thought and persists into later life.

This research is from the Prevention Group which spans the MRC Epidemiology Unit and Primary Care Unit within Cambridge Population Health Sciences. [Read more…]

Cambridge University MPhil courses in epidemiology, public health and primary care are evolving in to a new MPhil in Population Health Sciences (PHS). This new course is jointly run by the MRC Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, and the MRC Biostatistics Unit (BSU), with contributions from colleagues across the University.

The MPhil in Population Health Sciences is a postgraduate master’s course, with specialisation streams covering the academic disciplines of health data science, infectious diseases, epidemiology, global health, public health, and primary care research. MRC Epidemiology Unit staff will teach courses across all these streams, including a brand new module in global health. [Read more…]