MRC Epidemiology Unit
From 5–9 September 2022, the MRC Epidemiology Unit will be holding its 10th Physical Activity Measurement Seminar at The Møller Institute in Cambridge, UK. The course is primarily aimed at Research Assistants and PhD students interested or involved in the objective monitoring of free-living physical activity. However, anyone interested in this area of research is […]
Severo Ochoa Webinars – The Impacts of Active Transport – now available to watch
On Wednesday 3 June the MRC Epidemiology Unit, in collaboration with ISGlobal and RMIT University, hosted two webinars exploring the state of the art in assessing the impacts of active transport. Aims of the webinars Bring together the international research and practitioner community in transport impact assessment Learn about readily available tools to assess transport […]
Building a healthier childhood for a brighter future – Cambridge Science Festival event on 22 March
On Sunday 22 March members of the MRC Epidemiology Unit have a stand “Building a healthier childhood for a brighter future” as part of a 2020 Cambridge Science Festival drop-in event for families. The event will be held at Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SZ, and will be pen to […]
Unit Hosts Physical Activity Measurement Seminar 2014
During the week commencing the 15th September the Physical Activity group hosted their 7th Annual Physical Activity Measurement seminar (PAMS). PAMS is now a biennial event which has been running since 2007 and has been attracting delegates from all around the globe with this year being no exception. PAMS aims to promote high quality field […]
Nature versus Nurture at the Cambridge Science Festival!
On Sunday 23 March 2014 staff from the Unit took part in the Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) at the Clinical School. As this year is the first time that CSF events have been held on the Biomedical Campus we were all a little apprehensive about how the event would go, but we needn’t have worried; […]
Fenland Study Public Meetings
During September 2013 the MRC Epidemiology Unit held two meetings for volunteers who had taken part in the Fenland Study. The study has recruited over 10,000 volunteers across the Eastern Region since the first volunteer was measured back in January 2005. Although we know our volunteers are pretty committed people to have given up their […]
ADDITION Study Public Meetings
During June and July 2012 the MRC Epidemiology Unit held a series of public meetings for volunteers who are taken part in the ADDITION Study. More than 800 volunteers across the Eastern Region are participating in the ADDITION treatment study, and we were really pleased in the level of interest these five meetings, which were […]