MRC Epidemiology Unit
Unit researchers have joined colleagues at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education and Bond University in Australia to call on scientific journals to amend their submission guidelines in a new commentary published today in Trials. Their call comes after their analysis identified numerous research studies evaluating complex interventions that had been published with crucial […]
Genetic variants influencing human fertility identified in study of nearly 800,000 individuals.
Fertility is influenced by mechanisms that influence both reproductive biology and human behaviour, according to the largest study to date identifying genetic determinants of the number of children an individual may have. The study, led by researchers at the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Pennsylvania, also identified a region of the human genome that has […]
Daily 11 minute brisk walk enough to reduce risk of early death
One in ten early deaths could be prevented if everyone managed at least half the recommended level of physical activity, say a team led by researchers at the MRC Epidemiology Unit. In research published today in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the researchers say that 11 minutes a day (75 minutes a week) of […]
Identification of disease-causing proteins leads to new potential treatments for diseases like diabetes
New research has identified hundreds of proteins that might contribute to the onset of common, chronic metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, and consequently pathways to potential treatments. The study, published in Nature Metabolism, was led by an international research team from the MRC Epidemiology Unit, the Precision Healthcare University Research Institute (PHURI) at […]
New evidence map and tools launched to support policies to reduce traffic-related air pollution
Researchers – led by Dr Haneen Khreis at the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge – have created an interactive systematic evidence map of urban policy interventions to reduce traffic-related emissions and air pollution. Researchers, practitioners and policymakers can use this resource to discover more about the effectiveness of over 1000 policy scenarios, […]
Planting more trees could reduce premature deaths in European cities by a third
In this The Conversation UK article Dr Meelan Thondoo, who works on the GDARspaces project at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, joins Professor Mark Nieuwenhuijsen and PhD researcher Tamara Iungman of Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), to discuss evidence from their new research examining if increasing tree coverage can reduce premature deaths caused by high temperatures in […]
Sugary drinks tax may have prevented over 5,000 cases of obesity a year in year six girls alone
The introduction of the soft drinks industry levy – the ‘sugary drinks tax’ – in England was followed by a drop in the number of cases of obesity among older primary school children, according to Cambridge researchers. Taking into account current trends in obesity, their estimates suggest that around 5,000 cases of obesity per year […]
Lessons for decentralised studies from high levels of engagement with Fenland COVID-19 study app
Scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge in collaboration with Huma Therapeutics Limited have published results from the Fenland COVID-19 study, showing that participants had high, sustained levels of engagement with a smartphone app developed by Huma to collect information including health related measurements from individual participants. The COVID-19 […]
Fitness levels can be predicted using wearable devices…and no treadmill required!
Cambridge researchers have developed a method for measuring overall fitness accurately on wearable devices – and more robustly than current consumer smartwatches and fitness monitors – without the wearer needing to do an exercise test. VO2max is the capacity of the body to carry out aerobic work and a key measurement of overall fitness, is […]
PhD student Stasa Stankovic wins at Robert Greenblatt Award at World Congress on Menopause
At this year’s World Congress on Menopause in Lisbon Stasa Stankovic, a PhD student in the Unit’s Early Life Aetiology and Mechanisms programme, won the Robert Greenblatt Award for the best research in the area of basic science related to women’s health and menopause. Stasa presented her latest research to the congress on the genetics of […]
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