HDRUK Oxford Monthly Meetup, Monday 17 March 2025, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Speakers:
Associate Professor Brian Nicholson; Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
Dr. Pradeep Virdee; Senior Medical Statistician, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford

Title: TBC
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Mode: Hybrid
In person venue: Richard Doll Building Lecture Theater
To attend online – please register (link below)

Talk Description:
In this session, they will describe the unanticipated outcome of an external validation of three models developed to stratify cancer risk in patients attending their GP with unexpected weight loss, and the events that followed.

Short Bios:
Brian is an NHS GP and Associate Professor of Primary Care based at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, where he leads the Cancer Theme which works to improve cancer diagnosis in people with symptoms. Their work involves the integration of health records data analysis, implementation science, and prospective clinical studies.

Pradeep is a Senior Statistician based at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. His expertise include the analysis of large-scale cancer diagnostic studies using electronic health record data. His particular interests include the use of repeated measures data for enhancing cancer risk stratification in primary care.