The weather is fine for today's Circusful circus school event in the Quad. Come along from 1-2pm to see what's in store!

An 🍦 van will be beside The Graduate School for Queen's Staff looking to cool down/enjoy being in the fresh air.

#QUBeWell #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek QUB Staff Wellbeing

✨ Six talented early career researchers have been awarded fellowships through the HDR UK Big Data for Complex Disease driver programme.

🔗hdruk.ac.uk/news/ambitious…

Read more about the projects ⬇️🧵

Delighted to highlight our new £1.8M Rising Stars Fellowships Programme, bringing together the best young minds across the UK to deploy data intelligence to increase our understanding of diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews/2…

Celebrating our new £1.8M 'Rising Stars' programme, supporting the UK's best young minds to deploy data through Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) Big Data for Complex Diseases Driver Programme to address formidable challenges in human health. Follow the Science Follow the Data qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews/2…

Delighted to see @stephendonnellyTD agreeing with our 'Tobacco 21' proposal at Euro-American Forum on Cancer irishmirror.ie/news/irish-new… Together we can deliver a smoke free generation. Once again Ireland leads a global major public health initiative. Come on world - follow suit!

Welcome to #Balmoral2024 ! We are so excited to be here for the next four days, showing off our wonderful research and engagement teams. If you are attending the Balmoral show- pop along to see our stand 114! We have loads of freebies and staff to chat to 😊

QUBNursing&Midwifery Profs Maria Lohan (@UNESCO Chair) & Mark Tomlinson headline this week’s @BMJ_latest editorial together with World Health Organization (WHO) HRP MenEngage Alliance to advance men as partners in sexual & reproductive health, rights and gender equality #SRHR #GenderEquality buff.ly/3wChbB6

📣 Martin Hojsik MEP endorses the #EUCancerManifesto
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He joins more than 55 other candidates for the #EuropeanElections who support #TimeToAccelerate

Learn more at TimeToAccelerate.com

#EP2024 #UseYourVote #EuropeanParliament

For 31% of men and 25% of women in the EU, #EarlyDetection would drastically improve survival rates. 🔬

If you’ve undergone cancer screening or performed it as a medical professional, your story matters! 🔊

Please describe your experience in 400 words 👉surveymonkey.com/r/V5P7D8X

2/2 Time for a Radical reset: Implement a Cancer Plan; Supercharge research; Empower the workforce; Strengthen primary care; Prevent the preventable; Support survivors; Innovate treatment solutions; Follow the data; Sustain infrastructure; Provide robust independent oversight

1/2 When are we going to admit we are in a cancer care crisis in the UK and do something meaningful about it? The evidence is clear - missed targets, no dedicated cancer plan, trailing our comparators, lacking modern equipment & infrastructure, not maximising the use of data

Gerry Hanna The Lancet Oncology Targeting Cancer Radiotherapy UK Agree Gerry our campaign on developing a new UK cancer plan which we presented in House of Commons and my presentation of evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee Enquiry on the Future of Cancer in January again in HoC emphasises the primacy of radiotherapy

Timing of Radiotherapy Initiative significant given how our The Lancet Oncology #EuropeanGroundshotCommission highlights how radiotherapy lags behind other treatments in research effort & spend and our #EuropeanCancerPulse emphasises significant workforce challenges in radiotherapy

Speaking on behalf of #PSWG & #cancerleagues , the main source of information and support for the general public, we look forward to continuing the dialogue with all stakeholders! #EUCancerPlan #EWAC2024

Today, we are together with 🇪🇺Commissioner @StellaKyriakides at the #RightToBeForgotten conference, where we address financial inequalities facing cancer survivors. #EUCancerPlan

We kicked off #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek yesterday with our Belfast Hidden History tour.

We have more events to come, including Thursday's panel discussion Queen's Film Theatre and ice-creams and a circus performance tomorrow!

More 👉 buff.ly/3QMxFNT

@QUBStaff QUB Staff Wellbeing

Did you know that obesity can increase your cancer risk? Learn more about how adopt healthy habits and prevent cancer at: cancerfocusni.org/cancer-prevent…

Are you ready for #ASCO24 ? Preview this year's can’t-miss events, new opportunities to connect with colleagues, and additional features for 2024 to personalize your meeting experience and make the most of every session you attend: brnw.ch/21wJL5N #ASCOconnection Lynn M. Schuchter, MD, FASCO

💬 'The cancer community and insurers are not playing against each other: we are working together with a common objective.'

Mike Morrissey spoke about the #RightToBeForgotten for #CancerSurvivors at the European Commission’s meeting today.

Our paper pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38626634/ highlights the impact of financial toxicity on cancer patients & their treatment. It provides detailed evidence of financial distress & burden that cancer patients experience, informing a series of consensus statements to shift the financial dial