Six people working in or affiliated with ICEP gave talks at the World Congress of Epidemiology, which was held in Cape Town, South Africa on 24-27 September 2024.
From the ICEP team:
- Lucy Goudswaard spoke about “Dissecting the contribution of circulating proteins to multiple myeloma risk: a Mendelian randomization study”. See the slides
- Jasmine Khouja spoke on behalf of Fernanda Morales Berstein about "Reassessing the link between adiposity and head and neck cancer: a Mendelian randomization study". See the slides
- Jasmine also spoke about "Further exploring the independent effects of smoking and alcohol use on head and neck cancer: a multivariable Mendelian randomization study". See the slides
- Emma Hazelwood spoke about“Adiposity distribution and risks of twelve obesity-related cancers: a Mendelian randomization analysis”. See the slides
Other ICEP-affiliated people also presented at the meeting:
- Rebecca Squires spoke about "Using Mendelian randomization estimates to calculate the global burden of endometrial cancer attributable to overweight and obesity". See the slides
- Tessa Bate spoke about "Investigating the association between genetically proxied immune checkpoint protein inhibition and cancer survival using Mendelian randomisation". See the slides
- Ella Fryer spoke about "Investigating the causal effect of previously reported therapeutic agents for colorectal Ella Fryer cancer prevention: a Mendelian randomization analysis". See the slides
#MendelianRandomization show of force in the #Cancer session at #WCE2024: Congratulations Emma, Jasmine (x2), Tessa, Lucy, all from @BristolUni@mrc_ieu pic.twitter.com/YHjohGzu5P
— Matthias Egger (@eggersnsf) September 26, 2024