EARLY DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS NEWSLETTER Hi Voornaam,
Welcome to your summer Early Detection and Diagnosis newsletter. I hope you’re enjoying the summertime, whether it’s an opportunity to travel, relax with family, or sneak in a few quiet hours in the lab.
Our work at Cancer Research UK continues to be busy. We recently launched our new Research Data Strategy, that you can read more about below. Early detection and diagnosis researchers already know the vast potential that can be unlocked from a wide array of data modalities. We are keen to better enable and harness these capabilities to use data to their maximum effect to benefit the lives of patients and the public.
We are eager to see many of you in-person at the Early Detection of Cancer Conference in Portland in October. The speaker line-up this year is excellent, featuring many outstanding researchers and early detection leaders from around the world. I would encourage you to take up our current offers of discounted registration for UK researchers and the opportunity for bursary support for early career researchers presenting abstracts at this year’s meeting.
Finally, I’d like to congratulate Rebecca Fitzgerald, last year’s Don Listwin Award winner, for her recent appointment as the inaugural Director of the new Early Cancer Institute in Cambridge. This new research enterprise will draw together basic and applied scientists working to understand the earliest steps of cancer formation.
Kind Regards,
David Crosby,
Head of Prevention and Early Detection Research
Cancer Research UK |
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 THE EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER CONFERENCE – REGISTRATION DISCOUNT FOR UK RESEARCHERS We hope that you’ll join us for the in-person return of our annual Early Detection of Cancer Conference in Portland, Oregon on 18–20 October. Our exciting programme includes stimulating sessions like our panel on emerging technologies for early detection: join chairs Rob West (Stanford) and Thuy Ngo (OHSU) and speakers Brian Cunningham (University of Illinois) and Mirabela Rusu (Stanford) to find out what’s next in the field.
The agenda is now only missing one thing – you, our research community. We still have discounted tickets up for grabs – use the code UK20EDX to claim 20% off registration. But hurry, supplies are limited. |
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|  #EDxConf22 – ABSTRACT SUBMISSION AND BURSARY OPPORTUNITY FOR EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS Do you have some exciting research results that you’d like to present to leaders in the early detection and diagnosis field? Or perhaps you have work-in-progress that would benefit from feedback from our community? We’re providing 5 complimentary registrations and travel bursaries for UK-based students and postdocs whose abstracts are selected. The deadline for lightning talks is 19 August and abstract submission closes on 2 September – don’t miss out on this unique opportunity. |
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HELP SHAPE OUR CANCER INEQUALITIES STRATEGY We need your help to understand what the biggest challenges are in both designing and undertaking research addressing cancer inequalities, and how we can help tackle them.
Take this 15-minute survey by 8 August to share your experiences and shape our new research strategy on cancer inequalities. Please share with your networks to help us reach a broad community of cancer researchers. |
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| | LAUNCHING OUR NEW RESEARCH DATA STRATEGY Improving how we use research data is key to answering important questions in cancer research around biology, prevention, detection and treatment of cancer. This month, we published our first Research Data Strategy, setting out how we will scale up our existing activity and unleash the enormous potential of big data.
In our strategy, we lay out a set of foundations we’ll build from to enable cancer researchers in the UK to better generate, curate and use data to accelerate insights that will lead to improved patient outcomes. |
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 APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR TECH-LED INNOVATION PROGRAMME Do you have an early-stage technology in development that is focused on the early detection, diagnosis, monitoring or treatment of cancer? Our Cancer Tech Accelerator is back, giving you the opportunity to learn the entrepreneurial and technical skills to translate your innovations into a startup in data, MedTech or AI.
The 6 strongest teams will be awarded £70,000, alongside 6 months of tailored mentoring to develop and validate your idea and help you form an investor-ready startup. You don't have to be funded by Cancer Research UK to apply. Applications close on 15 September. |
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|  TOP TIPS FOR IMPROVING PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN YOUR APPLICATIONS Project and Programme Award applications to our Early Detection and Diagnosis Research Committee are also reviewed by our new Patient and Public Review Panel, who comment on the relevance and impact of the proposed work for people with cancer and the general population. Following our first meeting with the Panel last April, we asked members for their top tips for how researchers can strengthen these aspects of their applications. |
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REGISTER NOW FOR THE BLACK IN CANCER CONFERENCE: 10–11 OCTOBER We’re excited to invite you to the inaugural Black in Cancer conference we’re organising with the Black in Cancer network to celebrate, collaborate and showcase Black excellence in cancer research and medicine.
The event will be held in London and is relevant for all scientists across the research pipeline, and at all career stages.
Join us for scientific sessions, panel discussions and workshops on the themes of research, equality and patient experience. |
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