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SUMMARY:Bradford Hill Seminar: The Cancer Loyalty Card Study (CLOCS)\, aim
 ing to help reduce the delays in cancer diagnosis using transaction data -
  Professor James Flanagan\, Imperial College London
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CONTACT:Ofori Canacoo
DESCRIPTION:*About this talk*\nThe first CLOCS project showed that ovarian
  cancer patients started buying over-\nthe-counter medications up to 8 or 
 9 months before their diagnosis\, with their first GP\nvisit regarding the
 ir symptoms on average 3.5 months before diagnosis. This\nsuggests that th
 ere is a window-of-opportunity to intervene or nudge the patients\ntowards
  a GP visit sooner. However\, the idea of sharing data\, or data donation\
 , for\nresearch or health monitoring is not universally accepted. Our beha
 vioural science\nstudies are aiming to understand barriers to data sharing
  and improving the public’s\nawareness of such research. We are currentl
 y setting up the CLOCS-2 study\, aiming\nto expand to other cancer types a
 nd new opportunities in digital health research.\n\nTo attend online\, reg
 ister "here":https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9d02ab32-b2e7-4bdb-9
 b33-ad126d573679@49a50445-bdfa-4b79-ade3-547b4f3986e9\n\n*About Professor 
 Flanagan*\nDr James Flanagan completed his PhD in 2002 at the Queensland I
 nstitute of\nMedical Research in Brisbane\, Australia\, and has pursued po
 stdoctoral work in\nCancer Genetics\, Epigenetics and Cancer Epigenetics. 
 He was awarded a Breast\nCancer Campaign Scientific Fellowship (Imperial\,
  2009-2014) and Senior Lecturer\n(2014-2019) and is now Reader in Epigenet
 ics (2019-present) in the Division of\nCancer\, Dept. of Surgery and Cance
 r\, Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College\nLondon. He was awarded the Br
 itish Association of Cancer Research Translational\nResearcher Award in 20
 11 and the prestigious DataIQ award in 2023 for his work\nusing Shopping L
 oyalty Cards for early detection of ovarian cancer. He is the\nprincipal i
 nvestigator (PI) for the OCA funded programme "Risk and Prevention" and PI
  of the CRUK funded project "Cancer Loyalty Card Study (CLOCS)" In 2021 he
  was appointed as the Director of the MRes Cancer Biology\n\n*About the Br
 adford Hill seminars*\nThe Bradford Hill seminar series is the principal s
 eries of The Cambridge Population\nHealth Sciences Partnership\, in colla
 boration with the PHG Foundation. This\ncomprises the Departments of Pub
 lic Health &amp\; Primary Care\, MRC Biostatistics\nUnit and MRC Epidem
 iology Unit at the University of Cambridge\, bringing together a\nmulti
 -disciplinary partnership of academics and public health professionals. T
 he\nBradford Hill seminar programme of internationally recognised speakers
  covers\ntopics of broad interest to our public health research community.
  It aims to transcend\nas well as connect the activities of our individua
 l partners.\nAll are welcome at our Bradford Hill seminars.
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, East Forvie Building\, Forvie Site Robinson 
 Way Cambridge CB2 0SR.
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