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Cambridge Institute of Public Health is part of the School of Clinical Medicine at the University of Cambridge. We are a partnership of world leading Cambridge based public health academics and professionals working together to improve global public health. Our website provides an overview of what’s happening in public health research, impact, leadership and teaching across our CIPH membership, our PublicHealth@Cambridge Network and the wider University, it also provides resources for our members.
Public Health Research News
Becoming less active and gaining weight: downsides of becoming an adult
Many people tend to put on weight as they leave adolescence and move into adulthood, and this is the age…
Detailed genetic study provides most comprehensive map of risk to date of breast cancer risk
A major international study of the genetics of breast cancer has identified more than 350 DNA ‘errors’ that increase an…
Innovation should support societal responsibility for health, comment Carol Brayne and others in BMJ
The popular emphasis on technology being harnessed by individuals fails to consider how it can be used to improve social…
Deprivation strongly linked to hospital admissions
Despite increases in overall life expectancy there is still an inequality, with lower life expectancy observed more often in disadvantaged…
Study highlights potential for ‘liquid health check’ to predict disease risk
Proteins in our blood could in future help provide a comprehensive ‘liquid health check’, assessing our health and predicting the…
