Samantha Quaife
@QuaifeS
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Reader in Cancer Behavioural Science & CRUK Population Research Fellow at @QMUL_WIPH. Honorary Associate Professor @UCL_BSH. Views are my own.
Joined March 2013
Fantastic 2 yr #postdoc opportunity for a health psychologist/behavioural scientist! And I may be biased but a lovely team focussed on developing you! Pls RT @divhealthpsych @UKSBM @UCL_BSH
📢 Job alert! Come and join our brilliant behavioural science team at @QMUL_CCSPED and contribute to an important @yorkshirecancer funded project on lung screening https://t.co/bvc5fa7kmH Please RT!
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Excited to share the results of our study on risk of cancer 1-5 years after urgent suspected cancer referral when cancer was not found in year 0-1. We tracked cancer occurrence in a national cohort of 1.3 million patients. Published in @TheLancetOncol
https://t.co/46dqSfZFAg
thelancet.com
Cancer risk was higher than expected in the 5 years following an urgent suspected cancer referral. The potential for targeted interventions, such as proactive monitoring, safety-netting, and cancer...
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The amazing @BonfieldStef @BTOGORG guiding us through complexities & considerations for helping individuals make informed choice #lungcancerscreening Downstream benefits massive & shared decision making can be balanced & wanted by pts Her summary 👇🏻@QMUL_WIPH_CPDD @QMUL_WIPH
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Fantastic @BTOGORG talk by @pamela_jsmith evaluating a co-located, personalised risk intervention for smoking cessation in #lungcancerscreening ⚡️We need high intensity, co-located, ongoing person-centred support by LCS specialist advisors
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Apply for a GW4 PhD studentship about mental health inequalities in the cancer diagnostic pathway. Great team across @UniofExeter and @cardiffuni Deadline to apply: 1st November https://t.co/mCgMWVVhGV
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Varenicline, cytisine and e-cigs shown to offer the best chance of supporting quitting smoking-we need to make sure these treatments are available and provided to people who smoke in all settings
Headline results of our new @cochranecollab review of #quitsmoking aids are that ecigs, cytisine and varenicline give people the best chances of quitting, closely followed by using 2 types of NRT e.g. patch & gum. For more detail click here: https://t.co/W9eR0HvLo0
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📢Please join us for the next @CRUKLondon and @UKSBM Cancer SIG webinar featuring the @CR_UK Social and Behavioural Research team. Sign up here: https://t.co/fB8KrrvV2b
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Grateful to be attending the International Psycho Oncology Society Congress in Milan - Day 1 and already inspired by the rich mix of innovation, equity, sustainability, education, and efficacy measurement in psycho oncology work going on. And what a setting for it 😍 #IPOS2023
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We are delighted to welcome @Jo_WallerPhD + @petersasieni, joining our newly renamed Centre for Cancer Screening, Prevention and Early Diagnosis We are also launching the Centre for Preventive Neurology, led by @drruthdobson – building on the success of @preventiveneur1
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Important review from @S_Cooke92 on patient experience accessing lung cancer services in rural areas - more to it than long distances - exploring intersectionality is 🔑 (sociocultural norms, unseen costs, psych barriers). More qual work needed to understand + improve #IPOS2023
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Fantastic funder PhD opportunity available in cancer early detection with the very best behavioural science supervisory team 👇🏻
Join our team! Funded PhD in cancer behavioural science on a @CRUKresearch oesophageal cancer screening study with me and @elidington Please RT @UKSBM @divhealthpsych @QMUL_WIPH @RFitzgerald_lab @HeartburnCancer @CancerPrev_KCL @HelenColemanQUB @DakshaTrivedi @ActionHeartburn
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Just got ethical approval through for the first study of my PhD! 🥳 Huge thank you to all of the women with MS who had input into the study design, and to my supervisors @drruthdobson @QuaifeS @daisymcinnerney I’ll be interviewing women with MS about experiences of menopause 😊
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📢Come join us! We're recruiting a Research Assistant / Research Fellow in Health Data Science / Epidemiology / Health Statistics to join our #BreastCancer research team at @UniofSurrey! 🖊️Apply now and be a catalyst for change! 🔗Link: https://t.co/JqRdvqjSHc
@BreastCancerNow
jobs.surrey.ac.uk
Research Assistant / Research Fellow in Health Data Science / Epidemiology / Health StatisticsThe Cancer Care group in the School of Health Sciences (University of Surrey) is excited to be advertis...
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Strategies to deliver smoking cessation interventions during targeted lung health screening - a systematic review and meta-analysis
journals.sagepub.com
Introduction Lung cancer screening presents an important teachable moment to promote smoking cessation, but the most effective strategy to deliver support in th...
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Hugely grateful for this debunking of vaping myths produced by @AshOrgUK
https://t.co/iQ9ue2pi9t Do share widely with colleagues, especially those in healthcare
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I’m very proud and excited to see my first editorial published in Radiology!And I promise, not a word came from ChatGPT.🤓🫁🙏 @radiology_rsna If Only We Had a Time Machine: Prior CT in Deep Learning for Lung Nodule Prognostication | Radiology
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How England's new #lungcancerscreening could save thousands of lives – my attempt at explaining… https://t.co/HM5BbQeJ9q via @ConversationUK @QMUL_WIPH
theconversation.com
Older smokers and former smokers will be invited to have their lungs scanned under a new screening programme the NHS is rolling out.
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Yesterday we met with experts in the cancer community at @TheCrick to discuss transforming lung cancer outcomes for all. Roundtables like these will help inform and shape our #CancerManifesto to improve cancer research and care in the UK. Read more: https://t.co/YnRVyOv5m9
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Check out our new paper on our mixed methods study examining Tobacco Treatment Specialists' knowledge & beliefs about lung cancer screening #LCSM @NLCRT Special thanks to ATTUD @TreatingTobacco @GeorgetownCPC @HMHNewJersey @LeahWalsh_MS
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📢Read the NEW paper in @BioMedCentral on a survey which identifies gaps in awareness of #BloodCancer symptoms Led by researchers including @GeorgiaBBlack (@QMUL_WIPH) and funded by @bloodcancer_uk
https://t.co/K7QCqbyW6t
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