Prevention and Population Research Committee awards

Programme Awards

November 2025

Prostate cancer aetiology and prevention (PCAP): harnessing protein discoveries for cancer control

Professor Ruth Travis

University of Oxford

Dr Karl Smith-Byrne

University of Oxford

May 2025

Identifying precision prevention strategies for obesity related cancers through enhanced understanding of biological mechanisms and risk prediction: the obesity-related cancer epidemiology programme (OCEP)

Professor Richard Martin

University of Bristol

Dr Rebecca Richmond

University of Bristol

Professor Tom Gaunt

University of Bristol

Dr Helen Winter

University of Bristol

Dr Mattias Johansson

International Agency for Research on Cancer

Haematological Malignancy Research Network: a UK population-based programme of epidemiological research

Professor Alexandra Smith

University of York

Professor Eve Roman

University of York

Tumour-immune interactions in smouldering myeloma: unravelling diversity at the patient and molecular level to inform interception

Professor Kwee Yong

University College London

Professor Irene Ghobrial

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Explore the Prevention and Population Programme Award

Project Awards

November 2025

Real-world effectiveness of vaccination programmes in cancer prevention

Dr Milena Falcaro

Queen Mary University of London

Professor Peter Sasieni

Queen Mary University of London

Beyond BRCA1/2: enhancing risk prediction for breast/ovarian cancer predisposition genes using polygenic scores

Professor Marc Tischkowitz

University of Cambridge

Preventing ovarian cancer through early excision of tubes & late ovarian removal Phase-2 (PROTECTOR-2)

Professor Ranjit Manchanda

Queen Mary University of London

Investigating inequalities in utilisation, adherence and outcomes for immuno-, biological and precision anti-cancer therapies: the UNEQUAL-IBP project

Professor Linda Sharp

Newcastle University

Professor Adam Todd

Newcastle University

Dr Laura Woods

Newcastle University

Trends in multiple-cause coded cancer mortality and end-of-life care in England

Dr Raph Goldacre

University of Oxford

Professor Eva Morris

University of Oxford

Explore the Prevention and Population Project Award

Biology to Prevention Awards

November 2025

The Boomers study: identifying a causative role for pks+ e-coli mutagenesis in early-onset colorectal cancer evolution

Professor Trevor Graham

Imperial College London

Professor Kevin Monahan

Imperial College London

Cancer prevention by the ageing microbiome

Professor Filipe Cabreiro

Imperial College London

May 2025

Assessing the somatic evolution landscape of the human oesophagus for cancer risk prediction and early detection

Dr Inigo Martincorena

Wellcome Sanger Institute

Dr Moritz Przybilla

Wellcome Sanger Institute

IMvasion: targeting bacterial invasion in intestinal metaplasia for the prevention of gastric adenocarcinoma

Dr Amanda Rossiter

University of Birmingham

IMPACT: invasive mesothelioma prevention through antigen prioritisation for cancer immune-treatment

Professor Nicola Ternette

University of Dundee

WNT-driven cell competition: a target for novel preventative strategies against colorectal adenoma formation

Dr Nadia Nasreddin

Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute

Professor Owen Sansom

Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute

The role of clonal interactions in ageing-associated sporadic tumorigenesis in the intestine

Professor Masashi Narita

University of Cambridge

Dr Ianish Saddien

University of Cambridge

Explore the Biology to Prevention Award