SCPN News
16 Aug 19 |
Men’s Health Publication
Stacking the Odds for Better Living & Better Men’s Health We have developed a publication to deliver cancer prevention, screening and lifestyle advice. The publication is now being distributed to men attending AAA screening clinics in Tayside and Fife and through Urology Clinics in Tayside. The publication includes articles ...
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10 Jul 19 |
New PhD Opportunity: Doctoral Training Fellowship in Cancer Prevention
The Scottish Cancer Foundation (SCF) focuses on Cancer Prevention, and wishes to promote research, collaborative working across Scotland and public engagement in this area. Accordingly, the Foundation wishes to invest in the future of Cancer Prevention by providing motivated early-career individuals with research training ...
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26 Mar 19 |
Good Food Nation Proposals for Legislation March 2019
Read SCPN’s response to the Scottish Government’s Good Food Nation Proposals.
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05 Mar 19 |
SCPN Conference on World Cancer Day
On Monday 4th February SCPN, supported by the Scottish Cancer Foundation, celebrated World Cancer Day with their annual conference. It was held at The National Museum on Scotland in Edinburgh, a beautiful and inspiring building which was a fitting venue for the influential speakers from academia, government and practice, but most ...
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05 Mar 19 |
Behind the headlines
Seen something in the news about lifestyle, screening, cancer? If you want to check it out try NHS England’s ‘Behind the Headlines’ website (https://www.nhs.uk/news/). This site provides a guide to the science that makes the news, looking at how health issues are reported in lay language. The coverage includes where the ...
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22 Feb 19 |
The SCPN Art & Design Prize for Creative Communication
Are you currently studying an art or design course at a Scottish institution? Applications are now open for The SCPN Art and Design Prize for Creative Communication. Previous prizewinners include Product Design, Interior & Environmental Design and Fine Art. Closing date 17th May 2019. Apply here.
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11 Jan 19 |
Cancer prevention work wins top award
The work of a pioneering project, the Scottish Cancer Prevention Network, that has raised public awareness of the risk of cancer while highlighting the importance of screening and prevention has won an award set up by the broadcaster and actor Stephen Fry. The Scottish Cancer Prevention Network, which is supported by the Scottish ...
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10 Jan 19 |
My experiences in Cuba – a report by Fergus Brown the 2018 SCPN student bursary
For my senior elective this year, I spent four weeks in Santiago de Cuba, the nation’s 2nd biggest city, located on the hotter eastern tail of the island. Two of these weeks were spent in the theatre anaesthetics department of Dr Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso General Hospital, and two in various primary and community care […]
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08 Jan 19 |
Reducing health harms of foods high in fat, sugar or salt consultation
Consultation response submitted by Prof Bob Steele and Prof Annie S. Anderson, Co-directors of the SCPN to the Scottish Government’s Reducing Health Harms of Foods High in Fat, Sugar or Salt Consultation Paper The Scottish Cancer Prevention Network (SCPN) is focused on moving evidence on cancer risk reduction into everyday life, ...
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