Dr Juliet Usher-Smith

University of Cambridge

University departments: 
Department of Public Health and Primary Care

Position: Clinical Lecturer
Personal home page: http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/pcu-group/pcu-senior-research-staff/juliet-usher-smith/

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Research description: 

My research focuses on the use of risk prediction models to promote behaviour change to help prevent cancer and inform stratified screening programmes.

Research Programme or Virtual Institute: 
Early Cancer Institute
Secondary Programme: 
Urological Malignancies Virtual Institute
Methods and technologies: 
Clinical practice
Epidemiology
Keywords: 
Primary care
cancer
risk
screening
diagnosis
jau20
Recent publications:
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Key publications: 

Usher-Smith JA, Emery J, Win AK, Walter FM, Griffin SJ. (2015) Risk prediction models for colorectal cancer: a systematic review. Cancer Prevention Research. Oct 13. pii: canprevres.0274.2015 Usher-Smith JA, Emery J, Kassianos A, Walter FM. (2014) Risk prediction models for melanoma: a systematic review. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevalence DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965 Usher-Smith JA, Emery J, Hamilton W, Griffin SJ, Walter FM. (2015) Risk Prediction Tools for Cancer in Primary Care. British Journal of Cancer. Walter FM, Usher-Smith JA, Yadlapalli S, Watson E. (2015) Caring for people living with and beyond cancer: an online survey of English GPs. British Journal of General Practice. Nov;65(640):e761-8. doi: 10.3399/bjgp15X687409