Date: Tuesday 25 February 2025
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Location:
Online, via MS Teams,
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We will be joined by Willie Hamilton, professor of primary care diagnostics at University of Exeter, talking us through his journey as a primary care researcher and his work on improving early cancer diagnosis.
About the speaker
We were joined by Willie Hamilton, professor of primary care diagnostics at University of Exeter, talking us through his journey as a primary care researcher and his work on improving early cancer diagnosis.
Willie Hamilton, CBE, MD, FRCP, FRCGP, is professor of primary care diagnostics at University of Exeter.
The major part of his work is in cancer diagnostics in the symptomatic patient – the one sitting in the GP’s consulting room. He leads the DISCOVERY team, with staffing varying from 10-18, plus 4 PhD students, all supported by grant awards. These grants total over £75m, including CRUK’s first Catalyst award.
He has published approaching 400 papers, including the 2010 and 2015 overall Research Paper of the Year for studies on ovarian cancer and on the public appetite for cancer testing.
He also was the cancer category winner in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017. He was clinical lead on the UK’s NICE guidance on suspected cancer, NG12, published in 2015. This governs over £1bn of annual NHS spending.
He was awarded a CBE in the 2019 New Years’ Honours List for services to improving early cancer diagnosis.
About the event
This event is part of the City St George’s, University of London Primary Care Seminar series. We are a group of GP academics and medical students at City St George's (Tooting campus). The Primary Care Seminars are an initiative designed to showcase primary care (especially academic primary care) to medical students and other clinical students. Students and staff across institutions are welcome to attend.
We have chosen topical subject areas which are of interest to students and linked to the theme of The Future of Primary Care. This event specifically will focus on the topic of cancer diagnosis in primary care.
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Contact Details
Professor Judith Ibison