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SUMMARY:Maps\, Molecules and Malignancies
DESCRIPTION:Join Professor Marc Gunter\, online or in person\, for his I
 mperial Inaugural.\nWe have limited in-person spaces available so please e
 nsure you register in advance via Eventbrite.\nAbstract\n\n\nCancer is a d
 isease that touches everyone – in the U.K\, 1 in 2 people will develop c
 ancer at some point in their lives. However\, it has been estimated that u
 p to 80% of the cancer burden in high income countries could\, in theory\,
  be prevented if only we better understood its causes and could translate 
 that knowledge into effective prevention strategies.  \n\n\nProfessor Gu
 nter has dedicated his career to identifying new causes of cancer and unde
 rstanding their molecular basis. In particular\, he has focused his resear
 ch on how obesity and metabolic dysregulation can cause certain cancers an
 d has applied new molecular technologies to large-scale population-based c
 ohorts and intervention studies to gain novel insights into cancer develop
 ment.     \n\n\nIn addition to describing his research journey and
  academic accomplishments\, Marc’s inaugural lecture will reflect on his
  early curiosities on geography and genetics that led him to pursue a care
 er in cancer epidemiology and how his training in biochemistry as well as 
 epidemiology has allowed him to forge new inter-disciplinary research. \n
 \n\n\nBiography\n\nDr Gunter is Professor and Chair in Cancer Epidemiology
  and Prevention in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the
  School of Public Health\, Imperial College London and co-directs the Canc
 er Epidemiology and Prevention Research Unit based at Imperial College and
  the Institute of Cancer Research. He previously headed the Nutrition and 
 Metabolism Branch at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC
 ).  \n\n\nHe is a molecular epidemiologist and his main research focus i
 s the role of nutrition\, diabetes\, and obesity in cancer development and
  prognosis\, with an emphasis on studying the mechanisms linking metabolic
  dysfunction and endocrine pathways with cancer.  Marc serves as joint co
 ordinator of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC) and
  currently leads a number of large-scale multi-disciplinary projects focus
 ed on cancer etiology and prevention that employ molecular approaches with
 in prospective cohorts and intervention studies. \n\n
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/170806/maps-molecules-and-malignancie
 s/
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LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 200\, City and Guilds Building\, South Kensington 
 Campus\, Imperial College London\, London\, SW7 2AZ\, United Kingdom
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