Some members of staff maintain personal homepages, these can be accessed by clicking on highlighted names. Oncology Statistician Dr. Heather Dickinson , Senior Research Associate Lynn Driscoll, Research Secretary Dr Juliet Hale, Hon. Dr Pam Kearns, 1st Assistant Katharine Kirton, Research Secretary Lorna More, Cancer Registry Secretary Dr. Louise Parker, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology Annie Parry, Research Sister Outi Peacock, Secretary to Prof. There are a number of staff located elsewhere who have strong links with the Unit. These include scientists in The Cancer Research Unit, Human Genetics, Pathology, Statistics, and medical staff in the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Newcastle General Hospital.
Epidemiological research associated with the registry includes analysis of incidence and survival.
The database records all children born in Cumbria since 1950 and was created to investigate the risk of paternal radiation exposure and the risk of cancer. The study has also investigated other population based health outcomes in relation to demographic and geographical factors. Study A cohort of 1000 people born in 1948 have been followed through time. Their health has been periodically monitored in order to assess the role of socio-economic factors in determining a range of health outcomes. A retrospective case control study using hospital data in the North of England to determine the risk of childhood cancer in children who were given vitamin K at birth as prophylaxis against vitamin K deficiency bleeding.