Cancer Epidemiology Unit
Encyclopedia
The Cancer Epidemiology Unit (CEU) is a medical research institute within Oxford University in the United Kingdom
. It is located in the Richard Doll
building on the Old Road Campus, Oxford
.
The unit is also involved with the UK Biobank
project.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. It is located in the Richard Doll
Richard Doll
Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll CH OBE FRS was a British physiologist who became the foremost epidemiologist of the 20th century, turning the subject into a rigorous science. He was a pioneer in research linking smoking to health problems...
building on the Old Road Campus, Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
.
Major projects
Major projects run by the CEU include the Million Women Study.The unit is also involved with the UK Biobank
UK Biobank
UK Biobank is a large long-term biobank study in the United Kingdom which is investigating the respective contributions of genetic predisposition and environmental exposure to the development of disease...
project.