​PHG Senior policy analyst, Dr Chantal Babb de Villiers talks about her work beyond PHG Foundation (how does she fit it all in!🌟), in South Africa where she has been supporting efforts to increase diversity of global genomic data.

Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge@hugheshall.bsky.social · 10mo ago

How do you take scientific research from the lab and deliver it to patients?🔬 Recent Hughes Fellow, Dr Chantal Babb de Villiers, talks about bridging academic research, clinical care, public health, and her work with the @phgfoundation.bsky.social.🩺 youtu.be/uPkqXpZLOv0?... @cam.ac.uk

PHG Foundation is hosting its first Bradford Hill Seminar for a few years. Come and join us online or in person if you have an interest in early detection and cancer diagnostics.

PHG Foundation@phgfoundation.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us for the next Bradford Hill Seminar. We’re pleased to host Professor James Flanagan, Professor of Cancer Informatics at Imperial College London, who will speak on: "The Cancer Loyalty Card Study (CLOCS), aiming to help reduce the delays in cancer diagnosis using transaction data"

Date: Wednesday 2 July 2025 Time: 13:00 - 14:00 In-person: Large Seminar Room, East Forvie Building, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR (No registration required) Online: Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9d02ab...

I'm really excited to share the postdoc I completed before joining PHG. It combines two great passions - bacteria and horses!! Read more here: www.linkedin.com/posts/hayley... or go straight to the paper here: www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Progressive evolution of Streptococcus equi from Streptococcus equi subsp.… | Hayley Wilson

I'm really excited to share this work with the world! As we know, academic research work will follow you even after you've left. So this is my post-doc project…

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🌟 New Blog🌟 Pharmacogenomics is leading the way in how genomic information is being used in healthcare and could significantly impact how genomics is integrated across the entire healthcare system. www.phgfoundation.org/blog/pioneer...

Pioneering change: how pharmacogenomics is shaping healthcare - PHG Foundation

Pharmacogenomics - tailoring drug treatments to individuals based on their genetics - is on the cusp of transforming drug prescribing

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Read this👇

Derek Lowe@dereklowe.bsky.social · 2y ago

A long post about what’s happening to the science funding agencies in the US and why. As mentioned, this one just kept getting longer even as I kept stripping curse words from it. www.science.org/content/blog...

Exciting News in Gene Therapy!  NICE has approved the use of gene therapy exa-cel for treating sickle cell disease! This groundbreaking development offers new hope for patients and marks a significant milestone in medical science. 🧬✨ www.phgfoundation.org/news/worlds-...

⚠️ Bit of an alarm bell to MDR-TB regimen BPaL/M - resistance to constituent antibiotics developing and transmission of such strains already occurring #TBSky #IDSky @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...

Transmission as a Key Driver of Resistance to the New Tuberculosis Drugs | NEJM

Whole-genome sequencing was used to show that resistance to newer antituberculosis drugs is present in at least 27 countries and that up to a quarter of this resistance may be due to person-to-...

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I made it over here! It’s nice to step away from the absolute carnage of the other platform. There’s real science in here!!!