World Cancer Research Fund

Our Regular Grant Programme and our INSPIRE Research Challenge are now open! 📣 👉 The aim of the WCRF Regular Grant Programme is to support innovative and original research into the role of diet, nutrition and physical activity in either Cancer Prevention or Cancer Survivorship. 👉 The INSPIRE Research Challenge will prioritise innovative, bold and creative proposals with the potential to catalyse rapid and impactful advances in cancer prevention, treatment and survivorship. This is a new grant call aimed at early career investigators and runs in parallel with our existing grant programmes and is open to investigators worldwide. Find out more here: 👉 https://lnkd.in/ep6zqh4i 👉 https://lnkd.in/gxXksFN7

As October marks #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, we want to highlight some of the grants we've funded throughout the years to support both breast cancer prevention and survivorship. 👉 Dr Jennifer Baker and Professor Terence Dwyer are exploring how childhood body size influences breast cancer risk. Learn more in this blog: https://lnkd.in/euQgZTPJ 👉 Dr Evelyn Monninkhof is investigating how yoga may ease painful treatment side effects for women living with and beyond breast cancer. Discover more: https://lnkd.in/e9y9_9RP  

📣 We're hiring! 📣 We're looking for a new Research Funding Officer (Research Impact) for World Cancer Research Fund! The post holder will work mainly on our Research Grant Programme. As part of our Research Funding team, you will support high quality and innovative research on the effects of diet, nutrition, physical activity, and body size on cancer prevention and survival, managing an international portfolio of projects and working closely with leading researchers around the world. In addition to the Research Grant programme, you will have the opportunity to contribute to other Research Funding activities such as our Academy programme and work closely with colleagues across the Science department and with other departments such as PR & Editorial and Fundraising. 👉 Permanent, full time; 37.5 hours a week 👉 Hybrid working - London 👉 Deadline, 5pm 8 November 📆 For more information and to apply: https://lnkd.in/dPb7eN9

My Team and I are very grateful for the support provided by the World Cancer Research Fund. Exercise can be prescribed as a safe and effective medicine to produce vast changes in the body's internal environment to create powerful cancer suppression. In this study we will determine if there are differential effects of resistance versus aerobic exercise modes on myokine and extracellular vesicle expression and uptake by prostate cancer cells in men with prostate cancer while comparing responses in patients with early versus advanced disease. Thank you also for the great support from Edith Cowan University for our Exercise Medicine Research Institute.

We are beyond thrilled to receive donations from the sale of limited-edition guitars designed by The Cure. 🎸💙 The Cure has designed 2 limited-edition guitars to raise funds for World Cancer Research Fund and there will only be 75 available. The 2 guitars have been built by Schecter Guitars and the artwork is by Bunny Lake Designs. Frontman Robert Smith will be donating $250 (£191) from each sale, with Schecter Guitars matching his contribution. This will bring donations to $500 (£383) per guitar. Sarah-Jane Hill,  Fundraising Partnerships Manager at World Cancer Research Fund, said: "We’re delighted and incredibly grateful that Robert Smith and The Cure have chosen World Cancer Research Fund to benefit from the sale of these iconic guitars. The funds raised from these stunning instruments will support our prevention and survival work, and help people to live longer, healthier lives – free from the devastating effects of cancer." Photo by Curt Baran 📸

📣 We are hiring at World Cancer Research Fund 😊 Ready to play a pivotal role in advancing cutting-edge cancer prevention research? Join us as a Research Funding Officer (Research Impact) and support innovative global studies on how diet, nutrition, physical activity and body size influence cancer prevention and survival. More details can be found here:

Over 200 clinicians have written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, backing the new report from the Obesity Health Alliance calling for a pragmatic solution to improve care, tackle health inequalities and prevent long-term health issues like diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Addressing how obesity is treated in the NHS is an unavoidable priority for the government, with clinicians saying there are currently 'chronic underfunding and workforce challenges' and 'unequal access to services'. A review of services should go hand in hand with the government’s announced measures to prevent obesity such as the proposed ban on junk food advertising to children: https://lnkd.in/eJrd93eT

In our 2023 grant call, we awarded a grant to Professor Robert Newton, a Professor of Exercise Medicine and Deputy Director of Edith Cowan University's Exercise Medicine Research Institute, which he established in 2004. Professor Newton's work of over 40 years has contributed to developing targeted exercise medicine for patients with various cancers by providing important evidence of exercise's role in health, quality of life, and clinical outcomes. In 2018, Professor Newton received the career achievement award from the Cancer Council WA and in 2019, was named the Western Australia Premier’s Scientist of the Year. Grant title: Enhancing circulatory myokines and extracellular vesicle uptake with targeted exercise in patients with Prostate Cancer: The MYEX Trial ⬇️ In the world of cancer treatment, it is crucial to understand how our body's natural defence mechanisms can help. Specifically, this research will investigate mechanisms involving molecules produced by our muscles (called myokines) and tiny particles (extracellular vesicles) that carry various substances throughout the body. The research will examine how different exercise modes impact this mechanism in patients with prostate cancer. By doing so researchers hope to uncover a critical way exercise can influence tumour growth and figure out which types of exercise work best for this purpos

Amazing results from Dr Nicola Annels and Dr David Bartlett, from The University of Surrey, who are conducting an exciting new clinical study funded by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF). The study investigates the effects of exercise on improving tumour outcomes for patients with advanced oesophageal cancer. https://lnkd.in/eFXNDMDW #topicofcancer #immunotherapyresearch #surreycharity University of Surrey World Cancer Research Fund

Brilliant to be back in Berlin for World Health Summit. So far the days have been filled with really engaging sessions and conversations, and a wonderful opportunity to catch up with my international colleagues. Looking forward to the remaining sessions and meetings tomorrow! #WHS2024 World Cancer Research Fund