Eve Roman
Director, Epidemiology and Cancer Statistics Group
Profile
Biography
Working at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in the 1970s/80s, Eve is an epidemiologist with a longstanding interest in the exploitation of routinely collected health data for research purposes. Collaborating on several large national/international cancer studies, notably the UK Childhood Cancer Study (UKCCS), she moved to the University of Oxford in 1989 and the University of Leeds in 1996. Re-locating to the University of York in 2004, Eve’s research group worked with NHS clinicians and laboratory scientists to establish the Haematological Malignancy Research Network (HMRN); predicated on NHS infrastructures, this unique population-based patient cohort is now providing good quality “real-world” data to inform contemporary clinical practice and research – locally, nationally and internationally.
Qualifications
- BSc Applied Biology, Brunel University
- PhD Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Departmental roles
- Research Committee
- Graduate School Board
Research
Overview
Areas of interest:
- Cancer epidemiology, particularly haematological malignancy and childhood cancer
- Determinants of child health and adverse reproductive events
- Epidemiological study design
- Effective use of routinely collected health data for epidemiological research
Projects
- Haematological Malignancy Research Network (HMRN)
- European Myelodysplastic Syndromes Registry (EUMDS)
- MDS-RIGHT (Horizon-2020)
- Facilitating informed decision-making in haemato-oncology (Improving Patient Information)
- Tumour genetics, therapeutic response and outcome
- CellBank
- Born and Bred in Yorkshire (BaBY)
- Children with Down Syndrome Study (CDSS)
- ECSG Lymphoma Case Control Study (ELCCS)
- Comparing the HMRN case cohort to the general population
Research group(s)
Epidemiology & Cancer Statistics Group
Supervision
Eve would be interested in supervising PhDs in the following areas: epidemiology of haematological malignancies, cancers of children and young adults, and adverse reproductive events.
Teaching
Undergraduate
- Contributor to Biology modules Introduction to Biomedical Science (year 1) and Understanding Health and Disease (year 2)
Postgraduate
- Co-module leader (with Tom Johnston) for Epidemiology, Department of Health Sciences
Eve is able to supervise Masters projects in the following areas: epidemiology of haematological malignancies, cancers of children and young adults, and adverse reproductive events.
External activities
Memberships
- Yorkshire and Humber & Yorkshire Coast Haematology Cancer Network and Audit Committees
- United Kingdom Childhood Cancer (UKCCS) Research Committee (www.ukccs.org)
- Honorary visiting professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Childhood Leukaemia International Consortium (CLIC)
- International Lymphoma Epidemiology Consortium (InterLymph)
Editorial duties
- Editor in chief - Cancer Epidemiology (Elsevier)
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