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.

Publications

Full publications list

• Eve Roman's publications

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)

Media coverage

• "York unveiled as 'Centre of Excellence' in blood cancer research"