Eve's PhD research on miscarriage led to a sustained interest in the determinants of adverse reproductive events, and subsequently to the determinants of cancer, particularly leukaemia, in children and young adults.
Available evidence suggests that at least one in five malignancies worldwide is attributable to infection. Such cancers might be preventable by vaccination. Rob's aim is to investigate the possible role of infectious agents in the aetiology of cancer.
Dr Andrew Jack
Director of Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service