Niki Dimou

Is academia "just a job" or a higher calling?

New training course organized by the IARC Genomic Epidemiology Branch with our partners in the @sangerinstitute & Wellcome @ConnectingSci. This training and the topic builds upon our Mutographs project. Apply by 3 November. More info: …erences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/cancer-g…

Congratulations @Yoshua_Bengio!! Possibly the first scientist with one million citations in the world. Crazy how fast the field has grown 🤯

👋Plant-based dietary patterns and age-specific risk of multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases: a prospective analysis - The Lancet Healthy Longevity @CordovaReynalda et al. @IARCWHO @TheLancet thelancet.com/journals/lanhl…

🚨 PhD Fellowship Opportunity in instrumental genetics and microbiome-based multiomics integration analyses and predictive modeling! 🌱🧬🔬 📢 Apply now or share with those who might be interested! #PhDOpportunity #Bioinformatics #PredictiveModeling idibgi.org/treball/fi-aga…

🚨 We're hiring 3 #postdocs at @IARCWHO in Lyon, France! Join us to work with @hilaryarobbins @Mattias31 @XiaoshuangF & me on #cancer #epidemiology & #prevention. 🧠 Background in epi/biostats 📍 Lyon, France 🔗 Details: iarc.who.int/wp-content/upl… #epitwitter #CancerResearch

Incidence of colorectal cancer is increasing globally for younger people. This Practice article outlines why diagnosis is easily missed, how it should be diagnosed, and management #MedEd bmj.com/content/389/bm…

🆕findings from IARC & partners reveals modest but significant association between #alcohol intake & pancreatic #cancer, independent of sex & 🚬status. #PancreaticCancer is a leading cause of cancer death. Findings published in @PLOSMedicine. @WHO_Europe doi.org/10.1371/journa…

IARC’s Dr Zisis Kozlakidis & Dr Inge Huybrechts will provide details of the ongoing InterNatIonal CHildhood #Leukemia Microbiome/MEtabolome (NICHE) study during a #WHA side-event on #nutrition, childhood #cancer & health outcomes. 23 May, 5-7pm, Geneva, 🇨🇭 iarc.who.int/news-events/ia…

Our study on tobacco smoke-induced mutagenesis in head & neck cancer (HNC) is out today in @NatureGenet ! rdcu.be/efNiH 🧬🔥 We uncover the multiple ways tobacco and alcohol drive HNC development. A short thread 🧵⬇️

Triangulation of evidence in medical research explained, in work led by @SirenaGtz and @MariaGlymour link.springer.com/article/10.100… Will do a thread when I get the time

IARC & partners find consuming #UPF may increase risk of mortality from circulatory disease, cerebrovascular disease, ischemic heart disease, digestive diseases, & –not previously assessed– #Parkinson disease, independent of alcohol, #BMI, other covariates iarc.who.int/news-events/as…

One month left to apply to one of the modules of the IARC #IARCSummerschool 2024🗓️. Unsure about applying🤔? Check out what previous participants have to say 💬 d2e38qvytde633.cloudfront.net/iarc-summer-sc…. 📰Apply before 6 January 2025! More info 👉training.iarc.fr/summer-school-…

#Movember at @IARCWHO Mo Bros and Mo Sisters supporting Men's #Health

Do you want to become a supporter of the #IARCSummerSchool🏫& unlock opportunities for selected applicants from #LMIC? Find out how👉! training.iarc.who.int/iarc-scholarsh… More infoℹ️ on the IARC Summer School 👉training.iarc.fr/summer-school-…

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IARC's Dr Michael Olanipekun & Dr @MarieLaureAix describe the burden of #PancreaticCancer & some of the research being conducted at IARC in this🆕video to mark the close of Pancreatic #Cancer Awareness Month. #DISCERN @FerreiroAida @Lyonpaul @VivianViallon youtu.be/WXgs0DyNavk

Violence against women takes multiple forms, incl.: 🫸🏽 Intimate partner violence 🫸🏽 Sexual violence 🫸🏽 Psychological violence 🫸🏽 Female genital mutilation 🫸🏽 Forced & early marriage 🫸🏽 Femicide 🫸🏽 Trafficking #EndViolence against women & girls! #NoExcuse #16Days

I’m excited to share a major milestone in my PhD progress! 🚀 We’ve identified a TP53 variant (rs78378222) in the 3’ UTR that reduces the risk of developing HNSCC by 40%—a huge finding in cancer genetics! Read the full preprint here: medrxiv.org/content/10.110… #CancerResearch