Within the Department of Precision Health, Dr. Sophie Pilleron , PhD, Head of the Ageing, Cancer, and Disparities (ACADI) team and Dr. Berta Portugal, PhD, postdoctoral researcher in the Physical activity, Sport and Health research Unit (PASH), are seeking a Master’s student for a project that aims to investigate whether device-measured movement behaviours reduce the risk of cancer in older adults.
The student will use data from the UK Biobank, a prospective population-based cohort study. Approximately, 100 000 participants used Axivity AX3 accelerometers on their dominant wrist for 7 consecutive days between 2013 and 2015. The raw accelerometer data has been processed using the GGIR R-package to classify movement behaviours. Cancer diagnosis has been ascertained through a linkage with national cancer registries.
The student will be responsible for the literature review, data management and quantitative data analysis. The internship is planned for a 6-month period.
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