Prof of Clinical Genetics Newcastle Uni. CI Capp3 – aspirin cancer prevent'n trial. Chair QuantuMDx Ltd Chair Newcastle Hospitals FT. tweets my own. He/him

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Joined October 2011
Retweet/like if you think we should start a petition to get Paula Vennells CBE removed? If there's enough interest I think we should, least we can do for those that have suffered #MrBatesVsThePostOffice
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Thanks for all the lovely comments & wishes for 2024 - which we've just surfaced to discover! And 🙏 to those who've kindly chipped into our fundraiser for @BritishRedCross for conflict victims in Gaza/Israel. Justgiving & song here for those interested: 👉t.ly/Q2pxy
Here's our final song of 2023, about the deserving folk receiving #NewYearHonours & the contrast with the pathetic cronyism in @trussliz & @BorisJohnson appointees. It's to the tune "There Is Nothing Like A Dame" but called "Does Liz Truss Not Feel Ashamed?" 🎶Happy New Year!🥳🍾
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Amazing gingerbread house built by our granddaughter for Christmas
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Today marks 5 years since the prostatectomy op that meant Grandad (@CaPP3) was cancer free. We know how lucky we were, & we know that precious extra time depended on getting checked. So here's a reprise of our song two years ago with @ProstateUK ❤️ 🗣️Have that chat 🩺Get checked
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Here's our tribute to legend @ShaneMacGowan, a parody we've called "Fairytale of New Born" - which draws on @poguesofficial iconic track #fairytaleofnewyork (🤞 for 🎄#1) to tell story of the #Christmas #Nativity in a new 🎶 way...🎅 If you like, please 👉orcd.co/ifthatday
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It’s been an honour and a pleasure to work ⁦@NewcastleHosps⁩ alongside CEO Dame Jackie Daniel. We wish her well in the next phase of her career
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A quick heads-up to let you know a Christmassy video is up for #IfThatDayComesRound's B side (raising money for @BritishRedCross: orcd.co/ifthatday). The B side, called "Raise a Smile", is about pulling together when someone's feeling low ❤️👇🎄🎶 youtu.be/sWUahpgPlKg
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Today in the @TheLancet, we UK geneticists argue: "Population screening requires robust evidence—genomics is no exception" @annekeluc, @HelenVFirth, @GeneticBill, @carolinefwright, @mgtmccartney, @wilkie_lab, @RobinLachmann,@group_tomlinson,@lucymedgen authors.elsevier.com/a/1iD4W…
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I never knew this, interesting. @CaPP3 @EldersNewcastle @Newcastle_NHS @SBRFoundation
Happy birthday to NUFC, who changed their name from East End FC on this day. Here’s some of the earliest surviving footage in play, featuring the rarely seen Victorian Barrack Road stand before it was reconstructed.
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Delighted to join the Cancer Prevention team to celebrate with Peter Sowter after he successfully defended his PhD thesis. Thanks for the drum kit cufflinks Peter. Very thoughtful. We all wish you success as a science teacher and share your joy that Anna said”yes”!
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To start the same eleven players in 3 games within 7 days and beat Chelsea & Manchester Utd with a draw at PSG in between is nothing short of remarkable. Eddie Howe & #NUFC continue to defy all the odds this season and continue to make the city proud of this team.
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A snow ball modelled by Tilly
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I joined my dear friend and colleague Professor Naeem Soomro on Freeman Ward 1 ⁦@NewcastleHosps⁩ for cake to mark his retirement from clinical work. Like me he will continue clinical research ⁦@UniofNewcastle⁩. 5 yrs ago Naeem removed my prostate - PSA still zero😊
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A very special thank you to our corporate sponsors: 🕸️ @MedicalArch 🕸️ @RobertsonGroup 🕸️ @GRobinsonLtd
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Special thank you: 🕸️ @NewcastleHosps colleagues 🕸️ Professor Sir John Burn (@CaPP3) 🕸️ @halfpennyjill, voice of Geordie Hospital 🕸️ Cragside Primary School children's choir 🕸️ North East Legion UK for arranging the Star Wars characters 🕸️ Plus our fancy-dress Elsa and Spiderman
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Great to see our @wcrfint project findings published in @BMCMedicine today📄 We found that greater adherence to the WCRF/AICR Cancer Prevention Recommendations was associated with lower risk of all cancers combined and of 7 individual cancers @S_parrasoto @carloscelism @fredho42
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An Irishman had the last laugh at his funeral with a gag from beyond the grave that had mourners in tears of laughter. Shay Bradley organized the recording that was done in one take, over a year before the funeral to be played after his coffin was lowered to the ground
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⁦@NewcastleHosps⁩ Freeman Hospital Festive lights are ON. Thanks to Cragside Choir, the children from Ward 23, the Star Wars team, Elsa and Spider-Man and the lovely Jill Halfpenny, voice of Geordie Hospital, here with Jill Baker, chair of Newcastle Hospitals Charity
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Howay the lads!
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