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Dr Emma Allott

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Dr Emma Allott

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Dr Emma Allott is a molecular cancer epidemiologist whose research integrates epidemiologic methods and design with molecular tumour profiling to identify mechanisms linking dietary and lifestyle factors with cancer risk and progression.

She directs -omics and immunohistochemistry analyses of archival tissue specimens to generate molecular epidemiology resources, and leads a research program focused on the role of statin use, high serum cholesterol and dysregulated tumour lipid metabolism in prostate cancer progression.

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 2054
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  • Integrate molecular and epidemiological data

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  • Drinking alcohol may make prostate cancer more aggressive

  • Researcher in focus - Cancer.ie

  • Statin effect in prostate cancer may be caused by reduced inflammation


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