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Personal profile
Research Focus
I am a Queen's Vice Chancellor's Fellow and a Cancer Research UK Fellow working within the Cancer Epidemiology Research Group at the Centre for Public Health. My research interests are in the field of pharmacoepidemiology and cancer epidemiology.
My main research areas draw upon large electronic healthcare databases and statistical methods to (1) identify commonly used medications that influence the risk of cancer and cancer outcomes and (2) evaluate the safety of cancer treatments.
My current research programme has a focus on urological cancers. I currently hold a Cancer Research UK Postdoctoral Fellowship (2017-2020) which aims to investigate the role of commonly used medications on renal cell carcinoma risk and progression, as well as other lifestyle factors, using large healthcare databases such as the Clinical Practice Research Datalink and the UK Biobank.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Devlopment Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Exposure to Ranitidine and Risk of Bladder Cancer: A Nested Case-Control Study
Cardwell, C., McDowell, R., Hughes, C., Hicks, B. & Murchie, P., Aug 2021, In: American Journal of Gastroenterology. 116, 8, p. 1612-1619 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hormone replacement therapy in women with cancer and risk of cancer-specific mortality and cardiovascular disease: a protocol for a cohort study from Scotland and Wales
McMenamin, Ú., Hicks, B., Hughes, C., Murchie, P., Hippisley-Cox, J., Ranger, T., Coupland, C. & Cardwell, C., 24 Mar 2021, In: BMC Cancer. 21, 1, 6 p., 313.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hormone therapy use and the risk of acute kidney injury in patients with prostate cancer: a population-based cohort study
Cardwell, C. R., O'Sullivan, J. M., Jain, S., Hicks, B. M., Devine, P. A. & McMenamin, Ú. C., 26 Mar 2021, (Early online date) In: Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Roles of allostatic load, lifestyle and clinical risk factors in mediating the association between education and coronary heart disease risk in Europe
Hicks, B., Veronesi, G., Ferrario, M. M., Forrest, H., Whitehead, M., Diderichsen, F., Tunstall-Pedoe, H., Kuulasmaa, K., Sans, S., Salomaa, V., Thorand, B., Peters, A., Soderberg, S., Cesana, G., Bobak, M., Lacoviello, L., Palmieri, L., Zeller, T., Blankenberg, S. & Kee, F., 28 May 2021, (Early online date) In: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Use of Incretin-Based Therapies and Cancer-Specific Risk in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Systematic Review
McGuckin, N., Cardwell, C. & Hicks, B., 2021, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Prizes
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QUB MHLS Faculty Postdoctoral Prize for Research Excellence
Hicks, Blánaid (Recipient), Sep 2018
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Reviewer of the Year: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug safety
Hicks, Blánaid (Recipient), 2016
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Reviewer of the Year: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Hicks, Blánaid (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Patrick G. Johnson Centre for Cancer Research (Organisational unit)
Blánaid Hicks (Advisor)
2021 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of external research organisation
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International Journal of Epidemiology (Journal)
Blánaid Hicks (Peer reviewer)
2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Centre for Public Health (Organisational unit)
Blánaid Hicks (Advisor)
2021 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Nirmala Boopathy
Blánaid Hicks (Host)
01 Mar 2021 → 28 Feb 2024Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
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Queen's University Belfast (Organisational unit)
Blánaid Hicks (Advisor)
2021 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of external research organisation