Dr Becky Birch

Profile

I am currently a researcher in Dr Amy Downing’s group, working on the CORECT-R programme. My work focuses on quantifying outcome inequities in colorectal cancer with a particular interest in multimorbidity, frailty and age. I received my PhD in Cancer Epidemiology from the University of Leeds in 2013 for a project titled Teenage and young adult cancer in England – the patient journey and experience. I was apointed a NICE Scholar for the year 2017 and through this now sit on the NICE Adoption and Impact panel.

Research interests

I am a researcher in Dr Amy Downing’s group, working on the CORECT-R programme (https://bci.leeds.ac.uk/), where I work to quantify inequities in colorectal cancer with a particular interest in the management of older patients and those with multimorbidity. I use linked population level, routinely collected, datasets to examine the characteristics, treatments and outcomes for colorectal cancer nationally and describe variation. 

Qualifications

• PhD Cancer Epidemiology, University of Leeds, 2013
• BSc (Hons) Human Genetics, University of Leeds, 2010

Professional memberships

• NICE Adoption and Impact Programme Reference Panel member

Student education

I supervise first year medical students on a Special Studies Project and am currently involved in supervison on the Medicine MRes and ESREP programmes.

Research groups and institutes

• Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St James's
• Cancer Epidemiology Group
• Pathology and Data Analytics