Winton Centre Cambridge

14 Jan

The Risky Business of Reporting Risk: a new article by Ilan Goodman

Ilan Goodman writes for medical journalists on how best to report health statistics

19 Sep

Why Doctors Are Bad At Stats — And How That Could Affect Your Health

A new blog and podcast from María del Carmen Climént Palmer on the problem of the lack of numerical and statistical training in medical schools, and the effects it can have on patients.

13 Sep

Our work on the wording of genetic reports for cystic fibrosis carrier testing is published

Genetic test reports are typically very difficult to understand, being full of technical terms that non-specialists don't understand. Our work on improving this situation is now published.

11 Sep

Two job opportunities within the Winton Centre!

We are now inviting applications for both a postgraduate and a postdoctoral psychologist to join the team for a year.

25 Jul

New review article: How to communicate evidence to patients

Alex Freeman has written a commissioned review summarising the evidence on medical risk communication, which has just been published (Open Access)

22 Jul

New publication: Information about certainty of a weather forecast helped decision making

David Spiegelhalter helped design a citizen science 'game' with the Met Office which has revealed that adding information about the certainty of a weather forecast helped people make better decisions.

15 Jul

Job vacancy at the Winton Centre

The Winton Centre are hiring a postdoctoral psychologist to work on the communication of seismic risk.

28 Oct

The risks of alcohol (again)

David wrote a blog on the recent paper published by the Lancet demonstrating the global impact of alcohol consumption. This was a huge exercise from the Gates Foundation-funded Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in Seattle. Read more ...