DrBen Jacob
Lecturer (Clinical)
General Practice
RESEARCH OVERVIEW
Ben's work has been focused on early detection of cancer in the primary care setting. He has led the development of a "Stakeholder Group for Primary Care Research into Cancer" (SPARC) and data infrastructure in this area. In 2023 he won the Maria Kidney Cancer Research Bursary for "An Overview of Primary Care Focused Cancer Research on the Island of Ireland". His doctoral work centres around identifying the "Optimal Risk prediction tool for Assessing low-dose CT Lung cancer screening Eligibility" (ORACLE) for use in an Irish context.
Methodological expertise:
• Secondary analysis of routine healthcare data
• Regression analysis
• Health economic modelling
• Statistical programming using R
Methodological expertise:
• Secondary analysis of routine healthcare data
• Regression analysis
• Health economic modelling
• Statistical programming using R
GRANTS
- FUNDED PROJECTEvidence-informed, data-driven exercise to estimate interstitial lung disease (ILD) prevalence, incidence and population burden of diseaseHealth Service Executive1 Jan 2025 - 31 May 2026
- FUNDED PROJECTProtocol to develop a specialised curriculum in primary care cancer research – the PRiCAN Scholars Network in an Irish medical schoolIrish College of General Practitioners - ICGP17 Dec 2024 - 16 Dec 2026
- FUNDED PROJECTCa-PRI Conference 2024 and Collaboration with University of Melbourne Cancer in Primary CareIrish Cancer Society1 Oct 2023 - 31 May 2024