The Confidence Interval
The Confidence Interval podcast talks science, people, and population health.
We explore the research happening at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge and meet some of our researchers to find out what makes them tick.
Podcasting since 2024 • 11 episodes
The Confidence Interval
Latest Episodes
Brief Interval - meat, chicken nuggets, and a side order of type 2 diabetes
Chunxiao Li is a Research Associate at the Unit, and a lead author on a paper that investigated the association of meat consumption on type two diabetes.
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Brief Interval - the new technologies improving the outcomes of diabetes
Dr Charlotte Boughton is a Clinical Researcher at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS TrustCharlotte’s research focuses on the use of automated insulin delivery systems with the aim of improving outcomes...
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13:41
Brief Interval - Understanding the origins of gestational diabetes
Gestational diabetes occurs during pregnancy for a multitude of reasons, being overweight or obese can be a factor but some may be genetically predisposed to developing the condition. Researchers from the IMS Metabolic Research Lab...
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Brief Interval - the multiple morbidities of diabetes
One point 27 billion people are expected to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes by 2050. This week we’ll be hearing from researchers from the MRC Epidemiology Unit and the IMS Metabolic Research Laboratory, at the University of Cambri...
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The Confidence Interval - from the UN to weight loss research
In this episode of The Confidence Interval, Dr Marie Spreckley shares her journey from the UN to weight loss research.She discusses diverse communities being more involved in research programmes, how drugs for type 2 diabetes are being ...
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