Victoria King
victoriaking.bsky.social
Victoria King
@victoriaking.bsky.social
Director of Funding and Impact, Barts Charity. Chair of Board, Guts UK.
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This #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth🎀 we're announcing a £16.6m investment for a dedicated Breast Cancer Centre based at St Bartholomew's Hospital.

This will change local breast cancer care for generations to come.

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October 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Researchers at @qmul.ac.uk, @qmulfmd.bsky.social Barts Health NHS Trust, and @ucl.ac.uk have developed a Targeted Thermal Therapy (Triple T) – a minimally invasive procedure that could cure a hidden cause of high blood pressure in just 20 minutes!

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February 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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A software tool developed by @qmul-ceg.bsky.social helps GP practices in NE London reach more children with timely #MMR vaccination. This shows the potential of data-driven solutions to enhance public health and improve vaccination uptake in the UK. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Improving the timeliness and equity of preschool childhood vaccinations: Mixed methods evaluation of a quality improvement programme in primary care
We conducted a mixed methods evaluation to assess whether implementing a primary care quality improvement (QI) programme utilising a digital call-and-…
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December 9, 2024 at 10:05 AM
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It’s a big day for @genesandhealth.bsky.social @samcbhodgson.bsky.social @moneeza-ks.bsky.social Genes & Health, with @ Sam Hodgson, Moneeza Kalhan Siddiqui and I, as we publish our paper rdcu.be/d1vj0 on the genetic basis of #type2diabetes & #gestationaldiabetes (#T2D and #GDM) in south Asians. A🧵
Genetic basis of early onset and progression of type 2 diabetes in South Asians
Nature Medicine - In a cohort of 50,556 South Asian individuals, partitioned polygenic scores helped identify genetic susceptibility to insulin deficiency and unfavorable fat distribution as key...
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November 26, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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A #genetic predisposition to having lower insulin production and less healthy fat distribution are major causes of early-onset #type2diabetes in British Asian people, according to new #research from our colleagues in the Genes & Health team.
November 26, 2024 at 10:48 AM