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Dr Diana Withrow

Assistant Professor

United Kingdom

I am an epidemiologist conducting methodological development and health services research using 'big data'. In September 2024 I joined the Clinical Effectiveness Unit (CEU), a collaboration between LSHTM and the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSEng). Within the National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre (NATCAN), I am a methodologist for the National Audit of Primary Breast Cancer (NAoPri) and the National Audit of Metastatic Breast Cancer (NAoMe).

 

Prior to joining the CEU, I have held research positions at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford and in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics at the U.S. National Cancer Institute. 

 

I hold a BScH in Life Sciences from Queen's University (Canada), an MSc in Epidemiology from LSHTM and PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Toronto.

Affiliations

Department of Health Services Research and Policy
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Research

Research Area
Epidemiology
Health services research
Health care policy
Health inequalities
Applied statistics (medical)
Medical and vital statistics
Disease and Health Conditions
Cancer
Country
Canada
United States of America
United Kingdom

Selected Publications

Age, patient experience and satisfaction with breast cancer care: a cohort study using linked national cancer patient experience survey and cancer registry data.
Blacker, S; WITHROW, DR; Boyle, JM; Wang, L; Delon, C; Medina, J; Horgan, K; Dodwell, D; Verrill, M; Lemanska, A; Frampton, AE; CROMWELL, DA;
2026
BMJ open
Evaluation of methods to classify ipsilateral breast tumour recurrences as local recurrence or new primary tumour.
Blacker, S; Boyle, JM; Wang, L; WITHROW, DR; Delon, C; Dodwell, D; Verrill, M; Lemanska, A; Pinder, SE; Frampton, AE; Horgan, K; CROMWELL, DA;
2026
NPJ breast cancer
The National Audit of Metastatic Breast Cancer (NAoMe): Sharing Key Findings and Recommendations From the 2025 State of the Nation Report.
HANBURY, G; WITHROW, D; Boyle, J; Wang, L; CROMWELL, D; Delon, C; Horgan, K; Verrill, M; Dodwell, D;
2026
Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain))
Determinants of geographic variation in the incidence of adult nonmalignant meningioma in the United States, 2010-2019.
WITHROW, DR; Boyle, J; Linet, MS; Pittman Ballard, CA; Cioffi, G; Kruchko, C; Miller, DL; Petkov, VI; Price, M; Waite, K; Ostrom, QT; Barnholtz-Sloan, JS;
2025
Cancer
Long-term psychological and neurological outcomes among people with a history of non-malignant meningioma in the UK Biobank cohort.
WITHROW, DR; Al-Huda, FS; Bulbeck, H; BHASKARAN, K; Grant, R; Ali, U; Pretorius, P; Oke, JL; Nicholson, BD;
2025
Neuro-Oncology Advances
Sociodemographic Inequalities in Blood Cancer Survival in Wales.
Allen, J; Capel, R; WITHROW, D; Hoang, J; Thomas, R; Smits, S; Cox, S; Bygrave, C;
2025
Studies in health technology and informatics
The National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre (NATCAN): improving the quality of National Health Service cancer care in England and Wales.
AGGARWAL, A; CROMWELL, D; Nossiter, J; VAN DER MEULEN, J; WALKER, K; NATCAN audit teams,;
2025
Lancet Oncol
Author Correction: Five ways to enhance the diversity and quality of health data.
Quattroni, P; Routen, A; Alderman, J; Argent, C; Cusworth, S; Dambha-Miller, H; Drummond, R; Denniston, A; Ganguli, P; Hamilton, N; Ideh, U; Khalid, S; Kwok, A; Laws, E; Liu, X; Nafilyan, V; Palmer, J; Pineda-Moncusi, M; Sampri, A; Tibble, H; Torabi, F; Valabhji, J; WITHROW, D; Welsh, C; Wood, AM; ... Khunti, K.
2025
Nature medicine
Five ways to enhance the diversity and quality of health data.
Quattroni, P; Routen, A; Alderman, J; Argent, C; Cusworth, S; Dambha-Miller, H; Drummond, R; Denniston, A; Ganguli, P; Hamilton, N; Ideh, U; Khalid, S; Kwok, A; Laws, E; Liu, X; Nafilyan, V; Palmer, J; Pineda-Moncusi, M; Sampri, A; Tibble, H; Torabi, F; Valabhji, J; WITHROW, D; Welsh, C; Wood, AM; ... Khunti, K.
2025
Nature medicine
Adult brain cancer incidence patterns: A comparative study between Japan and Japanese Americans.
Sigel, B; WITHROW, DR; Veiga, LH S; Saito, E; Matsuda, T; Katanoda, K;
2025
International journal of cancer
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