Some notes from Vaughan Evans (FS/AC 72-76):

"In October 1976 I started at Imperial College, following in the footsteps of my father, who had attended there as a doctoral student thirty years earlier. I found there was a sharp transition from the life I knew growing up in West Cumbria to living in central London; however, there were others from my cohort at St Bees School, also on undergraduate courses in the city, with whom I kept in contact. The early years of my career, likewise, followed a similar path to my father. I worked at UKAEA for several years until, by dint of postgraduate training in Glasgow, I moved into medical research, where I have been mostly since. My interest was in epidemiology, and having read much published work by Sir Richard Doll and colleagues at Oxford, I applied for a post there in 1993 and was recruited to work on systematic reviews of the treatment of cancer and leukaemia.

I had interesting conversations with Sir Richard, who worked continuously up until a few weeks before his death in July 2005, aged 92; many were about St Bees and Cumbria more generally. His father had wanted to send him to St Bees School, in part on account of the opportunities for varied outdoor sports and activities; however, the wishes of his mother prevailed and he went to Westminster School, which was considerably nearer. Doll's studies on the harmful effects of tobacco were continued and updated by Sir Richard Peto and colleagues.

I continue to work on the systematic reviews of the treatment of cancer, although I have in more recent years worked on some other projects."

 

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