Contact information
Kirstin Pirie
BSc MSc
Statistical Programmer
Kirstin Pirie works primarily on the Million Women Study and the International Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer. Her main area of research interest concerns the effects of smoking on various health outcomes.
Kirstin joined the Cancer Epidemiology Unit (CEU) in 2005, after completing an MSc in Statistics with Applications in Medicine at the University of Southampton.
Recent publications
The aetiology of breast cancer subtypes: results from the Million Women Study.
Journal article
Reeves G. et al, (2025), Breast Cancer Res, 28
Sex differences in cancer incidence: prospective analyses in the UK Biobank.
Journal article
Khan M. et al, (2025), Br J Cancer, 133, 216 - 226
Sex differences in cancer incidence: Prospective analyses in the UK Biobank
Journal article
Khan M. et al, (2024), CANCER RESEARCH, 84
Combined and progestagen-only hormonal contraceptives and breast cancer risk: A UK nested case-control study and meta-analysis.
Journal article
Fitzpatrick D. et al, (2023), PLoS Med, 20
Response to Moskowitz and Birnbaum, Taylor, Baldwin, et al.
Other
Schüz J. et al, (2022), J Natl Cancer Inst, 114, 1555 - 1556

