Robert A Haward MB ChB DPH FFPH is Emeritus Professor of Cancer Studies at Leeds University. He qualified at Bristol University in 1968 and pursued a career in public health medicine in three district authorities before being appointed Regional Director of Public Health for Yorkshire from 1986 to 1994. He was then appointed Professor of Cancer Studies in Leeds until his retirement in 2006. He remains involved in national research activities. His academic career combined extensive national work developing cancer policies, with research interests in cancer services delivery. Much of this research used population-based data from the Northern and Yorkshire Cancer Registry and Information Service, of which he was.
