Professor Kate Brain is a health psychologist and world leader in cancer early detection behavioural research. She has extensive experience in using complex interventions frameworks to optimise cancer early detection behaviour and address inequalities through innovative community-based solutions. She is UK Chair for the US/UK Multi-Cancer Early Detection Consortium Health Equity work group (MCED Consortium). Kate has been a senior member of Cancer Research UK’s Early Detection and Diagnosis Research Committee since 2020, and in 2023 joined the World Health Organisation’s European Code Against Cancer expert working group on communication and health literacy. She advises NHS England on the Targeted Lung Health Check programme. Since 2015 Kate has led the strategic direction of cancer behavioural science research in Wales, with infrastructure funding spanning the Wales Cancer Research Centre and Primary and Emergency Care Research Centre, funded by Welsh Government through Health and Care Research Wales. Her research portfolio includes international studies of cancer awareness, understanding and addressing socioeconomic disparities in cancer help-seeking, lung cancer screening and smoking cessation among high-risk populations, and the impact of the pandemic on cancer attitudes and behaviours.Kate holds a number of senior leadership roles including Screening, Prevention and Early Diagnosis Lead within the Division of Population Medicine, Associate Director of Cardiff University’s College of Biomedical and Life Sciences Population Health Research theme, and Cancer Research Strategy for Wales Senior Leadership Theme Lead for Population health-based cancer prevention and early diagnosis. Webpage: Professor Katherine Brain - People - Cardiff UniversityX (formerly Twitter): @Katebrain