Jane Wardle

Leading behavioural scientist in the field of cancer preventionJane Wardle, who has died aged 64 from cancer, was an outstanding behavioural scientist in the field of cancer prevention. Alongside the clinical gifts of empathy, listening and insight into human motives, she had a rigorous, quantitative approach to research. She made major contributions to screening, early diagnosis and survivorship – maximising the chances of good longterm outcomes – in the process taking behavioural p