Professor releases Christmas album to raise money for prostate cancer

Professor James Clark, a member of the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences, collaborated with fellow colleagues to present a performance of the song “Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree” on the album. The performance included a special guest cameo from Professor Shitij Kapur, Vice-Chancellor & President of King’s College.

Professor Clark recorded the 20-track album includes some rock, pop, blues and traditional Christmas songs (such as White Christmas, The Christmas Song and the title track Silent Night) all wrapped up for the festivities at his home in Sussex.

In the previous year, Professor Clark successfully raised over £2,000 for Prostate Cancer UK, a charity with personal significance to him due to his father’s diagnosis three years ago. In the current year, he aims to surpass that achievement and raise even more.

Prostate cancer continues to kill men every year. This is such an important issue, I want to do everything I can to support the hard work and valuable research scientists are conducting to combat this cancer and spread some Christmas cheer at the same time. I’m proud to release this album and hope people will enjoy listening to some free Christmas tunes while donating to a good cause.

Professor James Clark

“The album is available to stream for free from SoundCloud, and those who have enjoyed the music are invited to visit the Just Giving page to contribute to the cause.”

“1 in 8 men will get prostate cancer. If you’re over 50, or you’re black, or your dad or brother had it, you’re at even higher risk. Prostate cancer is not always life-threatening. But when it is, the earlier you catch it the more likely it is to be cured.”

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Sources: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/professor-releases-christmas-album-to-raise-money-for-prostate-cancer