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Open day to show the value of research
News published on June 6, 2022
NIHR Oxford and Oxford Health BRCs hold Joint Open Day in 5 July to increase awareness about the benefits of BRC-funded medical research
Dementia sufferer’s daughter calls for research volunteers
News published on May 20, 2022
A retired Oxfordshire IT trainer who is taking part in a dementia study after seeing her mum with the disease has urged others to participate in research
Expansion of the Oxford Joint Research Office
News published on April 8, 2022
Oxford’s Joint Research Office (JRO) has expanded to include teams from Oxford Health (OH) NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford Brookes University (OBU), joining the clinical research support teams from the University of Oxford (OU) and Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust.
Breakthrough success in provision of automated psychological therapy using virtual reality (VR)
News published on April 6, 2022
In a landmark development, psychological therapy has been automated in virtual reality. With the user guided by a virtual coach, there is no need for a real-life therapist, meaning the treatment can reach many more patients.
New funding for Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility
News published on March 2, 2022
The Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility (OH CRF) has been awarded more than £4 million over the next five years by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The OH CRF is one of 28 facilities across England to benefit from nearly £161 million that has been awarded to expand early phase clinical research delivery in NHS hospitals.
Novavax COVID-19 vaccine researched in Oxford approved in UK by MHRA
News published on February 4, 2022
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has authorised Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in the UK.
Preliminary findings show ‘count me in’ is making research more inclusive at Oxford Health
News published on January 12, 2022
Oxford Health’s innovative ‘count me in’ pilot project is having a positive effect on research recruitment according to a letter published in the journal Evidence Based Mental Health.
People with long COVID after hospitalisation face limited recovery after one year
News published on December 16, 2021
People who were hospitalised with COVID-19 and continued to experience symptoms five months later show limited further recovery one year after hospital discharge, according to the latest results of a major national study looking at the long-term health impacts of COVID-19 on hospitalised patients.
PUPS study identifies factors linked to health anxiety
News published on December 16, 2021
The results of an Oxford Health study exploring health anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic have been published in the International Journal of Social Psychiatry.
Take part in a new wellbeing study to access personalised mindfulness and physical activity programmes
News published on November 30, 2021
PAIDEIA* is a new evidence-based study exploring the impact on wellbeing of mindfulness exercises and physical activity. We need you to take part!