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Oxford researchers meet patients to discuss new Advanced Cellular Therapies Centre

29 January 2021 · Listed under Gene and Cell Therapy, Oxford Blood Group

Oxford researchers have met with members of the Oxford Blood Group to discuss plans for an Advanced Cellular Therapies Centre. Plans for the creation of an Oxford Advanced Cellular Therapies Centre have been supported by NIHR Research Capability Funding. The proposed centre will bring together ... READ MORE

COVID-19 ‘matching service’ increased public involvement in research, HRA finds

20 January 2021 · Listed under COVID-19, Partnerships for Health, Wealth and Innovation, Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement

The Health Research Authority (HRA) has found that levels of public involvement in COVID-19 research increased following the introduction of a public involvement matching service, in a report published last week. A group of public contributors from the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre took ... READ MORE

Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals appointed to new research training programme

9 November 2020 · Listed under Other News

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The Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has appointed four Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals (NMAHPs) to take part in a pilot programme to develop their research skills and knowledge. Each appointee will spend five months working on a digital health research project in a ... READ MORE

Oxford study reveals medium-term impact of COVID-19

19 October 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Imaging

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Initial findings from a study looking at the longer-term impact of COVID-19 have shown that a large proportion of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital were still experiencing symptoms of breathlessness, fatigue, anxiety and depression two to three months after contracting the virus. The ... READ MORE

New national study into the long-term health impacts of COVID-19

8 July 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Imaging, Other News, Respiratory Medicine

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A major UK research study - PHOSP-COVID, will investigate the long-term health impacts of COVID-19 on hospitalised patients. The new study has been awarded £8.4 million jointly by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The PHOSP-COVID study is ... READ MORE

First patient recruited for key drug treatment trial

4 June 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Respiratory Medicine

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A clinical trial to test whether Azithromycin, a commonly used antibiotic, can treat the symptoms of COVID-19 in outpatients has recruited its first patient. The ATOMIC2 trial, which is being led from Oxford, will enrol 800 people who are being assessed at hospital with COVID-19 but felt well ... READ MORE

BRC researchers complete Next Generation Leaders Programme

20 May 2020 · Listed under Other News

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Researchers supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre have successfully completed the Next Generation Leaders Programme, a new initiative that was commissioned and designed by the BRC to enable early and mid-career researchers and health professionals to develop key skills in ... READ MORE

Social disconnection worsens mental health after a loss

18 May 2020 · Listed under Preventive Neurology

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Keeping grief hidden can be a survival strategy after suffering a bereavement. However new research shows that the social disconnection caused by concealing feelings of loss can increase psychological distress. After bereavement people can feel afraid of opening up about their grief to others. ... READ MORE

BRC Technology Co-theme Lead appointed as NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme Director

13 May 2020 · Listed under Digital Health from Hospital to Home

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Professor Andrew Farmer, the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre’s Co-theme Lead for Technology and Digital Health and an experienced general practitioner, begins a new role with the NIHR on 1 June 2020 as Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme Director. He will take over from Professor Hywel ... READ MORE

BRC Senior Research Fellows take part in masterclass on ‘leading change’

7 May 2020 · Listed under Other News

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The Oxford Biomedical Research Centre’s Senior Research Fellows have taken part in a leadership masterclass led by Professor Sue Dopson, Rhodes Trust Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Deputy Dean of the Saïd Business School. The aim of the BRC’s Senior Research Fellowships is to support ... READ MORE

Managing clinical trials in a pandemic: interview with Prof Duncan Richards

5 May 2020 · Listed under COVID-19

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Professor Duncan Richards, who is Director of the Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit (OCTRU) as well as the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre’s Musculoskeletal Co-theme Lead, is at the forefront of Oxford’s strategy on clinical trials for COVID-19. In this interview with the Nuffield ... READ MORE

Oxford-based citizen science project reaches three million classifications in fight against antibiotic resistance

24 April 2020 · Listed under Modernising Medical Microbiology and Big Infection Diagnostics

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The Bash the Bug citizen science project has achieved three million classifications, after seeing a rapid increase in participation over the last two months. Hosted on the Zooniverse platform, Bash the Bug has over 20,000 volunteers worldwide helping researchers to understand and predict which ... READ MORE

Childhood obesity increases the risk of fracture new study finds

21 April 2020 · Listed under Musculoskeletal

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Overweight or obese pre-school children have a higher risk of bone fractures during childhood than those of normal range weight according to a new study published in the Journal of Bone & Mineral Research and supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. The increasing prevalence ... READ MORE

Oxford-led research describes the safety profile and potential harms of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin

16 April 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Translational Data Science

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Over 300 researchers from the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) international community studied data from almost 1 million patients who have previously taken hydroxychloroquine. They declared hydroxychloroquine safe for short-term use, but urge caution in using it in ... READ MORE

Researchers identify a new blood-based test to help predict Parkinson’s disease

14 April 2020 · Listed under Preventive Neurology

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Research carried out in Oxford has led to the development of a new way to test for Parkinson’s disease before the main symptoms occur. This could allow clinicians to identify patients who would benefit from precision therapies that are currently at clinical trial stage. Parkinson’s disease is the ... READ MORE

Molecular Diagnostics theme hosts cancer genomics and immunology seminar

28 February 2020 · Listed under Molecular Diagnostics

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The Molecular Diagnostics theme hosted a very successful seminar, ‘Advanced personalised therapies in gynaecological cancers’, at St Hugh’s College in February 2020. The meeting covered the genomics and immunology of cancer along with the emerging topic of advanced therapeutic medicinal products ... READ MORE

All-singing all-dancing research at the Oxford Science and Ideas Festival

31 October 2019 · Listed under Other News, Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement

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Oxford BRC-supported researchers have been sharing stories from their work through music and dance at IF Oxford, the Oxford Science and Ideas Festival. As part of the festival’s programme of over 100 events, the Oxford BRC supported a dance performance for primary school children and their ... READ MORE

Achieving Type 2 diabetes treatment targets would improve health and reduce healthcare costs

8 August 2019 · Listed under Metabolic Experimental Medicine, Other News, Translational Data Science

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Improvements in health and reductions in healthcare costs could be achieved if blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol treatment targets were met. Researchers from the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, assessed the long-term impact of achieving treatment ... READ MORE

Oxford Blood Group: Exchange Newsletter Issue 3 vol 1 / June 2019

9 July 2019 · Listed under Oxford Blood Group

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Summary of the Crohn’s & Colitis Open Evening

23 April 2019 · Listed under Molecular Diagnostics

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On Thursday 7th February 2019, over 170 members of the public affected by Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis attended a ‘Crohn’s and Colitis Open Evening’ at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Below is a PDF summary of the event plus a slideshow with slides from the Powerpoint presentation ... READ MORE

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