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May 2021
Introduction to Health Economic Evaluation
We are pleased to offer this short course online. This course is for health professionals and health researchers who want to understand the basics of health economics and its relevance to the health service. No previous knowledge of economics is required. For further information and booking details visit the HERC website.
Find out more »Personalised Medicine in Practice: Genes, Behaviour and Metabolic Health
Join the Centre for Personalised Medicine (CPM) and Oxford Metabolic Health to hear speakers from Oxford and across the UK share their insights into how our genes, microbiome and behaviour shape metabolic health, with a keynote address on ‘Twins, microbes and personalised nutrition’ from Professor Tim Spector, KCL. For more details and to register, go to the CPM website.
Find out more »September 2021
Tackling COVID-19 together: Building a multi-disciplinary approach to help vaccinate the world
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated an intense research effort, which by one estimate has generated more than half a million research publications to date. Much of the COVID-19 research undertaken has been within traditional academic disciplines, but tackling COVID-19 effectively, and dealing with its long-term health and economic impacts, will require a multi-disciplinary research effort. The purpose of this symposium is to provide a multi-disciplinary forum focusing on effective ways to promote vaccine uptake and to ensure public support for…
Find out more »November 2021
Introduction to the academic leadership at the NIHR Academy
The NIHR Academy invites Academy members, NIHR colleagues, and interested stakeholders to a webinar introducing our new Dean and Associate Deans. The webinar will be an opportunity to hear from our academic leadership team about the work they are involved in and insight from their own academic careers as well as current and future plans for academic career development across NIHR. This will be followed by an open Q&A session. For more details and to register, please follow this link.
Find out more »NIHR Academy Members’ Conference
Save the date! Join us on 23 and 24 November 2021 for two days packed with exciting speakers, skills sessions and networking opportunities. The focus of the conference will be health and care research as it relates to people with multiple long-term conditions. The event will take place in our virtual conference hall and all speaker events and panel discussions will be online. There will still be the chance for members to network through the online portal. NIHR Academy Members…
Find out more »March 2022
Oxford BRC Obesity, Diet and Lifestyle theme networking event 2022
The BRC Obesity, Diet and Lifestyle theme welcomes researchers across Oxford who have an interest in this area of research to meet in-person and share their latest work at this free of charge event. Agenda 12:15-13:00 Lunch 13:00-14:00 Prof Lucilla Poston CBE Head of School of Life Course and Population Sciences, King’s College London Obesity in pregnancy; consequences for mother, fetus and child 14:00-15:00 Short Talks – Session 1 Costa Christodoulides - RDM RSPO3 impacts body fat distribution and regulates…
Find out more »Protected Writing Time for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Care Professionals
This three-day writing retreat is sponsored by the Oxford BRC and is open to all nurses, midwives and allied health care professionals at any career stage, working at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust who need time and space to focus on writing without interruption. We provide you with a mentor to guide you with your writing and all refreshments. The core hours are 10:00–16:00, but you can access the building between 8:30–18:00. 15 places are available with a deadline…
Find out more »May 2022
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia
This online masterclass is being offered by the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute at the University of Oxford. It will be delivered by Professor Colin Espie, Dr Dimitri Gavriloff, Dr Simon Kyle and Dr Lizzie Hill. There will be a series of talks and workshops, allowing plenty of time for discussion and interaction. Fees for the course are £300 but we are offering 10 bursaries for NMAHPs. Apply now. For more information, follow this link.
Find out more »The 21st Century Translation Dementia Research Conference
The 21st Century Translation Dementia Research conference aims to link aims to link up experts from Dementia Research Oxford, academia, non-profit organisations and industry to explore the current challenges in Translational Dementia Research. Topics include: experimental medicine, human based translational research, clinical trial recruitment, adaptive clinical trial design, linking UK infrastructure, big data and multi-omics approaches, patient and cohort analysis, genomics, clinical phenotypes, biomarkers and disease progression. The overall objective is to forge collaborations that can increase capacity and capability…
Find out more »June 2022
NIHR Oxford BRC Virtual Symposium: Levelling Up
Levelling up: Evidence-based approaches to reducing inequalities in health and access to care Hosted by the Health Economics Research Centre. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing inequalities and given rise to new ones. Tackling health and economic inequalities effectively in the post-pandemic United Kingdom will require policies based on solid evidence. The purpose of this symposium is to provide a multi-disciplinary forum focusing on effective ways to ‘level up’, from what is known to evidence gaps that future research should address.…
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