Tuberculosis: vaccines, diagnostics and experience

Weston Library Broad Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

The University of Oxford is marking the 100th anniversary of the death of Franz Kafka with a programme of activities celebrating his works and enduring legacy. Kafka died in 1924 of tuberculosis, which remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, not least because of the prevalence of drug-resistant strains of TB. Researchers at the... READ MORE

Joint BRC Open Day 2024

Westgate Oxford Queen St, Oxford, United Kingdom

Step into the future of healthcare at our Open Day event 🌟 Join us at the Westgate Centre in Oxford on Thursday 30 May. We are teaming up with Oxford Health BRC to showcase the exciting medical innovation that’s taking place in Oxford. Experience interactive stands showcasing the groundbreaking research that is driving change for... READ MORE

Meet the Researcher: online and in-person event

Botnar Institue for Musculoskeletal Sciences Windmill Road, Oxford, United Kingdom

We would like to invite you to our next Meet the Researcher event. We hope you can join us either in-person or online. This month, we have Dr Lakshanie Wickramasinghe coming to talk to us about new research for eye disease. Dr Patricia Logullo will be talking about the importance of members of public being... READ MORE

PUBLIC TALK: Figuring it out. How patient data can transform diagnosis, treatment and care in the NHS

Rewley House Department for Continuing Education, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford

Location: Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JA FREE entry, no booking required. Refreshments at 5.40pm for a 6pm start. Event Overview: How is your healthcare data being used? It’s a contentious topic, with fears around patient confidentiality, but the patient data held by the NHS is an incredibly rich resource for understanding and fighting... READ MORE

PUBLIC TALK: How can sleep point the way to better Parkinson’s care?

Rewley House Department for Continuing Education, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford

Location: Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JA FREE entry, no booking required. Refreshments at 5.40pm for a 6pm start. Event Overview: Long before symptoms appear, the body can give us clues if someone will develop Parkinson’s disease. In this talk, Professor Michele Hu will explain how research has shown that people with REM sleep... READ MORE

Webinar: Ask Your Questions about the Latest Research into Depression

Online

The public are invited to a webinar to ask questions of leading specialists about the latest research into treatment and management of depression. Prof Michael Browning and Prof Barney Dunn will take questions in an online ‘ask the expert’ event. The public can ask their questions in advance or during the event about the latest... READ MORE

PUBLIC TALK: Understanding Inflammation. A patient-centred perspective.

Rewley House Department for Continuing Education, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford

FREE entry, no booking required. Refreshments at 5.45pm for a 6pm start. Event Overview  What is inflammation and why you should care about it? Gut, skin, joints, brain – inflammation can affect various parts of the body. But for too long we have treated them separately. Now we are looking at treatments that recognise the... READ MORE

PUBLIC EVENT: Find out about stroke and dementia research

Templars Square, Cowley Templars Square 129, Pound Way,, Oxford, United Kingdom

Come to Templars Square, Cowley, and meet our research teams to find out about the amazing research we are doing into Stroke, delirium, dementia and Parkinson’s disease. You can also find out how you can take part in our studies, help improve our understanding of these conditions and play your part in developing better diagnoses... READ MORE

PUBLIC TALK: Technology for acute medical care at home -can we really replace the hospital?

Said Business School University of Oxford, Park End St,, Oxford

In this talk, Professor Dan Lasserson will outline how digital innovations and technologies that have benefitted patients in hospital can be deployed in the home and care home. He will explain how they can deliver more patient-focused and personalised solutions, but there are questions that researchers need to answer so we can understand how best to develop this model of care.

Patient and Public Involvement in Oxfordshire Lunchtime Workshop

Online

Join us for this workshop, run by the Council for Allied Health Professions Research (CAHPR), that gives a flavour of working with patients and public in research in Oxfordshire. As well as defining patient and public involvement in research, two public contributors from Oxfordshire will outline their experiences of working with various clinical research projects... READ MORE

How to involve men in service design, delivery, and research

Online

Ensuring that health services, research and education meet the needs of people from all walks of life is vital. To achieve this, patients, their families and carers, alongside health and care staff, all need to work together. This webinar is the second of our two-part series focusing on men’s health. It will explore how health... READ MORE