NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
Enabling translational research through partnership
Imagine if you could find out if you were likely to have a heart attack in ten years’ time. Some 2.3 million people in the UK are living with coronary heart disease. Computed tomography (CT) heart scans are the recommended test for people with cardiac chest pain. These images assess narrowing and obstruction in the... READ MORE
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
Our first ever open day will offer a great opportunity to hear about how you can become involved in health research in our department. About the event You will be able to listen to researchers' updates on their current research projects, and have a tour of our laboratories to see the science in action. Over... READ MORE
Come and join us for our Open Day at the Westgate Centre in Oxford between 10am and 3.30pm on Wednesday 10th May. The event – held jointly with Oxford Health BRC – will allow members of the public to visit interactive stands showcasing some of the amazing research that takes place in Oxford for the... READ MORE
This free lecture with Professor David Leslie, Director of Ethics and Responsible Innovation Research at The Alan Turing Institute, explores whether health-related AI increases inequity. Everyone welcome. For more details and to register: conted.ox.ac.uk/events/view/effects-of-inequity-across-the-health-related-ai-innovation-lifecycle
Patients, the public and healthcare professionals are welcome to attend a Crohn’s & Colitis public information event taking place in Lecture Theatre 1, John Radcliffe Hospital and online, on Tuesday 21 March from 5.30pm to 7.30pm. Updates will be given on IBD research, care and management, with a Question and Answer session. For registration and... READ MORE
Building Partnerships with Creativity and Justice: Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in health care and research Are you connected to Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) and keen to know more and build partnerships? You are invited to join experts at Exeter University for an online introductory day. This is a co-designed... READ MORE
A webinar focusing on men's mental health and how health and care providers, and patients and service users, can best work effectively together. This webinar is the first of our two-part series focusing on men’s health. It will explore how health and care providers can involve men with mental ill health, and their families, in... READ MORE
Would you like to find out more about patient and public involvement (PPI) in research and how you can get involved and make a difference to health research? PPI staff Una Rennard (NIHR Oxford and Thames Valley Applied Research Collaboration) and Rachel Taylor (NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre) invite you to an informal session on... READ MORE
The Centre for Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care is one of three OxINMAHR Research Centres. The Centre hosts seminars with speakers presenting on a range of topics related to research in nursing, midwifery, health and social care. Speakers include a mix of external and internal speakers as well as PhD students, early career and senior... READ MORE
The Centre for Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care is one of three OxINMAHR Research Centres. The Centre hosts seminars with speakers presenting on a range of topics related to research in nursing, midwifery, health and social care. Speakers include a mix of external and internal speakers as well as PhD students, early career and senior... READ MORE
The Centre for Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care is one of three OxINMAHR Research Centres. The Centre hosts seminars with speakers presenting on a range of topics related to research in nursing, midwifery, health and social care. Speakers include a mix of external and internal speakers as well as PhD students, early career and senior... READ MORE
There is growing interest in the possibility of using blood-tests to detect cancer . If and when such tests become available, they could transform how we diagnose and look after people with cancer . This offers exciting possibilities, but also many potential pitfalls. Blood tests could be used to screen apparently healthy people for cancer... READ MORE
The Centre for Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care is one of three OxINMAHR Research Centres. The Centre hosts seminars with speakers presenting on a range of topics related to research in nursing, midwifery, health and social care. Speakers include a mix of external and internal speakers as well as PhD students, early career and... READ MORE
The Centre for Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care is one of three OxINMAHR Research Centres. The Centre hosts seminars with speakers presenting on a range of topics related to research in nursing, midwifery, health and social care. Speakers include a mix of external and internal speakers as well as PhD students, early career and... READ MORE
The Centre for Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care is one of three OxINMAHR Research Centres. The Centre hosts seminars with speakers presenting on a range of topics related to research in nursing, midwifery, health and social care. Speakers include a mix of external and internal speakers as well as PhD students, early career and... READ MORE
Stroke is the second largest cause of death worldwide, responsible for over six million deaths each year. A common cause of stroke is carotid artery disease, which can be treated in one of two ways: carotid artery surgery; or having a stent fitted, with a view to improving blood flow to the brain. Until recently,... READ MORE
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is not well understood, Although it is not a genetic disease, people are believed to differ in their genetic susceptibility to developing IBS, which affects the digestive system. It is known that people with IBS are more likely to suffer from a range of mental health problems, including anxiety and depression.... READ MORE
The public are invited to a webinar to ask questions of a leading haematology specialist about the latest research into sickle cell anaemia. Oxford BRC researcher, Consultant Haematologist and University of Oxford Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer Dr Noémi Roy will take questions in an ‘ask the expert’ event on Monday 11 July from 7pm to... READ MORE
The public are invited to a webinar to ask questions of a leading specialist about the latest research into stroke. Consultant Neurologist and University of Oxford Associate Professor Alastair Webb will take questions in an ‘ask the expert’ event on Thursday 7 July from 7pm to 7.45pm. Asking your questions will be Adrian Bodimeade, a Stroke... READ MORE
The NIHR Oxford and Oxford Health BRCs are excited to be holding a Joint Open Day at Oxford Town Hall on Tuesday 5 July between 13:00-17:00. Join us to find out about the amazing research taking place in Oxford, how it benefits NHS patients and how you can get involved in clinical trials. The event... READ MORE
Professor Kazem Rahimi, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Population Health, University of Oxford High blood pressure and type 2 diabetes are not only two common causes of premature death and disability, they often affect the same people during their life-time. But what is the link between them? Professor Rahimi’s talk will look at his research... READ MORE
A workshop organised by the Working Together Partnership for health and care staff and the public. Writing so that everyone understands what you want to communicate is a real skill. This is particularly true if you need to communicate complex ideas about health care or research, for example in patient information leaflets or factsheets. Writing... READ MORE
To mark Black History Month 2021, the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is sponsoring an online talk by health activist, social commentator and cultural historian Patrick Vernon OBE, who will be discussing Inequalities in Healthcare and Research. In this University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division talk, Patrick will consider healthcare inequalities through the lens... READ MORE
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.... READ MORE
What’s the difference between a public co-applicant and the other people involved in the PPI on a study? Should all studies have a public co-applicant? When is it a good idea to have a public co-applicant on a research study? What do public co-apps do? Who should they be? What support should be provided to... READ MORE
On 18 July 1921, at the Hôpital de la Charité in Paris, a newborn infant received a dose of an experimental vaccine called Bacille Calmette-Guérin. This young child would be the first human to receive the BCG vaccine, which, over the coming 100 years, would save millions of lives that would have been lost to... READ MORE
Mona Bafadhel is Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Oxford and a Consultant Respiratory Physician. Her research focuses on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a set of conditions that cause the airways to become inflamed and make it harder for patients to breathe. In this talk, Mona will discuss her work on... READ MORE
Dr Thomas Kabir from the McPin Foundation will talk about finding, reading and understanding healthcare and medical research papers. The webinar is organised by a collaboration of Oxford-based organisations that work together to support patient, carer and public involvement in health research.
Dr Nikki Newhouse is a postdoctoral researcher in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford, where she works as a qualitative methodologist. Her primary research interest is in human-computer interaction, in particular the development, evaluation and implementation of complex digital interventions to support physical and psychological wellbeing across the... READ MORE
Julia Hippisley-Cox, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and General Practice at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, will discuss her research into risk prediction models for a range of diseases, including COVID-19, and how these tools can be used to improve healthcare and support the NHS. Watch live at https://youtu.be/2fuc_mjckOY. To submit a question... READ MORE
Pelvic pain and fertility problems can be symptoms of many issues. Endometriosis is a common condition that can take 8 to 12 years for proper diagnosis – tissue similar to the womb’s lining grows in the ovaries and fallopian tubes – and few tests exist to distinguish it from other potential causes. University of Oxford... READ MORE
Next year marks the discovery centenary of insulin, revolutionising the care of people with type 1 diabetes. Explore how science has transformed what was once a rapidly fatal illness to a managed condition. Technological advances are helping people with diabetes mimic the action of their pancreas, from drugs to patches that deliver insulin via handheld... READ MORE
