NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Oxford

NIHR Team Science Award – Webinar
2023-12-06 13:30 - 14:30 (Europe/London) | Online
The brand new NIHR Team Science Programme aims to bring together researchers from a variety of disciplines and with a wide range of experiences to tackle complex current and emerging health and care challenges.

The first round of the Team Science programme welcomes applications from individuals interested in improving the lives of people with multiple long-term conditions through research. This is a development award of up to £100,000 designed to support multi-disciplinary research teams to collaborate on a future application to other research programmes, expand their research network and develop capacity in the MLTC field.

For more details and to register, follow this link.

EQUATOR Lightning Workshops: Writing your Bio
2023-12-05 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
This workshop is led by Jen de Beyer.
Create the perfect professional biography for your website, then convert it into a short conference bio. Free.
For more details, follow this link.

Online Applied Methods of Cost-effectiveness Analysis
2023-11-27 - 2023-12-01 | Online
For health economists and health professionals with some knowledge of health economics who wish to learn about the methodology of cost-effectiveness analysis as applied in health care.
Analytic methods of economic evaluation are applied in health care to address the fundamental economic question of how to allocate scarce health care resources to maximise health gain. This online course teaches the latest methods for performing a cost-effectiveness analysis of a healthcare intervention.
For more details, follow this link.
To be placed on a waiting list for any of our future courses, please complete this form.

PUBLIC TALK: Understanding Inflammation. A patient-centred perspective.
2023-11-21 18:00 - 19:15 | Rewley House, Department for Continuing Education, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA
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 common features across different inflammatory diseases.
With help from our patient representative Georgina McMasters, Professor Chris Buckley explains how traditional speciality-driven approaches are evolving into a more holistic, cross-disease perspective.
Key Speaker: Professor Chris Buckley
Director of Clinical Research at the University of Oxford’s Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology.
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PUBLIC EVENT: Find out about stroke and dementia research
2023-11-21 13:00 - 14:30 | Templars Square, Cowley, Templars Square 129, Pound Way,, Oxford, OX4 3XH, 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 and new treatments.

EQUATOR Online Publication School
2023-11-21 12:30 - 2023-11-24 17:00 | Online
Publication School aims to give you a smooth writing process that results in a published article that is fit for purpose. It is designed for early-career researchers and students with limited academic writing experience working in health research, and focuses on clinical health research, although the principles taught are applicable more widely.
For more information and how to book, follow this link.

CAHPR Oxfordshire Annual Conference
2023-11-20 16:00 - 19:00 | John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington,, Oxford, OX3 9DU
Delve into the world of research with our presentation competition. Showcase your work in a research poster competition, and forge connections with fellow AHP research enthusiasts. And of course, enjoy the snacks!
Register for the conference here: https://forms.office.com/e/GksnMtF4ui
Submit your abstract here (opens 20 September): https://forms.office.com/e/ic1T72xGfx

Online Inequality in Health and Health Care: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations
2023-11-15 13:00 - 2023-11-17 17:00 | Online
This short online course will cover theoretical concepts on inequity and inequality in health as well as its measurement. It will also provide an overview of selected available (longitudinal) household survey data and cohort studies that combine socio-economic and demographic variables along with various health measures – these datasets provide good sources for empirical inequality in health research. Overall, the course will combine theory and applied methods using case studies, real-word evidence, and data analysis using Stata.
For more details, follow this link.

Inequality in Health and Health Care: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations
2023-11-15 - 2023-11-17 | Online
This Health and Economics Research Centre (HERC) short online course will cover theoretical concepts on inequity and inequality in health as well as its measurement. It will also provide an overview of selected available (longitudinal) household survey data and cohort studies that combine socio-economic and demographic variables along with various health measures – these datasets provide good sources for empirical inequality in health research. Overall, the course will combine theory and applied methods using case studies, real-word evidence, and data analysis using Stata. This course is aimed at researchers and analysts interested in the measurement of socio-economic inequality in health, including (but not limited to) Ph.D. students, post-doctoral researchers and third sector organizations.
This is an entry and intermediate-level course so no strong prior knowledge in economics or inequalities research is assumed.
For more information, including pricing and discounted rates for booking on more than one online course (applicable to certain courses only) please visit: www.herc.ox.ac.uk/herc-short-courses or contact us via e-mail at herc@ndph.ox.ac.uk
Early bird deadline – Noon on Friday 29 September 2023

Involving Patients and the Public in Research
2023-11-14 12:00 - 13:30
Are you a researcher who wants to know more about Patient and Public Involvement (PPI)?
Are you a researcher who is looking for reliable online resources to help get you started with PPI?
Are you a PPI lead or responsible for PPI in your team or theme looking for support and information?
If so, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Resource Centre together with Oxford University’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences are pleased to invite you to a training session on how to involve patients and the public in your research work.
Join us online via Teams:

14 November, 12–1.30pm

You can sign up here:
https://forms.microsoft.com/r/dpew0R4gE9
For further information please email:
Angeli.Vaid@ouh.nhs.uk or Polly.Kerr@phc.ox.ac.uk

Working Effectively with Public Contributors
2023-10-31 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
Join ARC West for a webinar on 31 October 1-2pm about how to work effectively with public contributors, presented by our very own ARC West and Bristol BRC public contributors themselves!
Book your place here: https://bit.ly/3LjXTER

Online Integrating Economic Evaluation into Clinical Trials
2023-10-17 - 2023-10-18 | Online
This Health and Economics Research Centre (HERC) course is for those working in clinical trials, and will give participants an understanding of what is required to design and conduct an economic evaluation alongside a clinical trial. No previous knowledge of economics is required.
Early bird deadline – Noon on Friday 01 September 2023
For more information, including pricing and discounted rates for booking on more than one online course (applicable to certain courses only), please visit: www.herc.ox.ac.uk/herc-short-courses or contact us via e-mail at herc@ndph.ox.ac.uk

Symposium: Making the economic case to NICE for new health technologies
2023-10-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Richard Doll Lecture Theatre, Old Road Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF
We are excited to announce that the Health Economics Research Centre (HERC), University of Oxford, will be hosting NIHR Oxford BRC & Oxford Health BRC Symposium – Making the economic case to NICE for new health technologies.

Date and time
Thursday 12 October 2023, 10:00 – 12:00 hours (UK BST) followed by buffet lunch from 12:00-13:00.
Location
Richard Doll Lecture Theatre, Richard Doll Building HERC, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Old Road Campus, Headington, OX3 7LF
Background
Before they can be adopted into the NHS, new interventions and technologies are formally evaluated by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Cost-effectiveness is typically a key factor in NICE evaluations. Aimed primarily at early- and mid-career stage biomedical researchers, this symposium will provide an overview of the NICE health technology assessment process, together with economic case studies from the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), and the NIHR Oxford Health BRC.
The symposium will feature talks by leading health economists, biomedical researchers and a recent NICE Technology Appraisal Chair. It will conclude with a buffet lunch and networking opportunities.
To register
The symposium is free, but please register to confirm your place and any dietary requirements here

PUBLIC TALK: Technology for acute medical care at home -can we really replace the hospital?
2023-10-11 18:30 - 19:15 | Said Business School, University of Oxford, Park End St,, Oxford, OX1 1HP
FREE entry, no booking required. Refreshments at 6.15pm for a 6.30pm start.
Event Overview
One of the emerging priorities of the UK’s health and care system is allowing people to access care closer to home, even receiving hospital-level care in their own homes and care homes. But can we truly replace the hospital with innovative technology?
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.
Key Speaker: Professor Dan Lasserson
Clinical Lead, Acute Hospital at Home Service, Oxford University Hospitals, Professor of Acute Ambulatory Care, University of Warwick and sub-theme lead within the Digital Health from Hospital at Home Theme of the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).

Obtaining Ethical and HRA Approvals
2023-10-10 10:00 - 13:00 | Online
So, you’ve got a great idea for a research study – but what approvals do you need before you can start? Who do you apply to? And how do you go about doing this?
For more details, follow this link.

NIHR Academy Members’ Conference 2023
2023-10-10 - 2023-10-11 | Online
The event is a fantastic opportunity for early career researchers to hear from inspiring speakers, network with peers and understand more about the NIHR. Our theme this year is Team Science, and will include a packed schedule of keynote speakers, panel discussions, skill sessions and networking opportunities.
This will be a hybrid event with in-person attendance at The Queens Hotel, Leeds, and online streaming for a virtual audience. In-person registration is now closed, but virtual registrations will close at 17:00 on 10 October.
https://www.nihr.ac.uk/events/nihr-academy-members-conference-2023/33229

Equator Lightning Workshop: Editing your own words
2023-10-09 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
This workshop is led by Jen de Beyer.
Good academic writing is simple, clear, and complete. You’ll practice balancing these three elements in group editing exercises.
For more details, follow this link.

Online Understanding and Predicting Choice Behaviour in Health: Preference Elicitation & Analysis
2023-10-04 - 2023-10-14 | Online
This Health and Economics Research Centre (HERC) course is designed for those who need to perform discrete choice analysis in healthcare and who wish to understand the issues that health researchers face when performing these analyses. This could include researchers and decision makers from public, commercial and academic organisations concerned with understanding health preferences.
It is made up of five half-day sessions on 4, 6, 12, 13, 14 October.
For more information, including pricing and discounted rates for booking on more than one online course (applicable to certain courses only), please visit: www.herc.ox.ac.uk/herc-short-courses or contact us via e-mail at herc@ndph.ox.ac.uk
Early bird deadline – Noon on Friday 18 August 2023

NIHR Research Design Service Fellowship Application Day 2023
2023-09-26 09:15 - 15:00 | Old Road Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF
A free workshop for those thinking of applying for a doctoral or post-doctoral NIHR fellowship aimed at healthcare, public health or social care practitioners and academics considering an application in 2023 or 2024.
Booking through Eventbrite.

Oxford BRC Writing Retreat for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals
2023-09-26 - 2023-09-28 | Egrove Park, Oxford, OX1 5NY, United Kingdom
This three-day Writing Retreat is sponsored by the Oxford BRC. It 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 will provide a mentor to guide you with your writing.
We ask that you commit to the full three days. The core days will run from 10.00-16.00, however you can arrive anytime from 8.30 and stay until 18.00. The workshop will be structured to include regular review and feedback slots and attendees should commit to submitting the output from the workshop within 3 months of the week ending.
The retreat will take place on 26th, 27th and 28th September 2023 at Egrove Park, Oxford OX1 5NY. Lunch and refreshments will be provided on all 3 days. There is plenty of parking, the bus number 35 stops outside and it is easily cyclable from Oxford.
15 places available. Deadline for applications is 8th August 2023 application via Microsoft forms
Register here

Involving Patients and the Public in Research
2023-09-21 10:00 - 11:30
Are you a researcher who wants to know more about Patient and Public Involvement (PPI)?
Are you a researcher who is looking for reliable online resources to help get you started with PPI?
Are you a PPI lead or responsible for PPI in your team or theme looking for support and information?
If so, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Resource Centre together with Oxford University’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences are pleased to invite you to a training session on how to involve patients and the public in your research work.
Join us online via Teams:

21 September, 10–11.30am

You can sign up here:
https://forms.microsoft.com/r/dpew0R4gE9
For further information please email:
Angeli.Vaid@ouh.nhs.uk or Polly.Kerr@phc.ox.ac.uk

Introduction to Good Clinical Research Practice
2023-09-20 09:30 - 13:30 | Online
This three-hour online course consists of trainer-led presentations, short video-talks from those experienced in the conduct of clinical research and interactive exercises. The course is run by the experienced research support specialists from the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospital’s Joint Research Office, JRO. There is an optional 30-minute Q&A session directly after the course.
For more information and to book a place, follow this link.

Applied Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
2023-09-19 - 2023-09-22 | Big Data Institute, Oxford, OX3 7LF
This is an intensive 3- (or 4-) day classroom-based course from Health and Economics Research Centre (HERC).
It is for health economists and health professionals, with some knowledge of health economics, who wish to learn about the methodology of cost-effectiveness analysis as applied in health care. We are introducing a new optional module on Friday 22 September on analysing cost-effectiveness-analysis in Stata using patient level data. For a free place on this module, please select upon booking.
Early bird deadline – Noon on Friday 28 July 2023
For more information, please visit: www.herc.ox.ac.uk/herc-short-courses or contact us via e-mail at herc@ndph.ox.ac.uk

Randomised Controlled Trials Course: A Guide to Design, Conduct, Analysis, Interpretation and Reporting
2023-09-18 09:00 - 2023-09-22 17:30 | Merton College, Merton St,, Oxford, OX1 4JD
This annual course provides a thorough grounding in the principles and practice of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) for evaluating healthcare interventions. You will learn from an interdisciplinary faculty of clinicians, statisticians, and trial managers, all with a wealth of RCT experience. The course uses a problem-based learning approach, including lectures and small-group practical sessions, and grounds all learning in practical experience and examples from the literature.
Course fees: £1500 (£1350 early bird rate before 30 April 2023) includes lunch and refreshments, a course dinner (Thursday evening), and a comprehensive delegate’s pack including all course materials.
For more information, click here.

EQUATOR Lightning Workshop: Reporting your Statistical Analyses
2023-09-14 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
This workshop by Rebecca Whittle includes practical tips and tricks for making sure your paper makes a stats reviewer’s heart sing, and not sink!
For more details and for booking, follow this link.

OUCAGS Forum – Patient Involvement: Quality and Quantity?
2023-09-13 14:00 - 17:00 | Online
This plenary talk, ‘Patient Involvement: quality and quantity?’, will be given by Dr Noémi Roy, Consultant Haematologist, Associate Professor in Molecular Haematology, University of Oxford. It will be followed by OUCAGS Trainee presentations.
Attendance to this Zoom event is free of charge. Register here.

Obtaining Ethical and HRA Approvals
2023-09-12 10:00 - 13:00 | Online
So, you’ve got a great idea for a research study – but what approvals do you need before you can start? Who do you apply to? And how do you go about doing this?
Join us for this online overview of clinical research governance and ethical review requirements.
For more details, follow this link.

Research Ideas Launchpad: Get Your Research Ideas Off the Ground
2023-09-12 09:30 - 15:40 | Online
The Research Design Service South Central would like to discuss your research ideas with you. These sessions are for those who are starting out (or thinking about starting out) in research. You can book a session lasting 40 minutes to meet with an RDS adviser to have a friendly chat about your research idea. They will help you to think about your next steps.
Contact phillip.saunders@ndph.ox.ac.uk to book your slot. He will ask you to fill out a brief research ideas form to help our advisers prepare for the meeting.

Online Introduction to Health Economic Evaluation
2023-09-12 - 2023-09-13 | Online
This Health and Economics Research Centre (HERC) short course is for health professionals and health researchers who would like to understand the basics of health economics and its relevance to the health service. No previous knowledge of economics is required.
For more information, including pricing and discounted rates for booking on more than one online course (applicable to certain courses only), please visit: www.herc.ox.ac.uk/herc-short-courses or contact us via e-mail at herc@ndph.ox.ac.uk
Early bird deadline – Noon on Friday 28 July 2023

Introduction to Epidemiology
2023-09-04 - 2023-09-08 | Online
This introductory course in epidemiology is intended for those who have little or no prior epidemiological training, but have moved into a student or staff role that requires an understanding of these epidemiological principles for their work.
The course will take you from the basic principles of epidemiology, to the design, interpretation, and appraisal of epidemiological research. No prior knowledge is required, although a background in biological sciences or medicine may help understand the topics in health.
£90 for OU students, £250 for OU staff/external students, £350 for external academics.
For more details and to register: ndph.ox.ac.uk/study-with-us/introduction-to-epidemiology
