EQUATOR Network short training sessions: Writing your rough draft – Jen de Beyer

Once you've planned your publication, you're ready to use reporting guidelines to write your first draft. We'll cover the structure of a journal article, what info goes where, and common pitfalls to avoid in each article section. About EQUATOR Network short training sessions Join the UK EQUATOR Centre's monthly one-hour practical workshops on all aspects... READ MORE

Vaccines for the control of COVID-19

Watch live from 3pm at https://youtu.be/ISIt0pC5Vio Andrew Pollard, Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity at the Department of Paediatrics and Oxford BRC Co-Theme Lead for Vaccines, will speak about the development of a vaccine candidate for COVID-19 and the progress of its clinical trials. To submit a question please use the YouTube live chat or... READ MORE

Road to RECOVERY: Finding treatments for COVID-19

Watch live from 1pm at https://youtu.be/llf3R6GqeIQ Martin Landray, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Nuffield Department of Population Health and Oxford BRC Theme Lead for Clinical Informatics and Big Data, will discuss research into treatments for COVID-19 and how the RECOVERY trial was rapidly set up to test the effects of potential drug treatments.... READ MORE

Health economics – RECORDING AVAILABLE

Dr Lucy Abel from the University of Oxford’s Department of Primary Care presented this webinar about health economics on 18th June 2020. You can watch a recording of the webinar by going to the Video Library.  

COVID Conversations: Immunology with Professor Paul Klenerman

The University of Oxford is hosting COVID Conversations, a series of short talks with scientists that are driving forward research into COVID-19, including development of a vaccine, drugs, antibody testing and contact tracing systems. In this talk, Professor Paul Klenerman, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre's Co-theme Lead for Gastroenterology & Mucosal Immunity and Sidney Truelove Professor... READ MORE

POSTPONED: Fact or fake? Looking for evidence behind everyday health claims

Kennedy Lecture Theatre John Henry Brookes Building, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Due to current concerns regarding the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, we have taken the decision to postpone this event to the autumn. The rescheduled event will be advertised later in the year at oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/brc-events and oxfordbrc.eventbrite.com. How do you assess the evidence behind health headlines? To separate the good from the bad, the truths from untruths,... READ MORE

POSTPONED: Patient and Public Involvement in Research Workshop: PPI and ethics

Oxford Quaker Meeting House, 43 St Giles

Due to current concerns regarding the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, we have taken the decision to postpone this event. The rescheduled event will be advertised later in the year at oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/brc-events. This is one of a series of Patient and Public Involvement Workshops we are running for patients and members of the public. Places are free... READ MORE

OVG Immunisation Seminar 2020

Kassam Stadium Conference Centre Oxford

The registration fee is £110 for HCPs and associated professions. This includes all lectures, all coffee breaks and lunch. https://www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/product-catalogue/paediatrics/events/ovg-immunisation-seminar-2020

Making Implementation Happen through Capacity and Capability Building

To share learning on implementation, evaluation, adoption, and scaling up of effective interventions in Public Health and Social Care; and to establish a collaborative network to support development of knowledge and skills in implementation and implementation research. http://profbriefings.net/index.php/about-mihtccb20 Venue: Marriott Hotel City Centre, Liverpool

CAHPR Oxford Conference

Oxford Brookes University

We are inviting everyone interest in AHP Research to come along, mingle, and see what exciting research is happening in Oxfordshire. If you'd like to present your work (as either a Poster or a oral presentation) then please fill in the attached abstract form and send it back to us. There are two prizes of... READ MORE

Free

NIHR RDS-SC “Essential Guide to Grant Applications” Screenings

Introduction: The Purpose of a Grant Application How Do Projects Get Funded? Processes & People Writing Tips: Story, Style & Sales Pitch Session will be followed by Q&A with RDS South Central Advisers. All welcome; just come along on the day! For more information, contact phillip.saunders@ndph.ox.ac.uk

Obtaining Ethical Approvals

Boundary Brook House Churchill Drive, Oxford

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? Followed by a drop in session. To book a place, contact Mark Crossley at mark.crossley@admin.ox.ac.uk

NIHR Oxford BRC Open Access Training Event

Beeson Room, Cairns Library John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

Run by the Bodleian Health Care Libraries Are you confused about open access? Unsure of what ‘act on acceptance’ is all about? Come along to this training session, which will brief you on the University’s position on open access, REF 2021 open access requirements and the open access mandates from key funders. We will also... READ MORE

EQUATOR Publishing School

Ground Floor Seminar Room, Botnar Research Centre Oxford

The Publication School is designed for early-career researchers and students. It aims to give you a smooth writing process that results in a published article that is fit for purpose. £100 for Ox Uni/Brookes students & NDORMS staff; £180 staff includes lunch. More info https://www.equator-network.org/2019/11/18/uk-equator-centre-publication-school-march-2020/

£100

Nursing Research 2020

Unipart House, Oxford OX4 2GQ

The NIHR Oxford Health BRC is holding an event for nurses interested in research as part of their year of the nurse celebrations. The closing date for registration is Friday 28 February https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nursing-research-2020-tickets-92022944103

Patient and Public Involvement in Research Workshop: PPI and systematic reviews

The King's Centre Osney Mead, Oxford

This is one of a series of Patient and Public Involvement Workshops we are running for patients and members of the public. Places are free but limited and you must register to attend. About this workshop A systematic review is a summary of findings from many individual studies looking at a particular research question. Although... READ MORE

Free

Advanced Personalised Therapeutics in Gynaecological Cancers

St Hugh's College Oxford

This symposium brings together some of the world leaders in genomics, computational biology, immunology and ATMPs to discuss the state-of-the-art with a focus on gynaecological cancers.

Debating Data; how, why and when should your health data be used?

Oxford Town Hall Assembly Room and Council Chamber Oxford Town Hall, Oxford

Our health is important and so is the research that goes into keeping us healthy. Do you know how your medical data is being used and why? Are you happy for your data to be used in research? Are your cells as important to you as an image of your brain, for example? Should these... READ MORE

Free

Using SPSS to do some basic statistics

SPSS is a widely used software package for editing and analysing all sorts of data allowing you to do your own statistical analysis, data management and data documentation. SPSS is straightforward to use with an easy to understand command language. This is a follow on session from introduction to SPSS, using the software to do... READ MORE

Patient and Public Involvement in Research Workshop: PPI and digital health

Oxford Quaker Meeting House, 43 St Giles

This is one of a series of Patient and Public Involvement Workshops we are running for patients and members of the public. Places are free but limited and you must register to attend. About this workshop There is increasing attention on the potential to improve people’s health through digital technologies and the vast amounts of data being... READ MORE

Free

An Introduction to SPSS for Biomedical Researchers

Beeson Room, Cairns Library John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

Booking through Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-introduction-to-spss-for-biomedical-researchers-tickets-85764956293

Obesity, Diet & Lifestyle Theme Annual Networking Event

Richard Doll Building Old Road Campus, Oxford

ABSTRACT DEADLINE: The deadline for abstract submissions is 12 noon on Monday 2 December. Abstracts which are relevant to obesity to be submitted to jeanette.allsworth@phc.ox.ac.uk. Abstracts should be no more than one page, including any figures or tables, in Arial 10pt font. Some abstracts will be selected for oral presentations and others for posters. You... READ MORE

Productivity in Focus

Chancellor Court Oxford

Bring your laptops and your project write ups! Aimed at all medical trainees on OOP, we've got an expert research performance coach to help beat procrastination gremlins and productivity demons. A day with free workshops interspersed with time and space to make some progress on your work. Learn how to balance finishing up with returning... READ MORE

Planning and Designing Research: Clinical Sciences

Room G56/G38, Botnar Research Centre Oxford

This half day classroom based MSD Skills training course is suitable for all postgraduate research students and early career researchers wanting to make sure their clinical research project is rigorous and reproducible. Booking through CoSY https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/study/skillstraining/calendar/planning-and-designing-research-clinical-sciences-2

Good Clinical Practice (for CTIMPs only)

Boundary Brook House Churchill Drive, Oxford

You can access the online course via the online registration.  https://researchsupport.admin.ox.ac.uk/ctrg/training  https://researchsupport.admin.ox.ac.uk/event/introduction-to-gcp-210120

Obtaining Ethical & HRA Approvals: Navigating your way through the system

Seminar Meeting Room, Boundary Brook House Churchill Drive, Oxford

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? To book a place, please contact Mark Crossley: mark.crossley@admin.ox.ac.uk

Introduction to Grant Applications Workshop

George Pickering Education Centre John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

The aims of the workshop are: to introduce new Chief Investigators, or those working with new CIs, or researchers in general supporting CIs to the process of completing a grant application and will include tips and advice on the SoECAT (Schedule of Events Costing Attribution Tool). To request a place: please email training.crnthamesvalley@nihr.ac.uk

ARC Oxford AHP PechaKucha

Oxford Brookes University

Join us for ARC Oxford’s last event of the year – our AHP PechaKucha where Allied-Health Professionals from across Oxfordshire will present 20 picture slides (each slide with 20 seconds of speech) about their profession and how/what research is changing their practice. We’re inviting one person from each AHP profession. The audience will judge the... READ MORE