The NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has allocated funding to three COVID-19 research projects in an attempt to improve treatment, understand how the virus interacts with chronic diseases, and the longer-term effects of infection on organs. The funding, originally earmarked for BRC ... READ MORE
COVID-19 News
New wearable technology used to monitor COVID-19 patients
Wearable technology that monitors patients’ vital signs is being used with COVID-19 patients on the isolation ward at the John Radcliffe Hospital. The technology has been developed by biomedical engineers and medical researchers supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre ... READ MORE
GP practices urged to join COVID-19 research
Oxford researchers have launched a study to track the spread of COVID-19 in the population and develop a deeper understanding of the virus in general practice. The University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (NDPCHS) and the Royal College of General Practitioners ... READ MORE
Oxford COVID-19 vaccine programme opens for clinical trial recruitment
University of Oxford researchers, working in an unprecedented vaccine development effort to prevent COVID-19, have started screening healthy volunteers ahead of a vaccine trial. The NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) provided essential funding to get the trial up and running. The ... READ MORE
Article addresses remote assessment of COVID-19 in primary care
An article by a leading Oxford researcher has outlined the guiding principles on how general practitioners should conduct remote consultations with patients who are suspected of having COVID-19. The article, published in the BMJ, is by Prof Trish Greenhalgh (pictured), the Oxford BRC Theme Lead ... READ MORE
Oxford researchers to play key role in fight-back against COVID-19
Researchers supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre will play a crucial role in tackling the current COVID-19 pandemic, ranging from the development of a new vaccine to developing the most effective drug treatments for people who have contracted the virus. A team from the ... READ MORE
Oxford BRC statement on activities during the current COVID-19 situation
Many of the researchers we support are also clinicians, providing direct care to patients and the public, alongside their academic work. Given the scale of the national and global challenge of COVID-19 (coronavirus), BRC-funded clinical and research professionals who are working on topics ... READ MORE
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