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** HEALTH RESEARCH SHOWCASE THURSDAY 29 MAY 2025 **

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“We need clear pathways and structured support for allied health professionals to pursue a research career”

10 March 2025 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Imaging

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Miriam Lacharie is a diagnostic radiographer in the Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research (OCMR). In June 2024, she received a predoctoral award from the NIHR Oxford BRC and is currently researching imaging markers to predict disease progression in the genetic heart condition ... READ MORE

“It gives you breathing space and the confidence to step into a leadership role”

20 February 2025 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Imaging

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Megha Agarwal is a clinical research fellow in the University of Oxford’s Radcliffe Department of Medicine (RDM). She took part in the Women in Leadership training course organised by the NIHR Oxford BRC’s Cardiovascular Theme, the first such training provided by the BRC specifically aimed at ... READ MORE

Lowering the barriers to participation in brain imaging research

4 November 2024 · Listed under Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Imaging, Preventive Neurology

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Oxford BRC-supported researchers have produced videos aimed at increasing the diversity of participants taking part in brain imaging research studies. These ‘what to expect’ videos are part of a wider project by the BRC’s Imaging Theme and the University of Oxford’s Wellcome Centre for ... READ MORE

Damage to brain’s ‘control centre’ behind long-lasting COVID-19 symptoms, MRI scans show

8 October 2024 · Listed under COVID-19, Imaging

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Damage to the brainstem – the brain’s ‘control centre’ – is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe COVID-19 infection, a study has suggested. Using ultra-high-resolution scanners that can see the living brain in fine detail, researchers from the Universities of Cambridge ... READ MORE

Patient story – Kathryn Hedigan, EXPLAIN study

23 July 2024 · Listed under COVID-19, Imaging

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Kathryn Hedigan took part in the EXPLAIN study, which used hyperpolarised xenon MRI scans to investigate possible lung damage in long COVID patients who had not been hospitalised with COVID-19 but who continued to experience breathlessness. Kathryn, aged 66, lives near Burford in West ... READ MORE

Heart scans could help thousands avoid unnecessary invasive procedure

5 June 2024 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Imaging

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Thousands of patients admitted to hospital every year with suspected heart attacks could avoid an unnecessary invasive procedure if they have a routine heart MRI scan first, according to new research. The study, funded by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and British Heart ... READ MORE

AI analysis of heart scans predicts risk of developing heart problems ten years in advance

31 May 2024 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Imaging

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A University of Oxford research team has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) technology which can accurately predict the risk of a heart attack, heart failure or cardiac death from routine cardiac CT scans, up to ten years in advance. The study, funded by the British Heart Foundation and ... READ MORE

Study outlines feasibility of multiple disease risk prediction model for primary care

23 May 2024 · Listed under Imaging, Translational Data Science

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A team of researchers have found that a single, integrated health check carried out in a primary care setting can accurately predict risks for diseases across multiple organs. Currently, GPs are often limited to assessing the risk of diseases one at a time, a process that is ... READ MORE

Study assesses new MRI technique to detect liver cancer

19 March 2024 · Listed under Cancer, Imaging

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Oxford researchers have been awarded funding to conduct a study comparing a new type of MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging) to standard of care ultrasound for liver cancer surveillance in people with cirrhosis. The University of Oxford’s DeLIVER team, which is investigating early detection methods ... READ MORE

NHS health checks can help to reduce disease rates and mortality, study finds

8 March 2024 · Listed under Imaging, Translational Data Science

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A University of Oxford study has found that attending an NHS Health Check is associated with a decreased risk of dying and of diseases, such as dementia, heart attack, kidney disease and liver cirrhosis. The results, published in BMC Medicine, suggest that preventative programmes such as ... READ MORE

AI tool could help thousands avoid fatal heart attacks

13 November 2023 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Imaging, NIHR-BHF

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An AI tool that can predict 10-year risk of deadly heart attacks, could transform treatment for patients who undergo CT scans to investigate chest pain, according to research supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). In the first real-world trial of the AI tool, it was ... READ MORE

Longer-term organ abnormalities confirmed in some post-hospitalised COVID patients

23 September 2023 · Listed under COVID-19, Imaging

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A study looking at the longer-term impact of COVID-19 has found that nearly a third of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 displayed abnormalities in multiple organs five months after being discharged. Some of these abnormalities have been shown through previous work to be evidence of ... READ MORE

Blood clots during COVID-19 may cause ongoing cognitive problems

1 September 2023 · Listed under COVID-19, Imaging, Respiratory Medicine

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High levels of two proteins at the time of COVID-19 have been found in patients who later experienced cognitive problems, including ‘brain fog'. The findings give a major clue as to one cause of their symptoms: blood clots. Researchers from the University of Oxford looked at blood tests from ... READ MORE

New imaging method trialled for retinal diseases

23 June 2023 · Listed under Imaging

Clinical scientists in Oxford have presented a new method of imaging of the retina that overcomes many of the drawbacks of the current standard way of diagnosing and monitoring retinal diseases like age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The study, whose findings were published in the journal ... READ MORE

New imaging centre performs first stroke thrombectomy

22 May 2023 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Imaging, Preventive Neurology

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A new imaging centre at the John Radcliffe Hospital carried out its first stroke thrombectomy. The Acute Multidisciplinary and Interventional Centre (AMIIC) carried out the procedure on 17 May as part of its partnership with Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust. A ... READ MORE

New tool uses health records to predict risk of developing lung cancer

6 April 2023 · Listed under Cancer, Imaging, Translational Data Science

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Researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Nottingham have developed a new tool that can identify the people most at risk of developing lung cancer over the next 10 years, and put them forward for screening tests earlier, saving time, money and, most importantly, lives. The researchers ... READ MORE

New imaging centre officially opened

16 January 2023 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Imaging

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A new Acute Multidisciplinary Imaging and Interventional Centre (AMIIC), based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, has been officially opened. AMIIC, part of the University of Oxford’s Radcliffe Department of Medicine, was previously known as AVIC (Acute Vascular Imaging Centre). The newly ... READ MORE

Study develops radiotranscriptomic AI analysis to enable virtual heart biopsies

5 September 2022 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, COVID-19, Imaging

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Oxford University researchers have found a new way of directly quantifying vascular inflammation in COVID-19 patients, in a study that could pave the way to more efficient trials of new treatments and identify patients who might be at risk of long-term complications.  The study, which was ... READ MORE

Moderate drinking linked to brain changes and cognitive decline

15 July 2022 · Listed under Imaging, Preventive Neurology, Translational Data Science

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Consumption of seven or more units of alcohol per week is associated with higher levels of iron in the brain, according to a study by Oxford researchers. Accumulation of iron in the brain has been linked with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and is a potential mechanism for alcohol-related ... READ MORE

OUH agrees long COVID research collaboration with Polarean

11 May 2022 · Listed under COVID-19, Imaging, Respiratory Medicine

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Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) and the medical imaging technology company, Polarean Imaging plc, have entered into a research collaboration to study the long-term effects of COVID-19 in patients who are still experiencing breathlessness months after infection.  Polarean produce an ... READ MORE

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