Professor Trish Greenhalgh, the NIHR Oxford BRC’s Theme Lead for Partnerships for Health, Wealth and Innovation has been named a member of the US National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honours in the field of health and medicine and recognises ... READ MORE
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Getting Involved with the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
The NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has been working with a group which includes teenagers, young adults, carers and people from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. The project is part of the development of a new strategy and had a particular focus on making health ... READ MORE
COVID-19 ‘matching service’ increased public involvement in research, HRA finds
The Health Research Authority (HRA) has found that levels of public involvement in COVID-19 research increased following the introduction of a public involvement matching service, in a report published last week. A group of public contributors from the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre took ... READ MORE
Possible predictors of COVID-19 severity identified
A study by researchers at the University of Oxford and Imperial College London have developed a checklist of potential predictors that someone may go on to develop a severe form of COVID-19. The paper, produced as part of the RECAP study, was published in the online open-access journal BMJ ... READ MORE
Challenges around recruitment and retention in surgical trials highlighted
A study by Oxford BRC-supported researchers has identified the main challenges associated with the recruitment and retention of participants in surgical trials in the UK. The study was part of the PIRRIST project, which aims to enhance recruitment and retention in surgical trials by ... READ MORE
Paper outlines management of post-acute COVID-19 in primary care
A new article published in the BMJ has mapped out what is known and what is still unknown about ‘long COVID’, where patients COVID-19 patients continue to experience symptoms many weeks after contracting the virus. The article, co-authored by the NIHR Oxford BRC’s Theme Lead for Partnerships ... READ MORE
BRC theme lead to study ‘remote-by-default’ care in COVID-19 pandemic
A senior Oxford BRC investigator has received major government funding for a new study to support general practitioners to deliver effective remote care to their patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Trisha Greenhalgh (pictured right), of the University of Oxford’s Nuffield ... 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
Study probes effectiveness of efforts to involve patients and public in changing research agenda
Projects that involve patients and the public as a way of determining health research priorities vary considerably in the extent to which they influence what research is actually done, according to research supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. The research aimed to assess ... READ MORE
Study advises against ‘one-size-fits-all’ PPI framework
A single, one-size‐fits‐all framework for patient and public involvement may be less useful than a range of resources that can be adapted and used locally, a study supported by the NIHR Oxford BRC has concluded. The study, ‘Frameworks for supporting patient and public involvement in research: ... READ MORE
Event explores social challenges of personalised medicine
Better healthcare, data ownership, ethical and legal considerations and economic impact – the move towards personalised medicine has thrown up a whole range of potentially contentious issues that need to be considered. These challenges were the focus of an event at St Anne’s College in Oxford, ... READ MORE
Patient involvement partnership sets priorities for rare inherited anaemias
On the occasion of Rare Diseases Day, marked every year on the last day of February, we are sharing this article about how patients, carers, clinicians and researchers are collaborating to decide key questions to shape future research into rare forms of anaemia. Patients with anaemia lack red ... READ MORE
Blog looks at Oxford BRC Health Impact symposium
In November 2018, the NIHR Oxford BRC jointly organised an international symposium to discuss how to maximise the impact of medical research. Some 87 delegates from eight countries took part in the symposium, ‘In the Trenches: Research Translation for Health Impact’, at Jesus College, ... READ MORE
Does general practice get a bad press?
Newspaper articles in the UK about general practice are currently very negative, and efforts should be stepped up to influence the media to provide a more balanced perspective, according to an Oxford BRC-supported study. The study by Eleanor Barry and Prof Trish Greenhalgh, of the University of ... READ MORE
Concerns raised as opioid prescriptions rise across UK
Researchers supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre(BRC) have recommended greater action to promote best practice, as a new study revealed a rise in prescriptions of opioids for treating chronic pain over thepast 20 years. The research reviewing opioid prescribing, published in ... READ MORE
BRC-supported symposium builds engagement platform for research impact assessment
An international symposium, jointly organised by the NIHR Oxford BRC, –has brought together delegates from around the world to discuss how to maximise the impact of medical research. Some 87 delegates from eight countries assembled at Jesus College in Oxford on 16 November for the interactive ... READ MORE
Students go in2science to get invaluable lab experience
Six A-level students have been getting first-hand experience of working in a top research laboratory during their summer holidays. The students, from different schools across Oxfordshire, have been getting valuable work experience at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism ... READ MORE
#OxfordImpact2018
Post by Prof Trish Greenhalgh, NIHR Oxford BRC Theme Lead for Partnerships for Health, Wealth and Innovation The most memorable sentence from this one-day workshop held at Jesus College, Oxford, on 21 June 2018 was from keynote speaker Mark Taylor. Reflecting on his experience as a patient with ... READ MORE
Oxford Impact 2018 workshop
Last month, the NIHR Oxford BRC and the UK Cochrane Collaboration organised the Oxford Impact 2018 workshop, which brought together people from a wide range of fields to “think differently about research impact”. The event sought to tackle one of the central challenges of what has become known as ... READ MORE