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 the impact of James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnerships. Read … 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: Systematic review and co‐design pilot’, was published in the … 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, the first of a series of workshops and seminars … 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 blood cells, or haemoglobin, which means that … 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, Oxford. Now, two of the delegates, Alex Rushforth, of the Nuffield … 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 Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, … 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 the Lancet Psychiatry, showed that UK doctors are prescribing more and stronger … 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 symposium, entitled ‘In the Trenches: Research Translation for Health … 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 (OCDEM) as part of the in2science scheme, which aims to help students from disadvantaged … 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 the ‘impact agenda’ in healthcare research: … Read more