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£35.4m to transform mental and brain health care across the UK – and the world

14th October 2022

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Innovative treatments and transformative therapies in brain health are on the horizon thanks to a £35.4 million award to the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre. The award, announced on…

Filed Under: Better Sleep, Brain Technologies, Data Science, Dementia, Depression Therapeutics, Flourishing & Wellbeing, Mental Health in Development, Molecular Targets, News, Pain, Preventing Multiple Morbidities, Psychological Treatments

CRF support for researchers of the future

1st September 2022

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The NIHR (Oxford) cognitive health Clinical Research Facility (CRF) introduced two students to the world of research by providing work experience placements in partnership with the charity in2scienceUK.  In2Science UK empowers…

Filed Under: Children, young people and family mental health, Clinical Research Facility, News

New Oxford Study Evaluates Pharmacological Treatment for Insomnia

15th July 2022

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Two drugs, eszopiclone and lemborexant – both not currently licenced for the treatment of insomnia in the UK – were shown to perform better than others, both in the acute…

Filed Under: Better Sleep, News

Involving diverse communities in research

8th July 2022

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On 21st of June 2022, around 30 Oxford researchers and 12 public contributors came together at Oxford’s Old Fire Station to discuss ways of involving people from diverse communities in…

Filed Under: News, PPIEP

Building and sustaining capacity of our Young People’s Advisory Group

30th May 2022

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The second year of the covid pandemic proved to be another challenging year for everyone on many levels. On the bright side, we’ve powered through and ‘done’ a lot. We…

Filed Under: Mental Health in Development, News

Involving young people in studies using large health databases

23rd May 2022

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Written by Dr Ruth Jack and Dr Rebecca Joseph, research fellows from the Centre for Academic Primary Care at the University of Nottingham, and Debbie Butler, public contributor.  All three…

Filed Under: Mental Health in Development, News

Breakthrough success in provision of automated psychological therapy using virtual reality (VR)

6th April 2022

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In a landmark development, psychological therapy has been automated in virtual reality. With the user guided by a virtual coach, there is no need for a real-life therapist, meaning the treatment can reach many more patients.

Filed Under: News, Psychological Treatments

The value of involving communities in research – event highlights

31st March 2022

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The NIHR Oxford and Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centres (BRCs), together with the Diversity in Research Advisory group, have held a networking and learning event focused on the importance of…

Filed Under: News

Involving young people in planning a study to evaluate a new treatment for Binge Eating Disorder

11th March 2022

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This blog was written by Emma Osborne, research assistant at the Centre for Research on Eating Disorders at the University of Oxford (CREDO) and Dr Rebecca Murphy, co-director of CREDO and NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellow.

Filed Under: Children, young people and family mental health, Mental Health in Development, News

New funding for Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility

2nd March 2022

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The Oxford cognitive health Clinical Research Facility (CH CRF) has been awarded more than £4 million over the next five years by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).  The CH CRF is one of 28 facilities across England to benefit from nearly £161 million that has been awarded to expand early phase clinical research delivery in NHS hospitals.

Filed Under: News

Survey aims to better understand BRCs’ involved patients

23rd February 2022

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The Oxford Health and Oxford Biomedical Research Centres (BRC) have developed a survey to better understand the demographic make-up of members of their various patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) groups.

Filed Under: News

Diversity in research group event

18th February 2022

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The Oxford and Oxford Health BRCs Diversity in Research Group have met in person for the first time to celebrate the important contributions from the group to health research throughout the pandemic.

Filed Under: News

Review reports improved transparency in antidepressant drug trials

20th January 2022

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A new review and meta-analysis, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, indicates that drug companies have increased disclosure of clinical trials of new antidepressants with negative outcomes, that is, trials that fail to show the drug is more effective than a placebo.

Filed Under: News

Preliminary findings show ‘count me in’ is making research more inclusive at Oxford Health

12th January 2022

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Oxford Health’s innovative ‘count me in’ pilot project is having a positive effect on research recruitment according to a letter published in the journal Evidence Based Mental Health.

Filed Under: News

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