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 health research. Health researchers want to engage with people from diverse communities so that their research is more relevant to all of society. People who…
Building and sustaining capacity of our Young People’s Advisory Group
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 have continued exploring what meaningful and sustainable involvement entails across a breadth of opportunities and now is a good time to reflect on how these…
Involving young people in studies using large health databases
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 have been working together on projects exploring antidepressant use as part of the Mental Health and Technology theme of the National Institute of Health and…
The value of involving communities in research – event highlights
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 diversity in research on the 22nd March 2022. The event took place at the Blavatnik School of Government in Oxford and was attended by 60…
