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Join our patient advisory group for a new research study!

  • Do you have experience of treatment resistant depression either as a patient or a carer?
  • Are you interested in medical research?
  • Would you like to share your experience and interest to contribute to a new research study?

We are setting up a Patient Advisory Group for a new research trial that will evaluate the drug pramipexole as add-on treatment for people with treatment resistant depression.

The Patient Advisory Group will help ensure the research is both relevant and feasible, including reviewing the trial design and helping develop information for trial participants.

Members of the Patient Advisory Group will have expenses paid plus be offered reimbursement for their time, as outlined in Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre’s payment policy.

Further details about what membership of the group will involve, and an outline of the study, can be found in the Patient Advisory Group Outline document.

We are looking for between 4-6 people to join the group, and ask that members:

  • Have experience of treatment resistant depression either as a patient or a carer
  • Have an interest in medical research
  • Are willing to share your experience as a patient or carer, and your reflections on how someone with similar experience may respond to various aspects of the study design
  • Have a willingness to listen to, and consider, different perspectives and opinions

If you would like to join the group send us your expression of interest, outlining how you meet these criteria, by email to james.griffiths@psych.ox.ac.uk .

We encourage interested people to get in touch with us as soon as possible. The deadline for expressions of interest is 13 June 2019, but if we receive a large number of contacts we may fill all the spaces in the group before this date.

https://oxfordhealthbrc.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/PAX-D-Patient-Advisory-Group-Outline-FINAL.pdf

Mental Health & Dementia Research Open Day

Are you interested in mental health and dementia research? Join our open day to find out about our current work!

  • When: Monday 20 May 2019, 10am – 2pm
  • Where: St Anne’s College, Oxford
  • Book your free ticket by visiting our Eventbrite webpage

This free event will showcase mental health and dementia research taking place at the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and Oxford cognitive health Clinical Research Facility (CRF).

Come along to find out how the BRC and CRF bring the best science to the complex problems of mental disorders and dementia and how this translates into benefits for patients. Find the full agenda for the open day here.

The day is open to all and will be of interest to members of the public, as well healthcare and research staff. The programme will include:

  • Presentations on new and ongoing research projects
  • Insights into how the BRC and CRF work together to deliver research
  • Information about how our work with patients, carers and the public shapes research
  • An exhibition of current research activities and posters
  • Opportunities to find out more about participating in research studies

Presentations will run from 10am – 1pm, with lunch provided from 1pm, when there will be a chance to look at stalls and talk to researchers.

You can register to attend this free event by visiting Eventbrite. Spaces are limited so if you would like to attend please book your ticket ASAP.

Patient and carer involvement in early psychosis research

The Early Psychosis Research Group is looking for patient and carer members to join their group!

We are a research group from the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry who study the causes and course of illness and the treatments for people who are experiencing or who have recently experienced a first episode of a psychotic illness.

Our group are interested in many different topics related to psychotic illnesses, such as investigating the role of immune system or gut bacteria in psychotic symptoms, investigating ways to improve the physical health for people with psychosis, and looking into how best we can provide early treatment and organise community mental health services for people with psychosis.

We are looking for patient and carer representatives to help us develop and run our research studies by giving us your views on them. We are particularly interested in recruiting people who have experienced psychosis or who care for someone who has.

In joining the group we ask people:

  • To attend an initial welcome meeting in Oxford to decide on terms of reference for the PPI group.
  • To be available to contribute to at least one research study a year by reading and commenting on funding applications, study designs and materials, and study dissemination.
  • To be comfortable discussing a range of topics related to mental health and mental health treatments (including biological, psychological, and social treatments).
  • To be available to travel to Oxford to attend occasional meetings.

We will work with each group member, to identify and provide the support that you would like to help you to carry out the role. For example, this might be an introductory meeting, a named contact, or time to discuss topics to enable you to contribute in the meetings.

We will reimburse group members for expenses and offer a payment for your time.

Download the PPI Representative Role Description for further information including how to send us an Expression of Interest to join the group. Or email Stephen.puntis@psych.ox.ac.uk to be sent this document by email.

The deadline for sending us your Expression of Interest is 5 April 2019 but we encourage you to get in touch as soon as possible if you are interested.