A new review published in JAMA Psychiatry explores how inflammation in the body may contribute to mental health conditions such as psychosis, depression and autism, and what this could mean for…
As the 2024/2025 academic year draws to a close, the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC) is celebrating an engaging and impactful Spring Term Training Programme. From April to…
The NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Showcase, held recently at the Royal College of General Practitioners in London, was a vibrant celebration of progress and partnership in mental…
A new study by the University of Oxford published in the journal npj Vaccines, shows that a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is associated with a 29% reduction in dementia risk in…
New research has found that a mindfulness-based psychological therapy that incorporates elements from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), may help to reduce symptoms in people with difficult-to-treat depression (DTD). The paper,…
Researchers from the NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mission’s Children and Young People’s (CYP) Mental Health workstream have recently published a paper on brain stimulation in teenagers with Neurofibromatosis Type…
Recently, the NIHR Mental Health Translation Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mission Psychosis Network was launched to facilitate collaboration between psychosis researchers and clinicians in the UK. The network aims to facilitate…
Recently, children and young people’s (CYP) mental health researchers from the Children and Adolescents Data Resource (CADRE) network came together to discuss progress in building a national data platform for CYP…
Come along to our Health Research Showcase at the Westgate Centre on Thursday 29 May from 10am to learn about the broad range of healthcare research taking place in Oxford…
A new asthma study has found that a dose of inhaled beclomethasone, known as Clenil Modulite® or the ‘brown’ steroid inhaler in the UK, could lead to better clinical outcomes…
Researchers in the NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mental Health Mission (MHM) have contributed to a new report exploring the barriers to recruitment in mental health clinical trials…
The NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration’s (MH-TRC) Mental Health Mission (MHM) Children and Young People’s Mental Health workstream, is working with the University of Cambridge to roll out a…
Recently, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Delivery Network (RDN) hosted a webinar on the latest research into attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Steve Bond, who was…
Harry Chapman, part-time research assistant in the NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mental Health Mission (MHM) Mood Disorders Clinic in Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation…
A groundbreaking study published in Addiction has investigated the feasibility and acceptability of integrating smoking cessation treatment into routine psychological care for individuals with depression and anxiety. Oxford Health NHS…
A pump priming award has been launched this week from our BRC Depression Therapeutics Theme. Awards of up to £5,000 are available for research projects within the key subthemes or…
The NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mental Health Mission (MHM), in partnership with King’s College London and the University of Exeter, are offering 11 fully funded MSc courses…
Mental Health Research for Innovation (M-RIC), NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mental Health Mission (MHM) demonstrator site based in Liverpool, recently held a film screening event for their…
A team of researchers at the University of Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry, supported by the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC), has discovered Alzheimer’s disease-related proteins in cervical…
International Women’s Day (IWD) has a rich history spanning over a century, yet many challenges to women’s progress remain. Since its inception in 1911, IWD has been a day for…
