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Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration and Mental Health Mission

New study explores learning and mood in children with genetic condition

The NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mission Children and Young People’s Mental Health workstream have recently started recruitment to a study into learning, attention and mood in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).  NF1 is a genetic…

Mood Disorder workstream launches membership status to broaden research collaboration

The NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mission Mood Disorder workstream has launched a new Affiliate Membership status to their network of Higher Education Institutions and NHS Trusts, enabling formal research engagement opportunities between clinical and academic experts across the UK.  This network aims to advance research into and improve care…

Join the Children and Young People’s Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Pitch Event 

The NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration Mission’s (MH-TRC) are hosting an online event on Wednesday 11 February from 5pm to 7pm, exploring creative and inclusive Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) approaches and ideas, focused on children and young people’s mental…

Latest updates from our BRC

January’s newsletter bring a fresh roundup of updates, research highlights, and news from us and our partners at Oxford Health BRC. In this first edition for 2026, discover what’s shaping…

Oxford Health BRC signs HRA Shared Commitment to Public Involvement 

Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC) has joined more than thirty national health organisations in pledging to improve public involvement in health and social care research.  Recently, OH BRC…

From insight to impact at Oxford Health R&D 2025 

Introduction Across Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust’s research infrastructures, the Trust’s Research and Delivery teams, the NIHR Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility (OH CRF), NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC) and the NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC)…

Three Years of Impact – Oxford Health BRC and NIHR MH-TRC driving mental health research

For the last 3 years, the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC) has been at the forefront of innovation in brain and mental health research in the UK,…

Driving change in mental health care: Oxford Health BRC in focus

The Oxford Academic Health Partners (OAHP) recently published a spotlight feature on Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC), in conversation with our Director Professor Rachel Upthegrove MBE. The piece…

Participants in young people’s mental health study co-produce videos about research 

In spring this year, young people who had been adopted came together with University of Manchester researchers to produce two videos about their experience of taking part in research.   The young people took part in SOCIAL, a National Institute for Health and…

Research participation made easier with Count Me In

At Oxford Health, we believe research should be accessible to everyone. We’re preparing to launch Count Me In following its pilot in 2021, a pioneering approach to make it easier…

Celebrating research excellence on World Mental Health Day

This year’s World Mental Health Day theme “Access to Services – Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies” resonates with many during these uncertain times. At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust…