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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In summer 2021 Oxford Health BRC took part in the In2Science programme. This is a scheme that gives young people from a range of backgrounds the opportunity to spend time with and learn from people working in research and to find out more about a career in science.

New research conducted by the Neuroscience, Ethics and Society group and NeurOX Young People’s Advisory Group in the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry and Oxford Health BRC and the…

In July 2021 researchers from the Oxford Health BRC hosted an Academic Industry Meeting Day (AIMday) in Experimental Medicine in Psychiatry. The day was an opportunity for researchers and industry…

The Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre and the Oxford cognitive health Clinical Research Facility are among 13 organisations to trial new race equality in research framework.

As a result of research undertaken at the Oxford Health BRC, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is changing the way it contacts patients about research. From the beginning of August…

Vanessa Bennett, Lead Researcher for the NeurOX Young People Advisory Group, writes about putting together a rewarding virtual work experience programme.