New members the NIHR Oxford and BRC: Oxford Healths’ Diversity in Research group attended a meeting on 31 January to learn about the work of the two BRCs and how…
Race Equality Week (REW) is an annual UK-wide movement uniting organisations and individuals to address the barriers to race equality in the workplace. This year the week-long observance takes place…
As part of our 60 second interview series, we spoke with Dr Angharad de Cates, who recently joined our BRC as BRC: Oxford Health Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Academic Lead….
The Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (BRC: Oxford Health) December 2024 newsletter is available on our newsletters web page: Issue 11 – BRC: Oxford Health Newsletters – NIHR Oxford Health…
Partner Universities of Oxford and Surrey have launched an exchange scheme designed to enhance the skill sets of researchers across both institutions by leveraging their respective strengths in sleep research…
Recently staff and colleagues from across our National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (BRC: Oxford Health) celebrated the outstanding leadership and achievements of…
We would like to congratulate our esteemed colleague Professor Rachel Upthegrove MBE, MBBS, FRCPsych, PhD on her recent achievement of receiving the Member of the Order of the British Empire…
The New Therapeutic Approaches in Translational Mental Health Conference was held on 16 September 2024 at the Mathematical Institute in Oxford. The event was organised by Betina Nair and Dr…
NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC): Oxford Health and NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre are seeking committed individuals to join their Diversity in Research Group to share experiences and ideas related…
A prescription treatment for insomnia developed by Big Health has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval this week. Big Health joint co-founder University of Oxford’s Prof Colin Espie…
Recently, visitors to Oxford’s Westgate Centre were able to learn about the world-class healthcare research taking place in the city. The annual Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Open Day, hosted by…
BRC: Oxford Health Researchers from the Universities of Birmingham, Oxford, Reading and Surrey met in Guildford on 1 July to tour the sleep facilities and discuss sleep technologies. At the…
Professor Rachel Upthegrove, who joins the University of Oxfords Department of Psychiatry and our BRC as Director Designate in August, has been made an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours…
Our BRC Better Sleep (BS) Theme aims to create a UK collaborating network that integrates research infrastructure and clinical services to deliver innovation in mental, cognitive and brain health research…
Come and join us for our BRC Open Day at the Westgate Centre in Oxford between 10am and 3.30pm on Thursday 30 May. The event – held jointly with Oxford…
Trouble sleeping? Low mood or depression? At the University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, we are looking for volunteers, who have sleep problems and experience low mood to…
Recently, the BRC: Oxford Health held a Joint Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) & Patient and Public Involvement Engagement and Participation (PPIEP) workshop in Oxford to discuss barriers to research…
Good quality sleep is essential for good brain health and sleep studies are vital to improve our understanding of how quality sleep can be achieved for everyone. Oxford Health Clinical…
World Sleep Day 2024 is celebrated on 15 March and this year’s theme is “Sleep Equity for Global Health”. Sleep is vital for good health, but there are significant disparities…
We are delighted to announce that Professor Rachel Upthegrove has been appointed as the new director designate and Senior Clinical Researcher of the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (BRC: Oxford…
