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Number of people taking part in life-changing research reaches almost one million

Participation in health and care research It has been another successful year for participation in health and care research, with almost one million participants across England taking part in NIHR research…

More than £96m awarded to NHS for cutting-edge research equipment

Cutting-edge research equipment and technology The NIHR has awarded more than £96 million to 93 NHS organisations across England, which are all part of the NIHR’s wider infrastructure. This includes…

NIHR INSIGHT: Inspiring Students into Research Round 1

The INSIGHT: Inspiring Students into Research scheme aims to attract students in registered healthcare, social work and public health professions (not including doctors and dentists) into the full range of…

Sign up to be contacted about taking part in health research studies

People interested in taking part in health research studies are being encouraged to sign up to a new service which notifies them about trials they could join. More than 150,000…

Oxford Health plays a leading role in £42.7m research effort to find innovative new treatments for mental illness

Research with the potential to change the lives of millions around the world suffering with mental illness has received a boost with the announcement of £42.7m of government funding. Clinicians…

Westgate Centre visitors learn about Oxford’s ground-breaking research

Hundreds of visitors to Oxford’s Westgate Centre on Wednesday 10 May were able to find out about the world-class healthcare research that is currently taking place in Oxford. The Westgate’s…

£35.4m to transform mental and brain health care across the UK – and the world

Innovative treatments and transformative therapies in brain health are on the horizon thanks to a £35.4 million award to the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre. The award, announced on…

Investigating Neuronal Oscillations in Ageing and Dementia

Some research studies into dementia are starting to use Magnetoencephalography scans (also known as MEG scans) but what is MEG? What does it measure? And what can it tell us about neurodegeneration?

Blog post by Andrew Quinn, Jemma Pitt, Méadhbh Brosnan, Sarah Clayton, & Kia Nobre from the Brain & Cognition lab & OxDARE team for Dementia Action Week 2021.