Oxford Health BRC Theme Lead for Mental Health in Development Professor Cathy Cresswell has written about how NIHR ARCs are working to tackle the youth mental health challenges of the…
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…
The NIHR Dementia Translational Research Collaboration (D-TRC) are pleased to announce its new leadership to spearhead the next 5 years of clinical dementia research development and delivery. The new Chair…
Oxford University will host a new research platform in ethics and humanities thanks to a new Wellcome programme aimed at empowering researchers to overcome barriers holding back progress in their…
People in Oxfordshire are invited to come along to the Westgate Centre on 10 May to learn about the world-class healthcare research currently taking place in Oxford. The NIHR Oxford…
As part of the ongoing collaboration work, on April 14th Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Oxford, welcomed colleagues from the University of Toronto, and the Centre…
We are looking to appoint a Research Capacity Development and Training Manager to join a small team responsible for identifying, developing and driving initiatives to meet the Academic Career Development…
The Clinical Research Network Thames Valley and South Midlands are making funds available in 2023-24 to support the training and career development of individuals delivering NIHR portfolio studies. The funding…
In a piece published recently in The Conversation, new research from Health Economics Research Centre Associate Professor Mara Violato and colleagues has found that the consequences of anxiety disorders in…
Young people will help create an ‘online museum’ as a way of improving their mental health, as part of a new and ground-breaking £2.61m research project. The project, known as…
Research into bipolar disorder at Oxford has received a major boost following a £3 million donation from the Page family. The legacy gift will support the development of innovative new…
This Friday 17 March is World Sleep Day. The theme for this World Sleep Day is Sleep is Essential for Health A fascinating and informative article written by Oxford Health BRC Better Sleep Theme Lead Professor Colin A Espie and…
The University of Oxford technologies, Online Support and Intervention for Child Anxiety (OSI) and Online Social anxiety Cognitive therapy for Adolescents (OSCA) were among four digital tools recommended for use…
BRC Theme lead for Data Science and Oxford University Professor of Psychiatry Andrea Cipriani is conducting evidence based research into treatment for depression. If successful, this could transform the way…
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…
Two drugs, eszopiclone and lemborexant – both not currently licenced for the treatment of insomnia in the UK – were shown to perform better than others, both in the acute…
The second year of the covid pandemic proved to be another challenging year for everyone on many levels. On the bright side, we’ve powered through and ‘done’ a lot. We…
Written by Dr Ruth Jack and Dr Rebecca Joseph, research fellows from the Centre for Academic Primary Care at the University of Nottingham, and Debbie Butler, public contributor. All three…
In a landmark development, psychological therapy has been automated in virtual reality. With the user guided by a virtual coach, there is no need for a real-life therapist, meaning the treatment can reach many more patients.
This blog was written by Emma Osborne, research assistant at the Centre for Research on Eating Disorders at the University of Oxford (CREDO) and Dr Rebecca Murphy, co-director of CREDO and NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellow.