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  • Ethnicity Inclusion in Health and Care Research

    Online

    We’re delighted to invite you to an informative online session on practical tools for ethnicity inclusion in health research. As a researcher or research clinician, this event is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your approach to including people and communities from diverse ethnicities in your research. These sessions are for: Research staff affiliated with the following Biomedical...

  • Masterclass: Clinical Trials and Health Systems Data

    Richard Doll Lecture Theatre Richard Doll Building HERC, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Old Road Campus,, Headington, Oxford

    Clinical trials are essential for evaluating new treatments, and there is growing interest in harnessing health systems data (HSD) to enhance their efficiency and effectiveness. HSD can offer researchers and trialists valuable opportunities to streamline key processes such as identifying eligible participants, monitoring trial progress in real time, enabling remote follow-up and capturing outcomes. Yet, its use...

  • Informed consent

    Online

    This half-day workshop explores the informed consent process. *NIHR login required* More information.

  • Register now: Free Public Talk on Neurodiversity and Research

    Rewley House, Department for Continuing Education 1 Wellington Square, Oxford

    April marks Autism Acceptance Month, an important opportunity to move beyond awareness and focus on meaningful inclusion.   As understanding of neurodiversity grows, so too does recognition of the need for research...

  • Health Research Showcase 2026

    Leiden Square, Westgate Centre Westgate Centre, Oxford

    Step into the future of healthcare at our Health Research Showcase event 2026  Join us at the Westgate Centre in Oxford on Thursday 28 May. We are teaming up again...

  • Adaptive Innovative Methods (AIM) Launch

    Online

    AIM is a new NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Oxford Health digital community designed to support innovation in psychological treatments for children, adolescents, and young adults. We believe young people deserve better mental health support.  This means treatments that are not only evidence-based, but also more effective, more accessible, and more acceptable within the realities of their...

  • Writing Retreat – The Mental Health Research (MHR) Incubator

    Charney Manor Charney Bassett, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

    The Mental Health Research (MHR) Incubator team are excited to announce the launch of our Paper Writing Retreat! Step away from the usual distractions at work and home and make significant progress...

  • Pioneering Approaches in Experimental and Translational Medicine

    Pioneering Approaches in Experimental and Translational Medicine – 2 day course

    Kings College London 8th Floor North, Bush House, Strand campus, 30 Aldwych, London,, London

    This two-day course returns for 2026 with a new programme and line-up of speakers. The course aims to inspire and prepare researchers embarking on careers in translational and experimental medicine....

    £40

  • Health Data Research Service – unlocking research in the UK

    Richard Doll Building Lecture Theatre Old Road Campus, Oxford

    Speaker: Dr Melanie Ivarsson, CEO of the Health Data Research Service Speaker bio: Melanie currently leads the Health Data Research Service – a new organisation backed by the UK Government and Wellcome Trust which aims to revolutionise how UK data healthcare is used. She is currently leading efforts to accelerate the understanding of what causes...

  • NIHR Writing Successful Grant Applications [Online]

    Online

    Sophie Hyndman, Deputy Director & Senior Research Adviser, NIHR Research Support Service This session is designed to help you craft compelling research funding applications that resonate with reviewers. It will cover: The purpose of grant applications What reviewers look for when assessing applications How best to pitch and write your application to appeal to reviewers...

  • BFRB con

    Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours (BFRBs) Con 2026

    The Life and MInd Building South Parks Road, Oxford

    Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours (BFRBs) are a group of complex mental health disorders that are characterised by the uncontrollable urge to pull, pick, scratch, cut or bite one's own skin, hair or nails. These behaviours are not simply bad habits, they are often chronic, difficult to control and associated with high levels of emotional distress. ...

    £175
  • national paediatric translational resaerch conference

    National Paediatric Translational Research Conference

    Sheffield City Hall Barkers Pool, Sheffield

    The NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR GOSH BRC) Paediatric Excellence Initiative and Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity are hosting the inaugural National Paediatric Translational Research Conference, in collaboration with Great Ormond Street, Alder Hey, Birmingham and Sheffield Children’s Hospitals. When: 15-16 October 2026 Where: Sheffield City Hall, Barker’s Pool, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield...

  • Early Career Researcher Grant & Fellowship Pitch Event

    Online

    Applications are now open for the Early Career Researcher (ECR) Grant & Fellowship Pitch Event, hosted by the NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration Mission Capacity Development workstream. This event offers mental health ECRs from across the UK the opportunity to present a grant or fellowship proposal to an experienced panel and receive constructive feedback...

  • OxINAHR

    OxInAHR – Research and the NHS 10 Year Plan

    JHB208 Chakrabarti Lecture Theatre John Henry Brookes Building, Oxford Brookes University

    Registration is now open for Oxford Institute of Applied Health Research (OxInAHR): Research and the NHS 10 Year Plan Wednesday 4 November 2026 at Oxford Brookes University Time: 12:30–15:30 (light lunch available from 12:30) Venue: JHB208 Chakrabarti Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building, Oxford Brookes University Professor Ruth Endacott, NIHR Director of Nursing and Midwifery, will explore how research...