• Data-Driven Decisions: The Case for Randomised Policy Trials. A Talk by Dr Andrew Leigh, Assistant Treasurer in the Australian Government

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

    In medicine, multiple randomised trials have found potentially promising treatments to be ineffective (or even harmful). Randomised trials in health save money and save lives. Yet while randomised trials have proliferated in health, randomised trials of social programs remain relatively rare. Drawing on examples from different countries and policy areas, Dr Leigh discuss the value...

  • Oxford Autumn School in Neuroscience 2024

    Goss Lecture Theatre, Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, South Parks Road, Oxford

    During this 2 day scientific conference event,  several presenters from across the University of Oxfords Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, Experimental Psychology,  and the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences will focus on 4 main Themes: Brain Development Anxiety Frontal Lobs Interactions Dementia and Neurodegeneration The conference is suitable for active researchers and students. You...

  • Health Research Coffee Afternoon

    Buckinghamshire New University Wellbeing Hub Aylesbury Campus, 59 Walton Street

    The public, students and staff are invited to join us for a coffee and cake on Tuesday 15 October from 12.30pm to 2.30pm at Buckinghamshire New University to learn more about research.

  • How to engage with Parliament as a researcher (Health)

    Online

    UK Parliament hosts events open to researchers from any discipline and career-level, and delivers training across the UK. Their new series of online training sessions provide an opportunity to hear directly from a Member of the House of Lords on how they engage with academic research. During a Parliament for Researchers with the House of Lords session, attendees...

  • Involving Patients and Public in Research

    Online

    Are you a researcher who wants to know more about Patient and Public Involvement (PPI)? Are you a researcher who is looking for reliable online resources to help get you started with PPI? Are you a PPI lead or responsible for PPI in your team or theme looking for support and information? If so, the...

  • Cost-Effectiveness Analysis In Stata Using Participant-Level Data (online)

    Zoom

    This course, ordinarily a follow-on for those who have participated in the Applied Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis course (although open to all) will provide an overview for data preparation and analyses using the statistical software Stata. This will involve a mixture lectures and practical exercises. The extra module will cover: data preparation and dealing with...

  • In Conversation at Christmas 2024 (Zoom)

    Zoom

    Alzheimer's Research UK invite you to join them this festive season as they look back at the big dementia research news stories of 2024. Speakers:  Prof Vanessa Raymont and Head of Policy and Public Affairs at Alzheimer’s Research UK David Thomas This year saw the launch of revolutionary studies that bring us closer than ever...

  • Joint Clinical and Research Meeting for Psychiatry and Neurology

    St Annes College Woodstock Road

    The Oxford University Hospitals and Oxford Health NHS Trusts, as well as the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences and the Department of Psychiatry, come together on a whole day event where  research and clinical issues are discussed, networking takes place and clinical and research collaboration opportunities are considered. This is a meeting intended both for...

  • NIHR ARC Wessex CRED Talk – Join Dementia Research

    Online

    Join Dementia Research is an online service that allows members of the public to register and express their interest in taking part in vital dementia research. Our service then matches volunteers with studies that they might be eligible to take part in. We are always looking for more volunteers and so we need our social...

  • NHS Hospitals Interoperability Summit

    15Hatfields Conference Centre Chadwick Court, LOndon

    The NHS Hospitals Interoperability Summit arrives as Trusts face increasing pressures to meet 2025 digital maturity mandates. Join the event for an in-depth exploration of the trailblazing initiatives driving digital transformation and interoperability across the NHS. This session will spotlight leading NHS Trusts—such as Cambridge University Hospitals, Tees Esk & Wear Valleys, and University Hospitals...

  • Introduction to public involvement in research

    Online

    We run regular online ‘Introduction to public involvement in research’ training sessions in collaboration with Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. These are aimed at researchers and staff who are responsible for PPI activities and want to know how to get started, and where to find reliable guidance and resources. You can book for any session here.

  • Bridging Health and Economics: Showcasing Research across the NIHR Oxford BRCs and ARC

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

    This in-person workshop will showcase a selection of health economic work from across the NIHR Oxford BRC, Oxford Health BRC and Applied Research Collaboration. We hope that the workshop will be of interest to theme leaders and researchers across these NIHR infrastructures. Following the workshop there will be an opportunity to network with other researchers...

  • Online Public Lecture Every Mind Matters: Improving Young People’s Mental Health

    Online

    REGISTER NOW! Public Lecture - March 2025 - University of Reading In this public talk, Professor Stella Chan (Research Lead of the Charlie Waller Institute and the Anxiety and Depression in Children and Young People (AnDY) research clinic at the University of Reading)  will discuss the latest research and clinical perspectives and reflect on why...

  • Translation 2025

    Congress Centre 28 Great Russell Street, London

    TRANSLATION 2025 is a two-day conference bringing together leading researchers to discuss the latest discoveries and innovations in dementia research. Recent new drugs impacting dementia's progression, new drives in data research, biomarker studies, international collaborations, a growing infrastructure, effective trials delivery capacity are all important elements for translational research. So too, is experimental research as...

    £300
  • Pioneering Approaches in Experimental and Translational Medicine

    Kings College London (Dissection Room) King’s College London, Great Hall, Strand Campus

    Two-day, in-person course Thursday 13 March (10:00 - 17:30) and Friday 14 March (9:30 - 16:30) 2025   Book your place – priority booking for NIHR Maudsley BRC, King’s and South London and Maudsley until 29 January 2025   There is an urgent need for new interventions for psychiatric and neurological conditions. Experimental medicine studies and...

    £40