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Our events programme includes a range of seminars and courses as well as opportunities for patients and the public to be involved with and find out more about our research. Many of our events are hosted in collaboration with partners or as part of the Experimental Medicine Network which provides staff and trainees with access to continued training and a forum to share experience and ideas. Many of our public events are free to attend but have limited places – please check whether registration is required before attending.

See also Psychiatry Department Seminars.

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Oxford Health Economics and Policy Evaluation Course

Online

This intensive 2-day online course offers a comprehensive overview of health economics and policy assessment, designed for PhD students, researchers, and healthcare professionals, providing essential skills for data-driven health policy roles. It combines theoretical foundations with practical applications, including lectures, case studies, and hands-on data analysis using Stata, covering topics such as healthcare economics, incentive...

Brain vulnerability for psychosis: from mechanisms to real-world outcomes

Seminar Room Department of Psychiatry, Headington, Oxford

New approaches bridging genes, proteins, cells, and whole-brain networks are transforming our understanding of brain function in health and disease. This talk will present recent work from our lab using multimodal brain imaging and experimental medicine approaches to investigate the biological mechanisms of psychosis vulnerability, aiming to inform early intervention strategies and integrate findings with...

Facilitation Skills Course

The Foundry 17 Oval Way, London

The new Facilitation Skills course provided by Point Of Care Foundation helps participants build confidence and improve their ability to facilitate both online and in-person events, addressing common concerns such as maintaining focus and ensuring all voices are heard. The course offers practical tools for designing successful events, fostering collaboration, and handling typical challenges faced...

Joint Clinical and Research Meeting for Psychiatry and Neurology 2025

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 we will discuss research and clinical issues, meet colleagues, and perhaps start some clinical and research collaborations. This is a meeting intended both for...

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.

IDRM EDI Seminar ‘Beyond Boxes: Unpacking who we are in a research environment’

Institute of Developmental & Regenerative Medicine Seminar rooms 1&2, IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Old Road Campus, Oxford

Register for a talk exploring intersectionality and how recognising the complexity of people’s identities can foster stronger connections, creativity, and innovation in research. The talk will share stories, explain the roots of intersectionality, and provide insights on applying it to everyday work, with key takeaways on understanding equality, building confidence, and fostering inclusive environments. Key...

NIHR Grants – New funding requirements on inclusion- training session

Online

From autumn 2024, applicants for all NIHR domestic programme awards will be required to demonstrate how inclusion is being built into the research lifecycle and costed for. This includes, but is not limited to, the research question and design, the participants recruited, the research methods, data collection, analysis and dissemination of findings. To fulfil NIHR's...

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...

NIHR Fellowship Application Day 2024

Online

A free online workshop for those thinking of applying for a doctoral or post-doctoral NIHR fellowship. The workshop includes information on the fellowship programme, what makes a credible applicant and how to "sell" your fellowship to the NIHR. Register for the Fellowship Application Day 2024.   

Support for grant and fellowship writing

Hybrid

The Academic Career Development (ACD) working group and the Oxford Health BRC Training & ACD team are hosting the Support for grant and fellowship writing session in the Common Room, Department of Psychiatry on Thursday 24 October 10.30am – 12 noon. This session will be an introduction to the people in the department who can support you when writing...

Ethnicity Inclusion in Research

Online

Researchers and Patient and Public Involvement leads (PPI) at the NIHR Oxford BRC, NIHR Oxford Health BRC and NIHR Cambridge BRC are invited to a free online training event on approaches to ethnicity inclusion in health research. What to expect Training for researchers and trial teams on which ethnic groups should be included in clinical...

NIHR ARC OxTV Showcase – Applied Health and Care Research across life stages (Creating partnerships, sharing knowledge, improving outcomes)

Leonardo Royal Hotel Oxford Godstow Road, Oxford

All event information on NIHR ARC OxTV web Draft Agenda: University Suite Oriel Suite Start End Session Title Session Title Morning 09:00 09:30 Registration 09:30 10:00 Welcome, overview of the day and introduction to the ARC  10:00 10:20 Overview of ICSs 10:20 11:00 Community led research Presentation titles TBC 11:00 11:30 Tea break 11:30 13:00...

HRA and ethics submissions training

Online

So, you’ve got a great idea for a research study – but what approvals do you need before you can start? Who do you apply to? And how do you go about doing this? . Join an online ‘live’ presentation through Microsoft Teams for an overview of: how research is governed in the UK which...

Next Steps for PPIE: Sharing Knowledge, Creating Solutions

Zayed Centre for Research (Entrance F for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children) 20c Guilford Street, London

Join us for a collaborative event where young researchers exchange knowledge across disciplines to tackle challenges together! The conference is a key event of the broader Children and Young People (CYP) Patient and Public Involvement Engagement and Participation (PPIEP) national initiative, focused on building a collaborative research network across the UK. This conference will bring together...

Inequality in Health and Health Care: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations

Online

Online This course will cover theoretical concepts on inequity and inequality in health as well as its measurement. It will also provide an overview of selected available (longitudinal) household survey data and cohort studies that combine socio-economic and demographic variables along with various health measures – these datasets provide good sources for empirical inequality in...