Good quality sleep is essential for good brain health and sleep studies are vital to improve our understanding of how quality sleep can be achieved for everyone. Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility (OH CRF) hosts a variety of sleep studies and can offer two purpose-built sleep rooms ... Read More
Archives for 2024
Professor Rachel Upthegrove appointed Director Designate of the Oxford Health BRC
We are delighted to announce that Professor Rachel Upthegrove has been appointed as the new director designate and Senior Clinical Researcher of the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC) based at the University of Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry. She will officially ... Read More
Research and Development staff host public coffee morning
Last month, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT) research team ran a coffee morning at the Warneford Hospital. The aim of the event was to thank and recognise people who have taken part in research previously, as well as share current research opportunities with participants and members of the ... Read More
Women who enable research at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. IWD has occurred for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911 supported by ... Read More
Recruitment for Alzheimer’s Disease study now open at Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility
Alzheimer’s Disease is a type of dementia in which abnormal proteins, called beta-amyloid and tau, accumulate in the brain and damage nerve cells. People with Alzheimer’s Disease often have trouble thinking, speaking, remembering things, and performing their daily activities. This condition is ... Read More
An interview with Amanda Colston – Senior Research Nurse and Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility Team Lead
Amanda Colston, Senior Research Nurse and Team Lead at the NIHR Oxford Cognitive Health Clinical Research Facility (CRF) spoke recently with the Oxford Academic Health Partners(OAHP) about her recent success in being awarded an OAHP Research Development Award. Partners across ... Read More
Could you participate in the COBALT Trial?
COmBining memantine And cholinesterase inhibitors in Lewy body dementia Treatment trial (COBALT) The Memory & Cognition Research Delivery Team at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust are looking for participants for a medical research trial. The trial will look at the use of a drug called ... Read More
Navigating the frontiers of mental health research – Research Development Awards
As part of efforts across the region to develop and enhance the research culture for nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, and Pharmacists, Oxford Academic Health Partners (OAHP) has established a Research Development Award Scheme. This scheme supports clinical staff employed ... Read More
