The NIHR Clinical Research Facility (CRF): Oxford Health has been recognised for providing an outstanding student placement experience, following publication of the Oxford Brookes University Celebrating Excellence in Practice Education 2026 report. Feedback from a mental health nursing student ... Read More
Oxford Health launches Improving Black Health Outcomes Bioresource
A new research programme dedicated to improving the health outcomes of Black communities has been launched at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. The Improving Black Health Outcomes (IBHO) Bioresource is a new research programme dedicated to studying health ... Read More
NIHR Chief Executive Officer Professor Lucy Chappell visits Oxford Health
Recently, Professor Lucy Chappell, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Health and Social Care and Chief Executive Officer of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), visited Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OH FT) for a meeting focussed on NIHR ... Read More
Research colleagues unite at Oxford Pride 2026
This year, colleagues from Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust’s Research and Development team and NIHR Clinical Research Facility (CRF): Oxford Health attended Oxford Pride 2026 to show support for the local LGBTQIA+ community, speaking to ... Read More
Nick Raven wins April’s Exceptional People Individual Award
Senior Accountant for Research & Development Nick Raven wins April’s Exceptional People Individual Award – for his outstanding support to efficient research delivery. The nomination Congratulations' to Nick who was nominated by his colleague Deputy Head of Research and Development Claudia ... Read More
Count Me In making research work for you
Count Me In is an Oxford Health initiative that gives patients the choice to hear about research opportunities they may be eligible for, so they can decide whether or not to take part. Count Me In is designed to be simple and flexible, putting choice firmly in the hands of patients. If Count ... Read More
Opening doors to research: CRF Open Day welcomes community and colleagues
Staff, patients and members of the public came together at the NIHR Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility (CRF) for a lively Open Day marking Clinical Trials Day on May 20th. The event offered a welcoming space to explore how research happens and how people can get involved. Guests heard ... Read More
Dementia Action Week: What does “taking action” look like?
Dementia Action Week is an opportunity to consider what taking action really means. While there is an ever growing focus on how risk factors may contribute to the risk of developing dementia and how managing those could help (Lancet Commission 2024; The surprising habits linked to dementia), ... Read More
60 seconds with… Matron, Amanda Colston on Clinical Trials Day
This May 20 – Clinical Trials Day provides an opportunity to recognise the vital role of clinical research and the people behind it, celebrate progress made through trials, and raise awareness of their importance in improving patient care and developing new treatments. The NIHR Clinical ... Read More
Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility (OH CRF) to present at mental health research conference
Colleagues from Oxford Health Research & Development team are attending the International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference, a knowledge sharing event dedicated to research in mental health nursing. Debbie Moll, Research Speech and Language Therapist in the Memory and Cognition ... Read More
New drug to treat patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s
This week, a product licence for the medicine lecanemab (Leqembi) was approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to treat adult patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. The medication has shown some evidence of efficacy in slowing progression of the ... Read More
Oxford Health R&D team represented at Dementia Oxfordshire event
Oxford Health research staff will be attending the Autumn Information Fayre on Wednesday 4 September at the Windmill Centre in Deddington to provide information on dementia research taking place in Oxford. The information drop-in event runs from 10am to 3pm and is hosted ... Read More
Oxford Health’s Clinical Research Facility attend the 2024 UKCRF Network conference
Staff from Oxford Health’s Clinical Research Facility (CRF) spent two engaging days at the UK CRF Network conference in Leicester from 4-5 July 2024. Although the event took place during the election, staff were reminded in advance to organise postal votes, and attendance was not affected. The ... Read More
Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility joins Oxford Pride 2024 celebrations
What is Pride and why did we attend? The Oxford Pride 2024 celebrated the LGBTQIA+ community and its 21st anniversary of the event with the theme “One City – One Pride: Embrace Your Rainbow.” The day brought Oxford’s diverse communities together for an annual parade through the ... Read More
AI to help personalise treatment for depression in Oxfordshire as part of major trial
People with depression are being invited to be part of a clinical trial testing a new evidence-based AI treatment tool to personalise antidepressant treatment. The revolutionary digital tool, called PETRUSHKA, has been developed and is being trialled by a team at the University of Oxford’s ... Read More
Watch now: Joint Oxford BRC public talk. How patient data can transform diagnosis, treatment and care in the NHS
Recently, both Oxford BRCs hosted a joint public talk at the University of Oxford’s Department for Continuing Education in Oxford. Professors Andrea Cipriani and Eva Morris discussed how patient data can transform diagnosis, treatment and care in the NHS. In the talk Professor of Health ... Read More
Blood tests for diagnosing dementia a step closer
The University of Oxford and Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility is part of country-wide trials to identify accurate and quick blood tests that can diagnose dementia. World-class research teams at Dementias Platform UK based at the Department of Psychiatry, University of ... Read More
Would you like to run a Sleep Study at Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility?
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 (CRF: Oxford Health) hosts a variety of sleep studies and can offer two purpose-built ... Read More
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
