Come along to the Health Research Showcase at the Westgate Centre on Thursday 29 May from 10am to learn about the broad range of healthcare research taking place in Oxford and how it translates into real benefits for NHS patients. The Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility will have a stand, ... Read More
First participants recruited to bipolar depression study
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust's Mental Health Research Delivery Team have successfully recruited the first participants to the ASCEnD study into bipolar disorder, which is being carried out at the Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility (OH CRF). The ASCEnD study aims to address the limited ... Read More
In case you missed it: ADHD ‘ask the expert’ webinar
Recently, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Delivery Network (RDN) hosted a webinar on the latest research into attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Steve Bond, who was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and is parent to a neurodivergent ... Read More
60 seconds with… Samuel Agyapong, Clinical Research Nurse
In the latest of our 60 second interview series, we spoke with Samuel Agyapong, Clinical Research Nurse at the NIHR Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility (OH CRF). Samuel is also one of seven Chief Nurse Fellows at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. The Chief Nurse Fellowships (CNF) are ... Read More
National project enhances research opportunities for nursing students at Oxford Health CRF
Three Mental Health Nursing students studying at Oxford Brookes University have shared their experiences of taking part in MESH at OH CRF. MESH is a national NIHR Nursing and Midwifery led project which aims to provide nursing students with research exposure and ... Read More
Ask the expert webinar: Questions about ADHD
The public is invited to a webinar to ask questions of leading specialists about the latest research into attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), hosted by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Delivery Network. Professor Samuele Cortese and Dr Edoardo ... Read More
Media filming at OH CRF for READ-OUT dementia study as Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust welcomes first participants
Recently Professor Vanessa Raymont, Director of Research and Development at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT), spoke to journalists from Sky News and The Times about the READ-OUT dementia study. READ-OUT, a country-wide trial aiming to revolutionise how dementia is diagnosed using blood ... Read More
Oxford Health Director of Research and Development discusses READ-OUT with BBC South
Recently, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT) Director of Research and Development, Professor Vanessa Raymont featured on the BBC discussing the new READ-OUT dementia study, which opens at the Trust this month. The READ-OUT study is a national multi-site study in collaboration ... Read More
Research colleagues host coffee afternoon to promote research opportunities
Recently, research colleagues came together to host a Research Coffee Afternoon at Buckinghamshire New University in Aylesbury. The aim of the event was to engage the university’s students, staff and visiting members of the public in health care research, informally over a cup of coffee and ... Read More
60 seconds with…. Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility (OH CRF) Team Lead Debbie Moll
Debbie Moll, who recently started as the CRF Team Lead speaks about her career in research. Debbie previously worked as a researcher in the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust’s Memory and Cognition Research Delivery Team and also worked part-time as OH CRF’s Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) ... Read More
Colleagues present at International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference
Recently, colleagues from the Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility (OH CRF) and Oxford Health Research & Development team attended the 29th International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference, held at St Catherine’s College, Oxford. The aim of the event was to share knowledge and best ... Read More
Which drugs are the most effective for acute migraines?
Triptans, a drug usually offered as an alternative to painkillers, have been found to be the most effective medicine for adults who experience acute migraines. Findings of a study, which recruited over 89,000 participants, compared 17 oral medications commonly used to treat migraines were ... Read More
Oxford Health R&D staff talk about studies at Dementia Oxfordshire event
Research staff at Oxford Health recently attended the Autumn Information Fayre at the Windmill Centre in Deddington to provide information on dementia and opportunities to take part in dementia research. Clinical Research Facilitators Zoe Collett and Ariana Cortez from the Oxford Health Memory ... Read More
