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Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre (BBRC) and Clinical Research Facility (BCRF) played host to the first Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and Clinical Research Facility (CRF) Inclusion Conference at “The Exchange” in Birmingham on 17 October.   The event provided BRC and ... Read More

Recently, the NIHR Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility (OH CRF) has begun researching a new potential drug treatment for Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD). A significant number of people with depression are not helped by at least two antidepressant medications. This is known as ... Read More

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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