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
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New study for Treatment-Resistant Depression launches at Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility
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
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
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 (OH CRF) hosts a variety of sleep studies and can offer two purpose-built sleep rooms ... 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
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
