Over recent months the NIHR Clinical Research Facility Oxford Health (CRF: Oxford Health) colleagues have been even busier than usual delivering a wide range of mental health studies.
The CRF: Oxford Health runs a mix of commercial and non-commercial studies investigating a range conditions including dementia, depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The facility also collaborates with pharmaceutical companies to explore new medications for areas including treatment-resistant depression and early psychosis.
CRF: Oxford Health colleagues have been working hard to coordinate study visits across their eight examination rooms, processing blood, saliva and cerebrospinal fluid samples from study participants in their laboratory to investigate biological markers of health and treatment response.
Over the summer, the CRF: Oxford Health announced it would host the National Institute of Health and Care Research Oxford Health BioResource Centre, in partnership with the University of Oxford. The Centre is currently running studies into anxiety and depression, severe mental illness and children and young people’s genetics.
Dr Katharine Smith, Clinical Lead at CRF: Oxford Health said: “Well done to all of the CRF: Oxford Health staff who, as always, are working very hard to make everything happen and ensure that studies run smoothly!”
Learn more about CRF: Oxford Health clinical trials, currently open to recruitment.
To learn more about CRF: Oxford Health email the team: [email protected]
