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Welcome to Oxford Academic Health Partners

Connecting Oxford’s world-class academic and health partners

Oxford Academic Health Partners unites Oxford’s exceptional academic and health organisations to accelerate
research and innovation so it can transform health outcomes for people locally and globally.

What we do

Connect

We connect the region’s people, expertise and systems across our universities, NHS Trusts and local research partners so health research and innovation can thrive.

Strengthen

We strengthen shared capabilities by streamlining governance, building research culture, coordinating infrastructure, and creating better ways of working together.

Transform

Our partners transform health and care through research excellence and a research-enabled workforce that deliver improved outcomes and experiences for everyone.

Oxford Elements: working as one to transform healthcare

Institutions 4 World #1 university for medicine, UK #1 university for nursing & midwifery, 2 NHS Trusts with 13 hospitals

People 29,000 health research, clinical, teaching and professional support staff

Patients 41,000 people recruited into health research in Oxfordshire in a single year

Discovery 6 million lives saved in the first year of Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine, which delivered £2 trillion of global economic impact

Innovation 1st The UK's leading city for spinouts and partner of choice for the world's biggest life sciences companies

For more information about these numbers, go to about us.

Partnership news

Oxford partners chart path towards accelerated clinical trials through Joint Research Office

Leaders from Oxford’s universities and NHS trusts met on 2nd March 2026 to explore how the Oxford Joint Research Office can become faster, more effective, and better positioned to support world-leading clinical research.

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Joint open day attracts draws crowds at the Westgate Centre

Oxford's two NIHR Biomedical Research Centres co-hosted a showcase of the city's diverse portfolio of health research studies.

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Oxford University joins new UK-France alliance to accelerate research into major infectious diseases

The new partnership unites expertise, infrastructure and data across borders to accelerate diagnosis, treatment and ultimately prevention of major diseases – starting with women’s health, infectious diseases and pandemic preparedness.

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Partners

Supported by an independent team, Oxford Academic Health Partners brings together the leadership from Oxford’s academic and NHS organisations: