Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Staff nominees and their nominators gathered together at Oxford Town Hall at an event on the evening of Thursday 9 June 2022, to celebrate the fantastic work of the Trust and their colleagues over the past year, and find out who had won a series of awards based on […]
A new scheme launches this week that aims to equip and empower NHS clinical staff with the skills and confidence to participate in clinical research programmes and quality improvement initiatives. The Research Development Award Scheme from Oxford Academic Health Partners offers funding for research skills training, so NHS staff can develop and pilot improved services […]
Oxford’s reputation as a thriving powerhouse for medical, health and life sciences research has been highlighted today with the publication of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, a UK-wide assessment of university research. The results of the REF 2021 exercise demonstrate that the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University continue to deliver research that […]
Expansion of the Oxford Joint Research Office Oxford’s Joint Research Office (JRO) has expanded to include teams from Oxford Health (OH) NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford Brookes University (OBU), joining the clinical research support teams from the University of Oxford (OU) and Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust. The Oxford JRO now includes both of […]
Clinical research at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust is emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic in a leaner and more focused way, with studies only resuming if they are considered likely to deliver. In March 2020, Oxford, like the rest of the country, paused all of its clinical research activities to reduce the risk […]
A major research grant worth over £750,000 will enable The Oxford Institute of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Research (OxINMAHR) and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUH) to develop research capability and capacity, and provide research education and training across the two organisations. The grant will support the development of an evidence-based workforce, establish and […]
Oxford is one of 28 sites that will benefit from over £160 million awarded over five years to expand early phase clinical research for the benefit of NHS patients. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) announced the funding for its Clinical Research Facilities (CRF) on Monday 28 February. The NIHR Oxford Clinical Research Facility […]
The Medical Sciences Division welcomes Steve Bates, CEO of the UK Bioindustry Association, as a Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence. Steve Bates will be working very closely with our Translational Research Office and key teams across the University of Oxford’s innovation ecosystem. Steve will lead an initiative to capture how academic institutions can deliver lifesaving […]
As part of World Cancer Day 2022 we are diving into 10 of Oxford’s most impactful historical and modern contributions to the field of cancer science and treatment. Read more about what Oxford researchers have done to shape this ever-important area of medical science. 1. UNCOVERING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HYPOXIA IN CANCER SCIENCE A discovery […]
Oxford Health’s innovative ‘count me in’ pilot project is having a positive effect on research recruitment according to a letter published in the journal Evidence Based Mental Health. ‘Count me in’ was launched in August 2021 after studies showed that asking clinical staff to collect research contact consent was resulting in a low uptake from […]