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We lead multidisciplinary applied research and training to rethink the way health care is delivered in general practice and across the community.
Let's Talk About Weight
Health behaviours
Kate Farrington interviews SPCR doctoral student Charlotte Albury, who is a contributing author on Public Health England's step-by-step guide to conversations about weight management with children and families for health and care professionals.
We are still going for Gold
Staff stories
Following the EDU's Athena SWAN Awards announcement, where our department achieved a Silver renewal, Head of Department Professor Richard Hobbs reflects on our progress to date in creating a better workplace.
Publication bias: IN CAKE FORM. DataLab at the Curiosity Carnival
Public engagement & involvement Research methods & EBM
Dr Helen Curtis writes about her experience at Oxford's Curiosity Carnival.
A blood pressure reading a day shouldn’t keep the patient away
Cardiovascular & metabolic
Opening the door to a by-gone age of healthcare
General Public engagement & involvement
Dan Richards-Doran reflects on the Oxford Open Doors event, and what it means to be involved.
Female doctors show more empathy than male doctors
Health behaviours
Diet, identity and dopamine
Health behaviours
Chef Tom Kerridge visited Oxford during this year's Oxfordshire Science Festival to talk about his diet with Professor Susan Jebb and an audience at the Sheldonian Theatre. Rebecca Nourse gives us the lowdown.
Placebos work even when patients know what they are
Health behaviours
It’s false to believe that antibiotic resistance is only a problem in hospitals – GP surgeries are seeing it too
Clinical trials Health Services Research Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care
Dr Oliver van Hecke and Professor Chris Butler argue that antibiotic resistance applies to us all.
Can steroids soothe the thorny issue of acute sore throat?
Clinical trials Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care
Dr Gail Hayward discusses the outcome of the TOAST study, which aimed to better understand the role of steroids to treat sore throat.
Does being overweight increase the risk of severe kidney disease?
Cardiovascular & metabolic Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care
For World Kidney Day 2017, Dan Richards-Doran reports on new research that links being overweight with the development of advanced chronic kidney disease.
Who are the 'New Old'?
Digital health & innovation Health Services Research
Part-time DPhil Student Gemma Hughes writes about conceptual technologies developed to support the next generation of older people.
Unpleasant complications of gastroenteritis - unravelling the link
Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care
Is there a link between antibiotic use in gastrointestinal illness and complications such as arthritis and irritable bowel syndrome? DPhil student Seun Esan investigates.
The NHS is not in crisis - here's why
Health Services Research Research methods & EBM
Professor Carl Heneghan writes in The Conversation.
Can real inter-sectoral working address deep-seated inequalities?
Digital health & innovation Global perspective
Nick Fahy is a senior researcher and consultant in health policy and systems at the University of Oxford. He also blogs about health and Brexit at www.nickfahy.org
What I learned from running PPI seminars
Public engagement & involvement
Lynne Maddocks shares her experience of piloting a series of seminars for our Patient and Public Involvement contributors, to help them be ready to shape the design, delivery and dissemination of our research.
Talking about infertility
Patient experience
Lisa Hinton blogs about her research on experiences of infertility and collecting women’s and men’s stories for the www.healthtalk.org website.
Why doing good can do you good
Health behaviours
Jeremy Howick explores the health benefits of doing kind deeds.
Big data in healthcare: problems and potential
Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Research methods & EBM
What does “big data” look like when it comes to healthcare, what are the problems for researchers and what are the potential benefits to patients?