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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.
Research on UTI in children scoops RCGP Award
Awards & appointments Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care
21 September 2017
New test for bowel cancer could save lives through early detection
Health Services Research Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care
21 September 2017
A new screening test in primary care is being hailed as the most efficient way to indicate risk of colorectal cancer.
Recognising research and teaching achievements
Awards & appointments Health behaviours Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care
21 September 2017
Congratulations to Dr Clare Bankhead and Dr Rachna Begh, who have been awarded new titles in the recent Recognition of Distinction Exercise.
Home blood pressure monitoring for hypertension works best when combined with intensive support
Cardiovascular & metabolic
19 September 2017
£1.8 million funding for ambitious programme of systematic reviews
Cardiovascular & metabolic Digital health & innovation Health Services Research Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Policy & health systems Research methods & EBM
18 September 2017
A collaboration of nine member departments of the NIHR School of Primary Care Research has been awarded £1.8 million to undertake, develop the methods, and build capacity in systematic reviews covering priority areas in primary care.
Cancer survivors who quit smoking sooner can live longer
Health behaviours Research methods & EBM
12 September 2017
GPs are comparatively less likely to intervene and offer stop-smoking support to cancer patients, than they are to people diagnosed with coronary heart disease.
Eight priorities identified for tobacco control research
Health Services Research Health behaviours Public engagement & involvement
7 September 2017
A new set of research priorities to support tobacco control will help ensure future research provides the greatest benefit to public health and value for money, according to an international group led by Oxford University researchers.
£1.24 million for new medical diagnostics hub
Awards & appointments Digital health & innovation Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Research methods & EBM
4 September 2017
University of Oxford researchers have been awarded £1.24 million to lead a medical diagnostics co-operative that will drive forward the development, evaluation and uptake of new medical diagnostic technologies to improve outcomes for patients in the community.
Steroids not effective for chest infections in adults who don’t have asthma or other chronic lung disease
Clinical trials Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care
22 August 2017
Appointment – Director of Graduate Studies
Awards & appointments Teaching
18 August 2017
Professor Anthony Harnden has been appointed Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) for the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences.
Kamal Mahtani appointed as HTA panel chair
Awards & appointments Research methods & EBM
31 July 2017
Women speak out about experiences of domestic violence and abuse to help others
Patient experience
6 July 2017
Technology should be used to boost empathy-based medicine
Digital health & innovation Health Services Research Health behaviours Patient experience
28 June 2017
Existing digital technologies must be exploited to enable a paradigm shift in current healthcare delivery which focuses on tests, treatments and targets rather than the therapeutic benefits of empathy.
New Editor-in-Chief for BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
Awards & appointments Research methods & EBM
21 June 2017
BMJ, a leading healthcare knowledge provider, is pleased to announce Carl Heneghan as the new Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine.
Experts set out plan to tackle “questionable integrity” of medical evidence
Public engagement & involvement Research methods & EBM
21 June 2017
Manifesto aims to develop more trustworthy evidence to improve healthcare
Talking about healthy, happy eating
Clinical trials Health behaviours Public engagement & involvement
20 June 2017
Department members take part in the 2017 Oxfordshire Science Festival
Department awarded for sustainability efforts
14 June 2017
Sustainability Showcase salutes University’s green progress