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Antibiotic Guardians: two-way learning through science festivals

Department General Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care

World Antibiotic Awareness Week is upon us! This global campaign, taking place between 18-24 November 2022, aims to improve the awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), as well as promote practices to ensure the responsible use of antibiotics.

Closing the STEM gap is a collective responsibility

Department Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Staff stories

11 February 2022 is International Day of Women and Girls in Science; a day dedicated to helping ensure women and girls are encouraged and able to contribute and benefit from the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Here DataLab policy lead, Jess Morley, discusses the challenges involved in closing the gap in representation and reward for women working in these fields, and what the DataLab are trying to do to help lower some of the associated barriers.

Preventing deaths from cardiovascular disease and anticoagulants: an analysis of coroner Prevention of Future Deaths reports (PFDs) questions whether lessons are being learnt

FHS Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Medical Students Students

Preventing premature death is the aim of coroners’ Prevention of Future Deaths reports. But is this system really helping us to prevent such harms? Oxford medical student, Ali Anis, examined deaths involving cardiovascular disease and anticoagulants for his Final Honours Scheme (FHS) research, to assess the state of play, now published in BJGP Open.

Transforming primary care for a pandemic – a pan-European perspective

COVID-19 Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Policy & health systems

European primary care rapidly adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic by deciding how to transform care delivery, despite limited training and resources, reports the first pan European qualitative study in eight countries.

Pioneering a new digital platform for primary care surveillance and trials

COVID-19 Clinical trials Digital health & innovation Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care

Professor Simon de Lusignan, Professor of Primary Care and Digital Informatics, describes how a decades old primary care surveillance system is evolving into a sophisticated digital hub capable of supporting COVID-19 trials and related research.

Can a daily probiotic keep antibiotics at bay?

Clinical trials Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care

Professor Chris Butler, Director of the Primary Care Clinical Trials Unit, writes about the recent PRINCESS trial, which investigated whether probiotics can reduce infections in care home residents.

Setting the research agenda in advanced heart failure

Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Public engagement & involvement

Dr Nick Jones, Wellcome Trust Doctoral Research Fellow, writes about the Research Priorities in Advanced Heart Failure project, which has now published its top 10 priorities for the research community.

Nicotine therapy for coronavirus: the evidence is weak and contradictory

COVID-19 Health behaviours Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care

Should azithromycin be used to treat COVID-19?

COVID-19 DPhil Programmes Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Students

COVID-19 is caused by a virus - so why would we consider treating it with an antibiotic like azithromycin? GP and DPhil Student, Kome Gbinigie, and Postdoctoral Researcher, Kerstin Frie, review the evidence.

High-dose opioids – five factors that increase the risk of harm

DPhil Programmes Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Students

DPhil student Georgia Richards argues why its time for doctors to rethink the prescribing of high-dose opioids for people with chronic pain.

Infographics about antibiotics: making facts accessible

Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care

NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer, Dr Oliver van Hecke, writes about how infographics may be an effective tool to increase parents' understanding about antibiotic use. Oliver's project poster recently won first prize at the South West SAPC meeting in Bristol.

The DataLab - What we did last year!

Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care

Most people share their end of year roundup during late December when everyone is too full of cake to read. Now you’re back in the saddle, Brian McKenna, Honorary Research Fellow, presents the DataLab's roundup of everything they threw out into the world over the previous 12 months!

Antibiotics: even low use in children can have a negative impact on health – new research

Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care

Taking any antibiotic makes developing antibiotic resistance more likely. Dr Oliver van Hecke, Clinical Lecturer and GP, writes about his latest study showing that even relatively low antibiotic use has potential health implications.

Attending the House of Commons as panel expert

Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care

NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer, Dr Oliver van Hecke, describes his recent experience as a panel member on a All-Party Parliamentary Group event on antimicrobial resistance.

Meet a student - Ali Albasri

Cardiovascular & metabolic DPhil Programmes Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care

DPhil student Ali Albasri meets CLAHRC Communications Officer Gavin Hubbard for PPI Pulse Magazine.

Being more specific about 'one-stop shops' for non-specific cancer symptoms

Health Services Research Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care

What are the new 'one-stop shops' for less obvious cancer symptoms, and how is this service being developed and evaluated in Oxfordshire? GP and Clinical Researcher Dr Brian D Nicholson, from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, is part of the team who developed the region’s pilot site, one of ten across the country, and explains why understanding non-specific symptoms is important.

Big Data: How codebreakers helped transform healthcare

Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Public engagement & involvement Research methods & EBM

Professor Carl Heneghan, Director of the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine and Official Fellow of Kellogg College, discusses the role of code breaking in healthcare, linking its use to the famous Enigma Machine and explaining why the department is linking up with Kellogg College's upcoming 'Bletchley Park Week.'

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.