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Adults with new-onset type 2 diabetes are a group at higher risk for pancreatic cancer. A study led by NDPCHS and funded by Pancreatic Cancer UK has developed a new risk model that could offer more nuanced risk estimates than current guidance and aid referral of people with newly diagnosed diabetes for further testing.
The Global Health Network
A global community of over 1.4 million health workers and researchers across 190+ countries, enabling teams in low-resource settings to generate research evidence through shared knowledge, open-access training, tools and methods.
Centre for Applied Respiratory Research Innovation and Impact
A UK-wide research centre working to reduce hospital admissions for asthma, COPD and respiratory infections through applied research, clinical innovation and connected care – with a focus on tackling respiratory health inequalities.
Workforce and Learning Research Group
Studying how the primary care workforce is organised, how knowledge is produced, shared and learned, and how the delivery of primary care can be improved to maximise opportunities for equitable patient care.
Oxford Tobacco Addiction Group
Primary research and systematic reviews on interventions to prevent and treat tobacco addiction – covering cessation support, prevention of uptake, and the effectiveness of public policy approaches to reducing smoking.
Behaviour, Implementation Science and Qualitative methods in Infections research Team (BISQIT)
- Analogue to digital
- Hospital to community care
- Sickness to prevention
- health-behaviours-community
- infection-respiratory
Applying behavioural science and qualitative methods to improve how infections are managed in primary care, including the adoption of point-of-care diagnostics and approaches to antibiotic stewardship that work for clinicians and patients.
Health Economics and Policy Evaluation
Applying economic approaches to understand and improve healthcare and population health – evaluating costs, outcomes and policy interventions in the UK and internationally across a range of health systems and contexts.
Clinical Informatics and Health Outcomes Research Group (CIHORG)
Conducting clinical informatics and health outcomes research using linked primary care data, with a focus on disease epidemiology, vaccine effectiveness, and developing data-driven approaches to improve care in general practice.
Social Prescribing
Studying how linking people to community groups, activities and support services – addressing social isolation, practical needs and wellbeing – can complement clinical care and improve health outcomes in primary care.
CPRD Research Group
Supporting high-quality primary care research using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink – one of the UK's largest databases of anonymised GP records – with expertise in data access, management and epidemiological study design.
Stratified TreAtments Research (STAR)
Using large databases of electronic health records to personalise preventive care – developing risk prediction tools and calculators that help clinicians identify which patients will benefit most from treatment and which may be harmed.
Interdisciplinary Research in Health Sciences (IRIHS)
Interdisciplinary research on how health services are organised and delivered, drawing on health policy, translational science, digital health and patient experience to understand how care can be improved and innovation adopted.
Hypertension
Developing better ways to monitor, diagnose and manage high blood pressure in primary care, with a focus on self-monitoring, self-management and interventions that increase patient involvement in their own care.