Medical debates around early detection and overdiagnosis have become increasingly polarised, often masking shared values and ethical complexity. Here, Elspeth Davies reflects on why evidence alone cannot resolve these conflicts \u2013 and how changing our language and listening practices could help move medicine from entrenched disagreement toward more constructive dialogue.
\n \n\n \n \nOn 3 December 2025, Dr Tori Ford gave oral evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee\u2019s inquiry into the reproductive health of women and girls, speaking as a gender health equity researcher and Founder and Executive Director of Medical Herstory.
\n \n\n \n \nThe workforce supporting patient and public involvement in research has grown, but career pathways and recognition haven't kept pace. Here, we reflect on our work to define the skills needed for these roles \u2013 and why that alone isn't enough.
\n \n\n \n \nFinding joy, peer support, and the fight against misinformation: Dr Anne-Marie Boylan reflects on a public event she held on 29 November to discuss menopause
\n \n\n \n \nWe've reached the final chapter of our twelve-part journey through decolonising global health. This instalment brings together contributions from several of our series participants \u2013 colleagues who have challenged assumptions, shared hard truths and opened new pathways forward. As we reflect on where we've been and revisit key themes from across the series, we also turn our gaze towards the future and the ongoing work of shifting power, transforming practice and reframing how we see global health itself.
\n \n\n \n \nAnne Ferrey, this year\u2019s Ambitious Value Award winner, reflects on what ambition really means and how it can support our wellbeing when we approach it with flexibility, purpose and care.
\n \n\n \n \nAfter a 60-year career in professional ballet, a Rosamund Snow Scholar shares their experience of completing an Oxford DPhil at 78, researching how clinicians communicate with elite dancers facing career-ending injuries.
\n \n\n \n \nOur department\u2019s Values guide how we work together, support each other, and create a positive place to be. They aren\u2019t just words \u2014 they influence our wellbeing every day. This new blog series invites the winners of our Values Awards to share what their award means to them, and how living these values has shaped their own and others\u2019 wellbeing. \r\n\r\nWe're kicking off the series with Anna Moore, winner of the Collaborative award.
\n \n\n \n \nDrawing on parallels between palliative care and global health practice, MSc in Translational Health Sciences alumnae Debbie Dada and Anne Neumann reflect on the concept of \u2018accompaniment\u2019 - walking alongside communities, listening deeply and committing to shared struggle. They invite readers to consider how relational practice can help reimagine decolonisation as co-liberation.
\n \n\n \n \nAs the NHS expands digital support for long-term conditions, a new rapid evaluation from our DECIDE programme examines how technology-enabled remote monitoring is working for people with COPD. By exploring patient and staff experiences across four NHS sites, the study highlights what TERM can offer, where it falls short, and what services need to ensure remote monitoring genuinely supports people to stay well at home.
\n \n\n \n \nFor patients, understanding how decisions are made about the format, urgency and staffing of the care they receive in their GP practice can feel complicated. By examining everyday interactions, our ModCons study has shed light on how decisions are made in general practice - and created a visual guide to help patients understand how to book an appointment and get the right kind of care from their GP practice.
\n \n\n \n \nWhy diagnosing UTIs in care home residents is challenging and how new diagnostic tests could reduce inappropriate antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance. Dr Abi Moore, a care home GP, shares insights from research with older people.
\n \n\n \n \nIn this blog, MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership student Dr Cosmas Mugambi reflects on concepts from the \u2018Leading with evidence-based healthcare\u2019 module of the programme, specifically how it may be applied to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
\n \n\n \n \nThe PEOPLE AMR Network brings together researchers, clinicians and communities to tackle antimicrobial resistance through co-designed interventions. Led by Oxford with UKRI funding, we're building people-centred solutions for prudent antimicrobial use.
\n \n\n \n \nHow can CRP point-of-care tests tackle antimicrobial resistance? The SPARROW study in Wales investigates real-world implementation of rapid testing to support smarter antibiotic prescribing in primary care.
\n \n\n \n \nFor PPE students, a summer spent in a healthcare research department may not seem the usual path, but for Leyi Pan an NIHR Health Economics internship at in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences was the perfect fit. In this reflective blog, Leyi shares insights from her eye-opening experience, exploring the rigour, real-world impact, and ethical depth of research that shapes health policy and wellbeing.
\n \n\n \n \nFor World Diabetes Day, Dr Eleanor Barry shares insights from her DPhil in Primary Health Care, exploring how to build more equitable and digitally inclusive approaches to type 2 diabetes prevention and management.
\n \n\n \n \nLia Willis, a member of the Green Impact Team, highlights the benefits of eating in-season produce and offers practical tips for incorporating it into your diet while supporting local communities and reducing your carbon footprint.
\n \n\n \n \nIn the October edition of our 12-part Decolonising Global Health series, we welcome back Sarah Alkandari, DPhil student at the University of Oxford, and Sridhar Venkatapuram, Associate Professor in Global Health and Philosophy. Together, they trace the persistent cycle of rebranding in global health, from tropical medicine to international health to its current incarnation, arguing that each new name has retained the same underlying logic of 'us' helping 'them'. Drawing on the metaphor of the Ouroboros, the mythical snake that devours its own tail, they explore how the field has repeatedly consumed and renewed itself whilst preserving the hierarchies and power dynamics embedded in its colonial origins.
\n \n\n \n \nTelecare \u2013 the use of alarms and sensors connected to remote monitoring systems \u2013 has been used for decades in England\u2019s social care services. As it evolves into AI-driven 'connected care', a DECIDE centre review has found there is strong interest in the use of this technology but limited evidence on real-world impact, highlighting the need for more robust, inclusive research in adult social care.
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