Awards for teaching excellence
9 August 2019
Awards & appointments Research methods & EBM Teaching
Awards recognise excellence in both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
Public engagement and involvement proposals given green light
16 July 2019
Awards & appointments Public engagement & involvement
The projects will reach out to rural communities and black and ethnic minority groups - audiences who are seldom engaged in primary care research.
£9 million investment for health and social care research across Oxford and the Thames Valley
11 July 2019
Head of Department Professor Richard Hobbs announced as Director of the new NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Oxford and Thames Valley.
Doctors should offer structured weight loss programmes as treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
1 July 2019
Doctors should offer structured weight loss programmes to patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease finds new research led by the University of Oxford.
Reducing the global burden of atrial fibrillation through prevention of weight gain
26 June 2019
Preventing weight gain could be an important strategy in reducing the global burden of atrial fibrillation, suggests a new study by researchers from the University of Oxford published in the journal, Heart. Nick Jones, study author, explains the findings.
Meet your 'Meat Persona'
20 June 2019
Health behaviours Public engagement & involvement
University of Oxford researchers will be at Oxford’s Westgate Shopping Centre from Monday 24th to Sunday 30th June and they want you to Meat Your Persona.
Online shopping interventions may help customers buy healthier foods
13 June 2019
Altering the default order in which foods are shown on the screen, or offering substitutes lower in saturated fat could help customers make healthier choices when shopping for food online, new research finds.
Nicotine replacement therapy more successful in combination form
18 April 2019
New Cochrane Review investigates the effectiveness of different forms of nicotine replacement therapy in helping people give up smoking