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Ranin Soliman, DPhil Student in EBHC, describes her experiences of the qualitative research methods module.
Artistry Through Adversity: Amy Izat's journey from critical care to canvas
DPhil General Students
DPhil student Francesca Dakin reviews 'A Different Kind of Vision', artist Amy Izat's poignant tale of health challenges and artistic transformation.
International Women's Day: Reflections from a DPhil Student
DPhil
DPhil student Amadea Turk reflects on her experiences—both the successes and the stumbling blocks—working as a researcher in Primary Care.
Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2023 – Food for thought
DPhil Health behaviours
28 of February to 5 of March is Eating Disorders Awareness week. Elena Tsompanaki, a registered dietitian and DPhil student in Primary Care in the Health Behaviours team explains why awareness is important in eating disorders.
UK Disability History Month – practicing disability-inclusion in research
DPhil
In this blog, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Science DPhil student Sara Rotenberg, reflects how UK Disability History Month 2022 offers a time to reflect on how we can improve accessibility in our approach to research and shares some tips for practicing disability-inclusion in research.
Diagnostic tests for children — are we getting it right?
DPhil
Spending by the National Health Service continues to rise. To continue to offer safe and effective health care, we need to find ways to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Children make up one-fifth of the UK population and 10% of the general practice workload. If we can find ways to improve efficiency in paediatric care, everyone could benefit, most of all children and their parents.
DPhil student exchange programme: Emilie’s experience
DPhil Staff stories Students
Emilie reflects on her experience as a visiting DPhil student with the Interdisciplinary Research in Health Sciences (IRIHS) team, or in her words ‘the best three months’ of her DPhil study!
Building on pandemic experiences: DPhil Research Assistant, Amelia Talbot
DPhil Students
Amelia is a DPhil Research Assistant in the Medical Sociology and Health Experiences Research Group. Find out how Amelia adapted to online research, and what she plans to take away from the last two years.
Which is the best service model to ensure that people with atrial fibrillation receive the recommended anticoagulation?
DPhil Health Services Research Students
Departmental DPhil student, Nick Jones, reports on findings from a recent systematic review that formed the first part of his thesis, providing data inputs for future economic evaluations, including decision-analytical modeling studies, to reduce stroke risk through anticoagulation prescribing for people with heart failure and atrial fibrillation.
Paramedics in primary care - how do they impact the workforce?
DPhil Policy & health systems Research methods & EBM
Ranin Soliman: evidence resonates with qualitative research
DPhil Research methods & EBM Students
Ranin Soliman, DPhil Student in EBHC, describes her experiences of the qualitative research methods module.
How to use your bathroom scale to find the right weight loss strategy
DPhil Health behaviours
Should azithromycin be used to treat COVID-19?
COVID-19 DPhil Infections & acute care
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
Big data DPhil
DPhil student Georgia Richards argues why its time for doctors to rethink the prescribing of high-dose opioids for people with chronic pain.
Fieldwork in Kilifi County, Kenya – Reflections
DPhil Global perspective
Writing retreat with The Landmark Trust for the IRIHS team
DPhil Policy & health systems
Five ways to encourage people to reduce their meat intake – without them even realising
DPhil Health behaviours
DPhil Student Filippo Bianchi gives five tips from research that might help people to eat less meat.
Ten strategies to lose weight - backed by new research
DPhil Health behaviours
Senior Researcher Jamie Hartmann-Boyce writes about the top ten strategies used by dieters to lose weight, uncovered through the Oxford Food and Activity Behaviours Study (OxFAB).
Meet a student - Ali Albasri
Cardiovascular & metabolic DPhil Infections & acute care
DPhil student Ali Albasri meets CLAHRC Communications Officer Gavin Hubbard for PPI Pulse Magazine.
Integrated care… getting rid of bad care from the bottom up?
DPhil Health Services Research Policy & health systems
Health Services Researcher Gemma Hughes writes about what the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee's Integrated Care Report adds to the discourse of integrated care, and what remains the same.