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Seasonal fruit and vegetables - Summer edition

As summer arrives, it's the perfect time to enjoy fresh, seasonal fruit and vegetables, which are more nutritious, flavourful, and eco-friendly. Lia 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.

Finding calm and connection through nature and creativity

Karen Morecroft and Charlotte Thompson-Grant share how connecting with nature supports their wellbeing – and how creative and practical actions can help us feel more grounded in the face of environmental challenges.

Seasonal fruit and vegetables!

As spring arrives, it's the perfect time to enjoy fresh, seasonal fruit and vegetables, which are more nutritious, flavourful, and eco-friendly. Lia 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.

Lessons in Confidence and Career Growth: Reflections on Katrina Turner’s Talk

Professor Katrina Turner’s talk on succeeding in academia highlighted the importance of embracing non-linear career paths, taking risks, and finding motivation in meaningful work. Ru Jia reflects on these insights, sharing how they have shaped her journey as an Early- and Mid-Career Researcher.

Can we get to overseas conferences without wrecking the planet?

Two Oxford researchers share their eye-opening journey to a conference in Marrakesh by train and ferry instead of flying. Discover the challenges, unexpected joys, and compelling environmental case for low-carbon academic travel.

Student perspectives on leveraging digital health for better patient care and a greener healthcare system

Digital health technologies are transforming the healthcare landscape, offering opportunities to enhance patient outcomes whilst promoting environmental sustainability. This article examines how innovative digital health initiatives can be leveraged to improve care delivery and access, prevent medical errors, empower patients for self-care, enable data-driven personalised treatments, and optimise clinical interactions - all while reducing the carbon footprint of the healthcare system.

Adventures in learning, fuelled by curiosity and solidarity - insights from current MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership (MGHL) students

As part of our MSc student blogs series, we hear insights from students on our MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership programme, run in collaboration with the Said Business School. They share their experiences of running an immersive student event and celebrating their shared passion for coffee.

Artistry Through Adversity: Amy Izat's journey from critical care to canvas

DPhil student Francesca Dakin reviews 'A Different Kind of Vision', artist Amy Izat's poignant tale of health challenges and artistic transformation.

Research Finds Negative Impact of VP/VLBW on Adult Health-related Quality of Life Outcomes

In this blog post, Dr Corneliu Bolbocean, Senior Researcher in Health Economics, highlights findings from two recent papers examining adulthood quality of life outcomes for those born very pre-term or low birthweight, as well as work showing the better measure of physical or cognitive aspects of health to use.

Antibiotic Guardians: two-way learning through science festivals

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.

Five ways the pandemic has affected routine medical care

Director of the Evidence-Based Health Care DPhil programme, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, shares five ways that the pandemic has affected routine medical care - also published in The Conversation.

Meat Your Persona: a travelling exhibition

Lucy Yates, Public Engagement Coordinator for the multi-disciplinary Livestock, Environment and People (LEAP) research programme talks us through the development, delivery, and what was learnt from creating a national touring installation to support the public to engage with the environmental and health impacts of meat eating.

E-cigarettes: misconceptions about their dangers may be preventing people from quitting smoking

When electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) first emerged, they became a popular way for people to quit smoking. But in 2019, a mysterious lung condition emerged that primarily affected young people, particularly those who vaped. This left many questioning the safety of e-cigarettes.

Virtual Presence: loneliness and technology

Dr Gemma Hughes, Health Services Researcher at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, blogs about Virtual Presence, an international research collaboration.

Why remote consultation with a doctor is difficult – and how it can be improved

Before the pandemic, billboards in London, England, advertised a doctor-in-your-pocket service. Targeted at busy commuters, it consisted of a smartphone app and a promise of a video link-up to a real doctor within 45 minutes. What’s not to like?

International Nurses' Day 2021

We asked some of our researchers nurses what they have learnt over what's been a particularly hard and out of the ordinary 12 months? What made them want to be nurses?

PARADIGM is done, but its mission is just beginning

Now the project has wrapped up, Teresa Finlay gives a brief overview of the outputs and the department member's roles in the Patients Active in Research and Dialogues for an Improved generation of Medicines (PARADIGM) project.

Opening the door to a by-gone age of healthcare

Dan Richards-Doran reflects on the Oxford Open Doors event, and what it means to be involved.

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