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« Back to NewsProfessor Michael Kidd appointed as Australia's next Chief Medical Officer
21 March 2025
Professor Michael Kidd AO, MBBS, MD, FAHMS, FRACGP has been appointed as Australia’s new Chief Medical Officer from 1 June 2025.
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences set to deliver clinical trials expertise to China National Biotec Group in new collaboration
28 November 2023
The training initiative builds the foundations to explore further collaborations encompassing joint research efforts, leadership programmes, and a shared commitment to advancing clinical trials.
Professor Michael Kidd, AO, to start a new role at NDPCHS from July 2023
16 June 2023
Through a strategic partnership with UNSW and the University of Oxford, Prof Michael Kidd, will start in a new joint position in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (NDPCHS), focusing upon Global Primary Care and Future Health Systems.
Clinician-patient communication about emergency aerial medical evacuation in case of infectious disease
1 February 2023
New research from the University of Oxford, published today in the Journal of Travel Medicine, has developed a simple six-step check list clinicians can use to improve communication, decision making and planning about the possibility and practicalities of Aerial Medical Evacuation (AME).
National priority COVID-19 trial recruits first patients
17 April 2020
Researchers from Oxford University are now enrolling participants into the first clinical trial of potential COVID-19 treatments to take place in GP practices.
Oxford researchers inform rapid COVID-19 NICE guidance
14 April 2020
Researchers from University of Oxford's Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences have played a key role in developing rapid guidance on managing suspected or confirmed pneumonia in adults in the community.
Half of WHO-recommended policies to reduce chronic diseases are not put into practice
13 December 2019
On average, countries implemented just under half of the 18 non-communicable disease (NCD) policies recommended by WHO in 2017, and implementation is slowly improving over time.
Health economics researchers to tackle blindless in India
9 October 2017
The ORNATE INDIA project has been awarded £6 million from RCUK's Global Challenges Research Fund, and includes researchers from Oxford University, Moorfields Eye Hospital and Imperial College London.
Confidential enquiry into child deaths in Africa could save lives
12 October 2016
Dr Merlin Willcox wins RCGP Global Health Dragon’s Den
Evidence Aid launches partnership with CEBM
4 October 2016
The new joint partnership aims to promote the use of evidence in the humanitarian sector.
Adherence to cancer referral guidelines by GPs varies internationally
11 February 2016
GPs across England, Northern Ireland and Wales are less likely to follow recommendations for definitive action for cancer referral and diagnosis than their non-UK counterparts.
Medicine safety ‘needs international coordination’
4 February 2016
How quickly should a drug be withdrawn from the market if it causes harm? It sounds like a simple question, but the answer depends on where you live, Oxford University researchers have found.
Text messages can help reduce blood pressure
18 January 2016
SMS text message reminders can help reduce people's blood pressure, finds a new study published in Circulation.
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