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Research

The main focus of our multidisciplinary and applied research is on the prevention, early diagnosis and management of common illness in primary care and other community settings. We bring together experts from many different backgrounds to work together to produce benefits for the NHS, for populations and for patients.

Health Behaviours

Health Behaviours

Health Experiences

Health Experiences

Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health

Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health

Infections and Acute Care

Infections and Acute Care

Evidence-Based Medicine and Research Methods

Evidence-Based Medicine and Research Methods

Digital Healthcare

Digital Healthcare

Health Policy and Systems

Health Policy and Systems

We are building a big data analytics powerhouse, having recently convened the world’s longest established and largest electronic health records databases, and developed the UK’s only prescribing database.

Big data

Clinical Trials

Clinical Trials

A multidisciplinary group working with clinicians researchers and patients to improve pathways to cancer diagnosis.

Cancer Research Group

We are dedicated to the practice, teaching and dissemination of high-quality evidence-based medicine to improve healthcare in everyday clinical practice.

Centre for Evidence Based Medicine

Clinical Informatics and Health Outcomes Research Group

Clinical Informatics and Health Outcomes Research Group

Our research tries to find out which patients are at risk of chronic kidney disease, how their cardiovascular health is affected by this and how screening and monitoring can help.

Chronic Kidney Disease Group

Our main aim is to assist researchers to conduct high quality primary care research using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD).

CPRD Research Group

Digital Health and Long-Term Conditions

Digital Health and Long-Term Conditions

Health Economics and Policy Evaluation

Health Economics and Policy Evaluation

Our research focuses on heart failure in primary care. We explore the burden of heart failure in primary care populations and the impact on patients. We have a particular interest in heart failure diagnosis and screening in primary care settings.

Heart Failure

Hypertension

Hypertension

We investigate infectious diseases in primary care to find out how we can identify patients with serious infection in primary care, and more effective ways of diagnosing and treating patients with common infections.

Infections & Acute Care Research Group

Interdisciplinary Research in Health Sciences (IRIHS)

Interdisciplinary Research in Health Sciences (IRIHS)

Our aim is to support the provision of high quality primary health care in countries with limited economic resources, undertaking research and policy development in collaboration with academic institutions, NGOs and government agencies.

Primary Care for the Developing World

Our aim is to support clinical research in primary care and to advance the way we answer clinical questions using statistics to improve healthcare worldwide.

Medical Statistics Group

We research experiences of health and illness, interviewing people about what it’s like to live with medical conditions such as cancer, heart failure and autism. We highlight how personal narratives can inform policy and improve services.

Medical Sociology & Health Experiences Research Group

Primary Care Epidemiology

Primary Care Epidemiology

Improving health and wellbeing through interdisciplinary evidence-based research and innovation.

Social Prescribing

We use information from large databases of electronic health records to better target preventative treatments at those patients with the most to gain

Stratified TreAtments Research (STAR)

Reducing the risk of stroke is vital to improving the health of older people. We research ‘funny turns’ that are a warning sign of stroke (termed ‘transient ischaemic attacks’) and the detection and treatment of major risk factors for stroke - high blood pressure and atrial fibrillation.

Stroke Prevention and Atrial Fibrillation

Our multidisciplinary, cross-department initiative to develop patient-level applications and diagnostics and to curate and analyse routine clinical data.

Oxford Institute for Digital Health

Primary Care Clinical Trials Unit

Primary Care Clinical Trials Unit

Pioneering the better use of data, evidence and digital tools in healthcare and policy.

Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

Researchers, trial teams and professional and support staff across our department are working together to better understand, diagnose and treat COVID-19 in the community.

COVID-19 in the community