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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

Cancer

Cancer

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

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

Interdisciplinary Research in Health Sciences (IRIHS)

Interdisciplinary Research in Health Sciences (IRIHS)

Medical Sociology & Health Experiences Research Group

Medical Sociology & Health Experiences Research Group

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

Primary Care Epidemiology

Primary Care Epidemiology

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

Please note that we now have a new webpage, which can be accessed via the link above.

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

Oxford Tobacco Addiction Group

Oxford Tobacco Addiction Group

Behaviour, Implementation Science and Qualitative methods in Infections research Team (BISQIT)

Behaviour, Implementation Science and Qualitative methods in Infections research Team (BISQIT)

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

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

Oxford Institute of Digital Health