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We lead multidisciplinary applied research and training to rethink the way health care is delivered in general practice and across the community.
Are you trying to lose weight? Make it a success with science, scales and apps
DPhil student Kerstin Frie takes us on a whistle stop tour of weight trackers and compares their features and user reviews.
From the 'quantified self' to a community of communally enacted selves
Postdoctoral Researcher Farzana Dudhwala explores the quantified self movement to understand the ways in which self-monitoring and self-quantifying technologies are implicated in the 'doing' of self.
EBM for under 18s: equipping the next generation to think critically about healthcare
Professor Carl Heneghan describes a school's outreach programme designed to bring EBM to young people.
What makes a systematic review “complex”?
Kamal R. Mahtani, Tom Jefferson, and Carl Heneghan reflect on the lack of definitions, and propose a solution.
The need for international primary care research leadership
Alison Ward, Director of Oxford University's Postgraduate Certificate in International Primary Care Research Leadership, explores the origins of the new Postgraduate Certificate, which is now open to applications.
A view from The Hill
Sociologist Alex Rushforth, from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, recently attended Oxford’s annual digital health pitching event, The Hill, for the first time. Here’s what he made of it.
Let's Talk About Weight
Kate Farrington interviews SPCR doctoral student Charlotte Albury, who is a contributing author on Public Health England's step-by-step guide to conversations about weight management with children and families for health and care professionals.
We are still going for Gold
Following the EDU's Athena SWAN Awards announcement, where our department achieved a Silver renewal, Head of Department Professor Richard Hobbs reflects on our progress to date in creating a better workplace.
Publication bias: IN CAKE FORM. DataLab at the Curiosity Carnival
Dr Helen Curtis writes about her experience at Oxford's Curiosity Carnival.
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.
Diet, identity and dopamine
Chef Tom Kerridge visited Oxford during this year's Oxfordshire Science Festival to talk about his diet with Professor Susan Jebb and an audience at the Sheldonian Theatre. Rebecca Nourse gives us the lowdown.
It’s false to believe that antibiotic resistance is only a problem in hospitals – GP surgeries are seeing it too
Dr Oliver van Hecke and Professor Chris Butler argue that antibiotic resistance applies to us all.
Can steroids soothe the thorny issue of acute sore throat?
Dr Gail Hayward discusses the outcome of the TOAST study, which aimed to better understand the role of steroids to treat sore throat.
Does being overweight increase the risk of severe kidney disease?
For World Kidney Day 2017, Dan Richards-Doran reports on new research that links being overweight with the development of advanced chronic kidney disease.
Who are the 'New Old'?
Part-time DPhil Student Gemma Hughes writes about conceptual technologies developed to support the next generation of older people.
Unpleasant complications of gastroenteritis - unravelling the link
Is there a link between antibiotic use in gastrointestinal illness and complications such as arthritis and irritable bowel syndrome? DPhil student Seun Esan investigates.