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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.

Rosamund Snow Scholarship deadline extended to 14 February: Empowering patient-led research

The Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences has extended the deadline for applications to the Rosamund Snow Scholarship for Patient-Led Research to 14 February 2025. Recent recipients of the scholarship, Amelia Talbot and Jeremy Leslie-Spinks share their research projects and DPhil experiences.

Developing the next generation of global leaders in healthcare - teaching now underway across NDPCHS!

Teaching for the new academic year is well underway across the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences on our Master's and DPhil courses, as well as for the undergraduate curriculum. Here we bring a round-up of the welcome and induction activities taking place for our programmes.

NDPCHS postgraduate programmes open for application for 2025

We are now inviting applications for all of our postgraduate programmes based within the department for 2025.

Congratulations to Hackathon Prize winners: Highlights from Centre for Digital Transformation of Health workshop

Congratulations to our students who participated in the Hackathon Prize competition as part of a workshop for the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health. DPhil student Gina Wren's team came in first-place and MSc in Applied Digital Health student Anton Elepaño's team took second-place.

A warm welcome to our 2022 cohort of departmental DPhil students

More children aged 8-17 trying to lose weight than a decade ago, including children of a healthy weight

New research from Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences researchers, including DPhil student Melissa Little, has found that the number of children aged 8-17 reporting weight loss attempts has increased over the last decade. The researchers also identified key characteristics linked to an increased likelihood of weight loss attempts.

Benefit-to-harm balance of statins for healthy adults "generally favourable", suggests Oxford-led research

Statins are associated with a small increased risk of side effects in patients without a history of heart disease, but these effects are mild compared with the potential benefits of treatment in preventing major cardiovascular events, finds a study led by Oxford University researchers.

Ethnic minority children may be disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, suggests analysis

There are higher proportions of ethnic minority children in England testing positive for COVID-19 than white children, with Asian children more likely to be admitted to hospital with the illness, finds an observational analysis of 2.6 million healthcare records led by Oxford University researchers.

DPhil alumna awarded Mildred Blaxter Fellowship for medical sociology research

Congratulations to Dr Caitlin Pilbeam, a medical anthropologist and postdoctoral researcher in the Department, who has been awarded the Mildred Blaxter Fellowship from the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness.

Primary Care Health Sciences Scholars Programme launches

The Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences’ first scholarship programme launches to support students wishing to pursue either the DPhil in Primary Health Care or DPhil in Translational Health Sciences.

Welcoming our new DPhil students to the department!

The new academic year brings a new set of DPhil students into the department. Some are entirely new to us, some have been working in the department in the last few years, and all are very welcome.

Rosamund Snow Scholarship for Patient-Led Research launches

The scholarship supports academic study in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences.

New DPhil students in the department

DPhil afternoon success

The Department’s Primary Care first and second year DPhil students have presented their research to an audience of staff and students.

Welcome to our new DPhil students

Kome Gbinigie and Clare Goyder are amongst the first students funded by the Wellcome PhD Programme for Primary Care Clinicians. Tonny Muthee joins us on a Rhodes Scholarship, and Georgia Richards is the Naji Foundation's first Scholar.