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ARCHIE: The early use of Antibiotics in at Risk CHildren with InfluEnza
CONDUCT: The effectiveness and acceptability of two urine collection devices that aim to reduce contaminated urine samples in women presenting with symptoms of urinary tract infection
EXPECT-1: Pilot Study to Assess Success Factors and Barriers for Preparation of a Phase 3 Study with ExPEC10V in Adults Aged 60 Years or Older and in Stable Health
EXPECT-2: Prospective Epidemiological Study to Estimate the O-serotype Distribution of Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli
PANDA-S: Prognostic AND Diagnostic Assessment of Shoulder Pain research study
The BUMP Trial - Blood pressure monitoring in pregnancy
BUMP: Blood pressure monitoring in pregnancy
MERIT: d-MannosE to prevent Recurrent urine InfecTions
BARACK-D: Benefits of aldosterone receptor antagonism in chronic kidney disease
HABIT: Health professional Administered Brief Insomnia Therapy Trial
MaSC: Management of Smoking in Primary Care
NewKI: New onset Kidney Impairment Study
OPTIMISEHFpEF: Optimising Management of Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in Primary Care
TARS: Trial of physical activity assisted reduction of smoking
STREAM: Screen and TREAt for Malnutrition
ALABAMA: ALlergy AntiBiotics And Microbial resistAnce
Value-Dx: Point Prevalence Audit Survey
HEAT: Helicobacter eradication to prevent ulcer bleeding in aspirin users trial
SuMMIT-D: Support through mobile messaging and digital health technology for diabetes
MICAD: Microglial CSF1R in Alzheimer’s Disease
Hospital at Home: Comprehensive geriatric assessment in a HAH setting
DROPLET (Extended follow up): Doctor Referral of Overweight People to Low Energy total diet replacement Treatment
SAFER: Screening for atrial fibrillation with ECG to reduce stroke
PC SHOP: An intervention study to improve food shopping and prevent cardiovascular disease among patients in primary care
COMET: Near-patient testing to guide COPD maintenance treatment in primary care
gameChange: A randomised controlled trial testing automated virtual reality cognitive therapy for patients with fears in everyday social situations
PRINCIPLE: Platform Randomised trial of INterventions against COVID-19 In older peoPLE
BP:Together: Testing a new system to lower the blood pressure of people who have had Stroke or TIA or Coronary Heart Disease (Heart Attack, Heart By-pass or Stent)
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Research Focus Group: Patient Safety in Primary Care
National Primary Care ACF Conference 2014
Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference: Winding back the harms of too much medicine
Evidence Live 2015
44th Annual Conference of the Society for Academic Primary Care
5th Annual Primary Care Ethics Conference: The Ethics of the Marketplace and a Marketplace for Ethics?
Oxford Primary Care 2015: Cutting-edge research in the consulting room
UK Diagnostics Forum 2015
Diagnostic Evidence Workshop
Evidence Live 2016
Harms in Healthcare
GRIN 2016: General Practice Research on Infections Network Meeting
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5th Annual UK Diagnostics Forum
Hellish Decisions in Healthcare 2017
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4th International Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference
Society for Academic Primary Care - South West Regional Conference 2017
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2016 Radcliffe Lecture - Academic primary health care: still the poor cousin of hospital-based research?
Alumni Weekend - 2016 Osler Lecture: Obesity and the physician - the odd couple
American–European Health Economics Study Group - II Edition
Second Workshop on Immigration, Health and Well-Being
Evidence Live 2017
Litchfield Lecture 2017: Jam tomorrow? Prospects for the “just about managing” in Britain
SPCR Trainee Meeting
The nature of evidence: from dementia to schools to the arts
SPCR Showcase: Working better together
'Alternatives to face-to-face consultations' in primary and secondary care
National GP ACF Annual Conference
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Harms in Healthcare: Kings, Queens, and how evidence-based medicine could have changed the course of history
Teaching Evidence Based Medicine
Inside Evidence-Based Health Care - Register now
PPI Q&A for Researchers
PPI Q&A for Researchers
PPI Q&A for Researchers
American–European Health Economics Study Group - III Edition
28 June: Session 1
28 June: Session 2
29 June: Session 3
Humanitarian Evidence Week 2017
Immigration, Health and Labour Market In Italy
Deadly devices: approval of medical devices with little or no evidence and how they cause great harm
To engage or to involve? (PE and PPI explored)
Launch of Inventive Involvement
Patient and Public Involvement in healthcare. Approaches and techniques: a workshop
SAPC SW 2018 Plymouth
SAPC ASM 2018
Computing, big data and how it informs healthcare
Working Together: an introduction
Patient and public involvement in healthcare, approaches and techniques
Writing for lay audiences
Lay Partners on staff interview panels
Working Together: an introduction
NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre Obesity Networking Event
Bad Science, Better Data
PPI Q & A session
Taking research beyond researchers
PPI Q & A session
PPI Q & A session
CLAHRC Early and Mid-career Researchers Development Day
How to write an impact case study
Livestock, Environment and People (LEAP) Conference
Diagnostic Evidence Workshops
Lifting the lid on antibiotics
IV Workshop on Migration, Health and Well-Being
Protein and Performance
American-European Health Economics Study Group - IV Edition
Display: Unhealthy Times of Kings and Queens
The Research Cycle PPI Workshops 2019
Personalised medicine: The social challenges
Exploring variations in the opportunity cost by clinical area: results from a feasibility study in England
Economics and econometrics analysis for health policy evaluation
Department Open Meeting
Department Open Meeting with Q&A
Department Open Meeting
The Christmas Seminars
Feeling misidentified: Understanding migrant’s readiness to engage in health care screening
Developing and testing digital health interventions
Qualitative Research Clinic
The 'Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly' (ASPREE) Trial
Feeling misidentified: Understanding migrant’s readiness to engage in health care screening
Intervening with Conversation Analysis
EBMLive
Health Econometrics and Policy Evaluation
Managing multimorbidity: a 21st century healthcare challenge
Writing Research Grant Applications
Opening access to help manage demand: dichotomy or opportunity?
V Workshop on Immigration, Health and Wellbeing 2020
Think differently and improve healthcare
Ca-PRI Conference 15 - 16 April 2021
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Generating evidence for monitoring long term conditions
American-European Health Economics Study Group - V Edition
Health Econometrics and Policy Evaluation
Livestock, Environment and People Conference 2019
Departmental Open Meeting
Cancelled: Departmental Open Meeting
Departmental Open Meeting
Departmental Open Meeting
Departmental Open Meeting
Personalised medicine and risk prediction: Is it going to change my management?
OXFORD HEALTH ECONOMICS SEMINAR: Skill Formation and the Trouble with Child Non-Cognitive Skill Measures
OXFORD HEALTH ECONOMICS SEMINAR: Class Influence on Drug Consumption Among Teenagers
OXFORD HEALTH ECONOMICS SEMINAR: TBC
Meditation - Wednesdays 12 noon
E&MCR Afternoon Tea Break
Wellbeing Clinic, every Monday
Wildlife Photo Competition
Digital Departmental Open Meeting
Coffee Break Crafts
Wellbeing Photo Competition
Departmental Open Meeting
