Dan Brain: spreading the word about mental health research
07 May 2021
Oxford’s Dan Brain is a Research Champion, where members of the public volunteer to spread the word about health and care research.
07 May 2021
Oxford’s Dan Brain is a Research Champion, where members of the public volunteer to spread the word about health and care research.
06 May 2021
Mel McAulay is a Research Champion, where members of the public volunteer to spread the word about health and care research.
19 April 2021
A commonly used asthma drug shorterns recovery time in COVID-19 patients at risk of more severe illness, a study has reported.
19 April 2021
People are invited to an online talk to learn about how health researchers and the public have been working together on COVID-19 studies in Thames Valley.
08 April 2021
A trial into supporting people with suspected COVID-19 to stay out of hospital has added its first antiviral drug.
29 March 2021
The majority of survivors who left hospital following COVID-19 did not fully recover five months after discharge and continued to experience negative impacts on their physical and mental health, as well as ability to work, a study has reported.
19 March 2021
In this article, staff at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reflect on the role they played in support studies into COVID-19 vaccines.
12 March 2021
An online event about the latest research into the causes, treatment and monitoring of Crohn’s and Colitis will be held next month.
25 February 2021
COVID-19 infection in pregnancy is not associated with stillbirth or early neonatal death, according to a new study.
23 February 2021
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine provides high levels of protection, analysis of healthcare workers who had the jab found.
23 February 2021
Join healthcare specialists working in COVID-19 vaccine research in the South of England to learn what we know about COVID-19 vaccines so far and the role research can continue to play.
15 February 2021
A study is to launch into whether the University of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine can offer protection to children and young adults.
11 February 2021
Shamin Durrani is a Research Champion, where members of the public volunteer to spread the word about health and care research. She joined the role to be an ambassador for research in ethnic minority communities.
11 February 2021
Tocilizumab reduces the risk of death for hospitalised patients with severe COVID-19, NIHR-backed research has found.
04 February 2021
The world’s first COVID-19 vaccine study researching alternating doses and intervals of approved vaccines has opened in Oxford.
04 February 2021
Research nurse Annie Rose is to begin a doctorate in the healthcare experience of transgender and gender-diverse people.
29 January 2021
A COVID-19 vaccine is 89.3% effective at preventing the virus, including new variants, interim results show.
28 January 2021
Angela Minassian is the principal investigator on a trial of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by US company Novavax, which has recruited 463 participants at the NIHR cognitive health Clinical Research Facility, based at Oxford’s Warneford Hospital
26 January 2021
Two commonly used antibiotics do not reduce recovery time for COVID-19 patients in the community, a study has found.
26 January 2021
People are invited to an event about research into COVID-19 treatments featuring a doctor and a patient who were involved in the study.
18 January 2021
A COVID-19 treatment study has found using convalescent plasma does not reduce deaths.
18 January 2021
People who have had COVID-19 are likely to be protected against reinfection for several months but could still carry the virus, NIHR-supported research found.
15 January 2021
Researchers have developed a new risk stratification tool that can accurately predict the likelihood of deterioration in adults hospitalised with COVID-19.
08 January 2021
Intensive care patients with COVID-19 are to get a drug that can improve survival and reduce hospital stays, following results from an NIHR-supported study.
05 January 2021
More than 9,400 participants took part in nationally-prioritised research studies into COVID-19 in Thames Valley and South Midlands this year.