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New Online Therapies Bring Oxford Mental Health Research to NHS Patients
31 July 2024
New NHS-approved online therapies, including ARC OxTV-supported childhood anxiety treatment, show promise in expanding mental health access. University of Oxford research translates to digital interventions, potentially increasing patient recovery rates.
University of Oxford Researchers Launch New Tool to Bridge Research and Health Policy, with Support from NIHR ARC OxTV
4 July 2024
New interactive map empowers researchers to navigate complex UK health policy landscape
Professor Mina Fazel appointed Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
18 April 2024
NIHR ARC OxTV researcher Professor Mina Fazel appointed as new Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Oxford, focusing on improving access to mental health interventions for youth.
NIHR ARC OxTV Secures 18-Month Extension to Enhance Health and Care Research in Thames Valley
26 January 2024
The NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Oxford and Thames Valley is thrilled to announce it has received an 18-month extension to its research programme, thanks to additional funding from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). This extension, which runs until March 2026, provides the ARC with £2.7 million to continue its vital work in the region.
Number of non-COVID-19 deaths among people with diabetes soared during pandemic: ARC EM and OxTV supported study
24 January 2024
New research reveals concerning pandemic-related increases in non-COVID deaths and diabetes complications, disproportionately impacting women, youth and minorities.
New NIHR Oxford Senior Research Fellows named
16 January 2024
Researchers from a wide range of disciplines have been appointed to be the next cohort of NIHR Oxford Senior Research Fellows – seven mid-career researchers identified as having the potential to become future translational research leaders.
NHS expands OpenSAFELY secure research platform to help find new treatments for major killer conditions
20 November 2023
COVID-19 Continuing impact Partner
The NHS is to expand the use of the OpenSAFELY research platform, behind the roll-out of new Covid-19 treatments, to help drive life-saving advances for other major diseases.
NIHR ARC OxTV supported Incubator Targets Racial Equity and Diversity in Health and Care Research
8 June 2023
In the news NIHR Partner Research
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has announced the awarding of the ‘Race Equity and Diversity in Careers Incubator’, one of 10 prestigious Incubator awards announced today.
Online arts and culture for young people’s mental health – new research programme announced
3 April 2023
Young people will help create an ‘online museum’ as a way of improving their mental health, as part of a new and ground-breaking £2.61m research project.
Pharmaceutical companies reduce own greenhouse gas emissions, but action on supply chains needed
3 March 2023
In the news Partner Publication Research
Pharmaceutical companies are reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, but can only meet their targets with support from their suppliers, shows first study of commitments and progress by the sector.
ARC OxTV represented at opening of the Largest Hindu temple in Europe opens new health hub
8 August 2022
Europe’s BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, with the Neasden Temple, one of the largest Hindu temples outside of India, has opened a new community health hub in west London. Following their continued support of the ARC OxTV supported PANORAMIC and PRINCIPLE trials, the temple’s interactive health hub will engage visitors around health awareness and wellbeing.
Cathy Creswell Elected Fellow of Academy of Medical Sciences
14 June 2022
Cathy Creswell, ARC OxTV Theme lead, Professor of Developmental Clinical Psychology, Departments of Psychiatry and Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Self-monitoring of blood pressure does not result in the earlier detection of high blood pressure in pregnancy nor does it improve blood pressure control in those with pregnancy hypertension
10 May 2022
In the news NIHR Partner Publication Research
Self-monitoring of blood pressure during pregnancy neither results in earlier detection of high blood pressure, nor helps with blood pressure control in those who are pregnant, suggest the results of two new papers based on research from researchers supported by the NIHR ARC OxTV at the University of Oxford and King’s College London.
New study: can a pioneering online programme help parents reduce anxiety in young children?
17 February 2022
Oxford Population Health researchers, in part supported by the ARC OxTV, are leading a cost-effectiveness analysis of a new online, parent-led intervention for young children at risk of anxiety disorders.
Arm and shoulder disability and pain after breast cancer surgery reduced by exercise
15 November 2021
In the news Partner Publication Research
The debilitating arm and shoulder disability and pain that some women who have had breast cancer surgery experience as a side effect of their surgery can be reduced by following a physiotherapy-led exercise programme after their operation, a new study has found.
Cancer-risk research featured in special edition of PLOS Medicine focussed on advances in early cancer detection
6 September 2021
General Partner Publication Research
The research is highlighted in a special collection of studies that focus on early cancer detection, hailed by the Editors as “cutting edge, and potentially scalable, innovations that have the potential to inform research, policy, and clinical cancer management.”
NIHR ARC OxTV supported PRINCIPLE trial 'highly commended' for innovative use of health data
5 July 2021
COVID-19 General Partner Research
The PRINCIPLE trial, which the NIHR ARC OxTV was a fundamental part of setting up in the early days of the pandemic, has been highly commended at the Health Data Research UK Awards for the way in which patient data is utilised so participants are contacted about the trial soon after receiving a positive test result.
Future-Proofing Mental Health
10 May 2021
General In the news NIHR Partner
ARC OxTV Mental Health across the Lifecourse theme lead, Professor Cathy Creswell is among a number of UK academics calling, in Journal of Mental Health, for targets for mental health research in order to meet the healthcare challenges of the next decade.
Children and Adolescents’ Mental Health: One Year On
5 May 2021
COVID-19 NIHR Partner Research
The ARC OxTV supported 'COVID-19 Supporting Parents, Adolescents, and Children in Epidemic (CO-SPACE) study, reports that behavioural, emotional and attentional difficulties in children changed considerably throughout the past year, increasing in times of national lockdown and decreasing as restrictions eased and schools reopened.
Interactive map launches to support mental health researchers at all career stages
15 February 2021
The NIHR Incubator for Mental Health Research, led by Professor Cathy Creswell, ARC OxTV Mental Health Across the Lifecourse theme lead, recently launched a new interactive map to support mental health researchers, at all career stages, across the nation to connect and collaborate with others.