19 July 2022
\n \n \n \nNew research from NIHR ARC OxTV supported researchers, including DPhil student Melissa Little, 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 increases likelihood of weight loss attempts.
\n \n\n \n \n7 July 2022
\n \n \n \nIn March 2022, the ARC OxTV supported Co-SPACE study invited participants to complete a 24-month follow-up survey to examine child mental health symptoms 2 years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
\n \n\n \n \n14 June 2022
\n \n \n \nCathy 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.
\n \n\n \n \n10 May 2022
\n \n \n \nSelf-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\u2019s College London.
\n \n\n \n \n4 April 2022
\n \n \n \nResearchers from Oxford Population Health\u2019s Health Economics Research Centre (HERC) and supported by the NIHR ARC OxTV, have recently published a comprehensive review of the evidence on the economic impacts of childhood excess weight. The results, published in the journal Children, highlight both the significant economic impacts of overweight and obesity in children, and the priority areas for future research.
\n \n\n \n \n17 March 2022
\n \n \n \nDeveloped rapidly to answer urgent clinical questions about COVID-19, research generated using the OpenSAFELY software platform \u2013 the world\u2019s largest secure analytics platform for electronic health records - had a near immediate impact on both healthcare and policy. And set a new standard for accountable, open, and safe computational data science using electronic health records.
\n \n\n \n \n17 February 2022
\n \n \n \nOxford 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.
\n \n\n \n \n30 November 2021
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford have today reported that only 1 in 4 people diagnosed with heart failure received a simple, recommended blood test that could have resulted in an earlier diagnosis at a more treatable stage.
\n \n\n \n \n15 November 2021
\n \n \n \nThe 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.
\n \n\n \n \n9 November 2021
\n \n \n \nProfessor Gary Ford, Implementation lead of the ARC OxTV, Chair of the AHSN Network, and Chief Executive of Oxford AHSN, blogs on the role of the AHSNs work regionally and nationally to support the health and care system discover, develop and deploy high value innovation in the health and care system.
\n \n\n \n \n4 October 2021
\n \n \n \nThe OxWell School Survey 2021 highlights that younger children and adolescents are the least willing to have the COVID-19 vaccination. These young people come from the most socioeconomically deprived backgrounds, feel less belonging to their school community and think they have probably had COVID-19 already.
\n \n\n \n \n6 September 2021
\n \n \n \nThe research is highlighted in a special collection of studies that focus on early cancer detection, hailed by the Editors as \u201ccutting edge, and potentially scalable, innovations that have the potential to inform research, policy, and clinical cancer management.\u201d
\n \n\n \n \n28 July 2021
\n \n \n \nThis publication compiles key research projects from the NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs).
\n \n\n \n \n5 July 2021
\n \n \n \nThe NIHR ARC OxTV and the NIHR Oxford BRC have announced the appointment of its latest group of Senior Research Fellows.
\n \n\n \n \n5 July 2021
\n \n \n \nThe 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.
\n \n\n \n \n15 June 2021
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n10 May 2021
\n \n \n \nARC 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.
\n \n\n \n \n5 May 2021
\n \n \n \nThe 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.
\n \n\n \n \n29 April 2021
\n \n \n \nThe first large study to report the effect of bodyweight on risk of worse outcomes from COVID-19 across the full range of body mass index (BMI) is published today in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology journal.
\n \n\n \n \n9 April 2021
\n \n \n \nNew research, that further develops findings from CLAHRC Oxford supported research, has led to the development of new clinical prediction models for myeloma that incorporate both symptoms and blood test results.
\n \n\n \n \n