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Health Services Research UK Conference 2021
Tuesday, 06 July 2021 to Thursday, 08 July 2021
Registrations are open for the Health Services Research UK Conference 2021 which takes place online this year from 6-8 July. Early Bird rates are available to all until 15 March and as someone in an HSR UK member organisation, you'll also receive a member discount.
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Online event: achievements in COVID-19 research in Thames Valley
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 7am to 8am
People are invited to an online event to learn about how health researchers and the public have been working together on COVID-19 studies in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire. The event will feature discussions with a researcher, patient and research nurse from 7pm to 8pm on Thursday 20 May to mark International Clinical Trials Day.
Supporting Social Care Research in South Central: Developing a Strategy for Addressing NIHR Priorities
Wednesday, 26 May 2021, 9.45am to 1pm
A one-day workshop for those interested in social care research. If you are a social care researcher or practitioner, a user, commissioner or provider of social care services and have ideas about how to develop and support social care research in South Central, please join us for the day!
Wednesday 16th - Thursday 17th June 2021 5th National Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Annual Research Conference
General Public involvement Research
Wednesday, 16 June 2021 to Thursday, 17 June 2021, 12am - 1am
A mixture of plenary sessions, workshops, oral presentations and posters by PROMs researchers from across the UK and internationally. The event will bring together leading experts and early career researchers to engage with the latest advances in the field of PROMs research and implementation.
Implementation Science Masterclass 2021
Thursday, 17 June 2021 to Thursday, 01 July 2021, 9.30am - 5pm
The Implementation Science Masterclass 2021 is for health and social care professionals, researchers, patients and service users who want to make sure health and social care services routinely offer treatment and care that is based on the most recent research evidence.
V Workshop on Immigration, Health and Wellbeing, 2021
Monday, 21 June 2021 to Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Online workshop: The workshop will last two days, with a small number of hour-long research presentations. The workshop also aims to foster new connections among scholars with common interests in these areas.
Health Services Research UK Conference 2021
Tuesday, 06 July 2021 to Thursday, 08 July 2021
Registrations are open for the Health Services Research UK Conference 2021 which takes place online this year from 6-8 July. Early Bird rates are available to all until 15 March and as someone in an HSR UK member organisation, you'll also receive a member discount.
4th UK Implementation Science Research Conference
Thursday, 15 July 2021 to Friday, 16 July 2021
The theme is: 'Supporting the pandemic response? Implementation science in the time of Covid-19'.
Latest news
New study shows potential link between bodyweight and risk of severe COVID-19, especially for younger adults
29 April 2021
The 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.
New clinical prediction tools for myeloma
9 April 2021
New 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.
ARC OxTV theme lead, Professor John Powell appointed NIHR Senior Investigator
3 March 2021
ARC OxTV Digital Health theme lead, Professor John Powell joins the NIHR college of senior research leaders.
Children’s Mental Health Worse in the New Lockdown
1 March 2021
The proportion of secondary school aged girls with emotional problems in January 2021 was at the highest level reported since March 2020, highlights latest report from the ARC OxTV supported Co-SPACE study. It also shows parent and carer reported behavioural, emotional, and restless/attentional difficulties in their offspring have increased again since the latest national lockdown was introduced.
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.
No link between blood pressure drugs and falls, finds study
10 February 2021
While treatment for high blood pressure is not associated with falls, there is some evidence to suggest patients who take blood pressure lowering medications may be more likely to faint or suffer kidney problems which lead to hospital admission, finds a study from ARC OxTV supported researchers.