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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.
Check back regularly for updates on events and training from ourselves and our partners.
ARC OxTV PhD Scholarship in Mental Health (October 2022 start)
ARC OxTV Training & Development Training
Friday, 10 September 2021 to Friday, 03 December 2021, 12am - 12pm
We are pleased to invite UK applications for a doctoral degree within the Mental Health Theme of the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Oxford and Thames Valley, to be based in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford.
Bevan Commission Intensive Learning Week
Monday, 29 November 2021 to Friday, 03 December 2021
Change is not easy. This programme will help you get moving faster, working with people who care about making a difference. Bring your energy, enthusiasm and expertise and equip yourself with the tools and techniques to develop and lead your own health and care transformation project.
EUPATI Open Classroom Webinar
Partner Public involvement Webinar
Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 1pm to 2pm
The EIT Health funded ‘EUPATI Reload’ project (2020-2021) aims to increase the effectiveness and the reach of the EUPATI Patient Expert Training Programme in medicines research and development. This webinar is an opportunity to reflect on the past year’s activities and share developments within our ever-evolving EUPATI Open Classroom (https://learning.eupati.eu/). It is also a chance to celebrate the work of all the partners and contributors who have made the project a success!
Essential Guide to Grant Applications Course
Tuesday, 15 February 2022 to Thursday, 17 February 2022
Are you thinking of applying for a research grant – National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) or other open, competitive, peer reviewed funding? Do you have an idea for a health or social care research proposal, but require help with writing a grant application? If “yes”, then register for the online Essential Guide to Grant Applications (EGGA) 2022 masterclass!
American-European Health Economics Study Group - VI Edition
Thursday, 30 June 2022 to Friday, 01 July 2022 @ UPF University, CRES, Barcelona, Spain
This study group provides a forum of two days for bringing together graduates and researchers who wish to discuss work in progress and explore opportunities for new research related health economics. Participants are expected to attend the entire meeting and take an active part as either author or discussant. The gala dinner of the workshop will take on 30th June.
Latest news
Three out of four people with heart failure could be diagnosed sooner, potentially improving quality of life and reducing costs to the healthcare system
30 November 2021
Researchers 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.
Arm and shoulder disability and pain after breast cancer surgery reduced by exercise
15 November 2021
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.
Supporting spread and adoption of innovation in a complex system
9 November 2021
Professor 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.
Willingness of Children and Adolescents to have COVID-19 Vaccination
4 October 2021
The 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.
Cancer-risk research featured in special edition of PLOS Medicine focussed on advances in early cancer detection
6 September 2021
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.”
The legacy of the CLAHRCs 2014-19 – 5 years of NIHR-funded applied health research
28 July 2021
This publication compiles key research projects from the NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs).