Innovation Perspectives is OAHP’s Q&A series with OAHP Board Members and partner organisation leads. Professor Keith Channon, OAHP Director, talks about OAHP’s role, the vision for academic health partnerships beyond 2025, and why bringing together the right mix of people is critical for Oxford’s clinical research. “…If we can attract the right researchers and clinical leaders […]
Health and care research partnerships across Oxford are to benefit from a combined investment of almost £122 million over the next five years to improve diagnosis, treatment and care, the National Institute for Health and Care Research have announced. The funding was awarded to the city’s two NIHR Biomedical Research Centres (BRC), developed collaboratively by […]
£73,000 of professional development grants are being awarded to Oxford’s nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and research practitioners to develop skills that will support them to research new and improved ways of delivering healthcare to patients and service users. The 26 grants are part of an Oxford Academic Health Partners (OAHP) Research Development Awards Scheme […]
The University of Oxford has been awarded more than £7 million in the latest round of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) funding – aimed at fuelling the best, brightest and most disruptive ideas from UK research institutions. The award follows Oxford’s recent top ranking in the UK for generating spin-out companies and its success in […]
A new scheme launches this week that aims to equip and empower NHS clinical staff with the skills and confidence to participate in clinical research programmes and quality improvement initiatives. The Research Development Award Scheme from Oxford Academic Health Partners offers funding for research skills training, so NHS staff can develop and pilot improved services […]
Oxford’s reputation as a thriving powerhouse for medical, health and life sciences research has been highlighted today with the publication of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, a UK-wide assessment of university research. The results of the REF 2021 exercise demonstrate that the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University continue to deliver research that […]
Clinical research at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust is emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic in a leaner and more focused way, with studies only resuming if they are considered likely to deliver. In March 2020, Oxford, like the rest of the country, paused all of its clinical research activities to reduce the risk […]
A major research grant worth over £750,000 will enable The Oxford Institute of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Research (OxINMAHR) and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUH) to develop research capability and capacity, and provide research education and training across the two organisations. The grant will support the development of an evidence-based workforce, establish and […]
Oxford is one of 28 sites that will benefit from over £160 million awarded over five years to expand early phase clinical research for the benefit of NHS patients. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) announced the funding for its Clinical Research Facilities (CRF) on Monday 28 February. The NIHR Oxford Clinical Research Facility […]
The Medical Sciences Division welcomes Steve Bates, CEO of the UK Bioindustry Association, as a Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence. Steve Bates will be working very closely with our Translational Research Office and key teams across the University of Oxford’s innovation ecosystem. Steve will lead an initiative to capture how academic institutions can deliver lifesaving […]