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The Division comprises over 2200 academics and staff, 800 graduate students and 900 undergraduates; about 350 NHS Clinicians and GPs contribute to our teaching activities. In total over 2500 individuals are involved in research.
Medical sciences research at Oxford has maintained its pre-eminent standing, as demonstrated by the results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). Analysis of the preliminary results published in December 2008 places Oxford medical sciences research as being of the highest quality in the UK in four separate medical science disciplines.
Series associated with Medical Sciences Division
A Splash of Colour
Africa Oxford Initiative
Autoimmune Disease
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks
Calleva Research Centre
Cancer
Cancer in the Developing World
Career Equality Talks
Centre for Personalised Medicine
Children's Language and Literacy Impairments
Combined Medical-Surgical Grand Rounds
CortexCast - A Neuroscience Podcast
Crossing Boundaries
Diabetes and Obesity
Epidemics and Vaccines
Ethics and Early Intervention in Mental Health: Promoting Change through Research
Evidence-Based Health Care
Experimental Psychology Department
Families for the Treatment of Hereditary MND (FATHoM) Oxford Meeting
Families for the Treatment of Hereditary Motor Neuron Disease
Genetics
Global Health
Health, Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX)
History of Tropical Medicine at Oxford
HIV
IDEAL Collaboration Conference 2016
Immunology
Inspiring Women in Science
Issues in Bioethics - Oxford Bioethics Network
Lectures in Pharmacology
Malaria
Malaria Atlas Project
McMichael Symposium
Medical Sciences
Mental Health Interventions for Refugee Children
Musical Abstracts
NDM International Activities
NDM Public Engagement
NDM Units
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Nuffield Department of Medicine, Meet our Students
OPDC: Progress in Parkinson's Research.
Oxford Biomedical Research
Oxford Sparks: bringing science to life
Primary Care Health Sciences
Psychiatry
Public Health and Epidemiology (Richard Doll Seminars)
Public Lecture Podcasts from the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics
Research Integrity
Research Topics in Biomedical Sciences
Revolutionary Biology
Surgical Grand Rounds Lectures
Tackling Health Challenges
The Future of Science Symposium
The New Psychology of Depression
Translational and Clinical
Translational Medicine
Trust the Evidence
Understanding Alzheimer's and Dementia: Oxford ARUK Public Open Day
Vaccine Research at Oxford
Vaccines - From Concept to Clinic with Oxford Sparks
Weatherall lecture
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
Women in Medical Science
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| 1 | Image Consciousness in the Emergency Department - Developing and Evaluating Novel Radiological Pathways and Technologies in the Acute Healthcare Setting | A brief portfolio of four distinct projects - scaphoid injuries, blunt chest trauma in the elderly, acute gallstone disease, and a mobile x-ray machine with embedded AI technology. | Alex Novak, Lois Brand, Phil Hormbrey | 22 Jan 2020 | |
| 2 | Conflicts of Interest in Medicine: Why it’s time for a UK Sunshine Act | Should doctors with commercial interests lead research on their products? Should we forget ‘conflicts’ and discuss ‘declarations of interest’ instead? Who should hold and maintain conflicts of interest registers for doctors? | Carl Heneghan | 21 Jan 2020 | |
| 3 | Cases of complicated surgery for 'high-risk' prostate cancer | Professor Shin Egawa delivers the Burdette Lecture with striking array of high-risk salvage surgery for prostate cancer and bladder cancer. | Shin Egawa | 13 Jan 2020 | |
| 4 | Creative Commons | Facing the future with our eyes wide open: What does the future hold for (cardiac) surgery that will change the way we practice? | Many of the things that will be in this talk may never happen, some of them will happen and some of them are already happening. How they will evolve and to what extent, and how all of these things will blend into one future will be interesting to explore. | George Krasopoulos | 10 Jan 2020 |
| 5 | Creative Commons | Using research to change paradigms in diagnosing and managing early prostate cancer | Mr Vincent Gnanapragasam provides an overview of the big questions in prostate cancer. | Mr Vincent Gnanapragasam | 06 Jan 2020 |
| 6 | Creative Commons | Small intestinal neuroendocrine tumours - surgery and science in Cambridge | Mr Simon Buczacki presents his clinical and scientific data on small intestinal neuroendocrine tumours. | Simon Buczacki | 16 Dec 2019 |
| 7 | Creative Commons | Implementation of Robot Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (RAMIE) | Professor Richard van Hillegersberg shares his experience with robotic esophagectomy over the years. | Richard van Hillegersberg | 16 Dec 2019 |
| 8 | The Future of UK-Africa Research Partnerships Development Research and Beyond | Gill Wells is the Head of Research Services European and International Team and Strategic Lead on GCRF at the University of Oxford. | Gill Wells | 13 Dec 2019 | |
| 9 | Communicating the Diagnosis of Life Threatening Conditions to Children | Professor Alan Stein, Head of Section, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Oxford delivered this talk at an AfOx insaka. | Alan Stein | 13 Dec 2019 | |
| 10 | Health Policy Evaluation | Professor Karla Hemming discusses using evidence-based policy in the evaluation of policy interventions and answers the question 'how useful is the stepped-wedge study as an evaluation design? | Karla Hemming | 12 Dec 2019 | |
| 11 | Creative Commons | Realist research in practice - informing a new TB policy in Georgia | Professor Bruno Marchal gives a talk illustrating the principles of realist evaluation using the case of the development of a new Tuberculosis control policy in Georgia. | Bruno Marchal | 29 Nov 2019 |
| 12 | Creative Commons | Evidence isn't enough: The politics and practicalities of communicating health research | The logic and principles behind the drive for evidence-based health care are so compelling that often the limitations of evidence go unacknowledged. | Oli Williams | 27 Nov 2019 |
| 13 | Operationalising the potential of Applied Digital Health research | The increased reliance of health systems on the digital record as the primary mechanism for storing data on consultations and other health interactions has opened new opportunities for research, healthcare innovation, and health policy. | Richard Hobbs | 27 Nov 2019 | |
| 14 | A hundred years on: 21st Century Insights into Human Oxygen Homeostasis | Professor Sir Peter J Ratcliffe FRS delivers the Inaugural J.S. Haldane Prize Lecture. | Peter Ratcliffe | 26 Nov 2019 | |
| 15 | Organ preservation research in Oxford: an update | The talk focusses on kidney preservation with Mr Simon Knight talking about some of the clinical research that has been done, while Mr James Hunter discusses their translational and lab research. | Simon Knight, James Hunter | 22 Nov 2019 | |
| 16 | Oxford University Global Surgery Group: female genital mutilation | Dr Anita Makins discusses 'Female genital mutilation (FGM): a global perspective', and Dr Katy Newell-Jones presents ‘Medicalisation of female genital cutting: decision making dilemmas and competing priorities’. | Anita Makins, Katy Newell-Jones | 22 Nov 2019 | |
| 17 | Creative Commons | Africa Works: Reflections on Failures and Successes in Healthcare Innovation | Jake McKnight talks about the failures and successes of projects he’s studied or been involved in, reflecting on the idea that ‘Africa Works’, and as researchers and implementors, it’s up to us to fit local cultures rather to try to ‘fix’ them. | Jake McKnight | 08 Nov 2019 |
| 18 | Creative Commons | Gbagba and Jaadeh! as Anti-Corruption Revolutions from 'Below' | Corruption is often bandied about in adult circles as the misuse of public influence for private gain. But, what if children could articulate how corruption is enmeshed in everyday human interactions? | Robtel Neajai Pailey | 08 Nov 2019 |
| 19 | Everything is a poison | Professor Jeffrey Aronson, Consultant Physician and Clinical Pharmacologist, Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, gives a talk on dose-response curves for the EBHC podcast series. | Jeffrey Aronson | 29 Oct 2019 | |
| 20 | Safe and effective drugs: The need to use all the available evidence to inform the effectiveness of commonly used medicines | Carl Heneghan, Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine, employs evidence-based methods to research diagnostic reasoning, test accuracy and communicating diagnostic results to a wider audience. | Carl Heneghan | 21 Oct 2019 | |
| 21 | Calcium is at the Coeur of Normal Heart Function and Disease | Donald M. Bers delivers the Newton Abraham Professor Lecture, 2019. The lecture discusses the mechanisms by which calcium orchestrates cardiac function in health and is also involved in heart failure and life-threatening arrhythmias. | Donald M. Bers | 08 Oct 2019 | |
| 22 | Creative Commons | Fighting against Poverty in the African Great Lakes Region: a question of Power and Resistance | AfOx Visiting Fellow, Dr Aymar Bisoka from the Catholic University of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo delivered this seminar co-hosted by AfOx and the African House at Christ Church College. | Aymar Bisoka | 23 Sep 2019 |
| 23 | Creative Commons | Social ecology of cocoa farming in Ghana | AfOx Visiting Fellow, Dr Rebecca Asare from the Nature Conservation Research Centre delivered this seminar co-hosted by AfOx and the African House at Christ Church College. | Rebecca Asare | 20 Sep 2019 |
| 24 | Creative Commons | Gender and water access- leveraging on social capital for inclusive access | AfOx Visiting Fellow Professor Salome Bukachi, University of Nairobi delivered this seminar co-hosted by AfOx and the African House at Christ Church College. | Salome Bukachi | 20 Sep 2019 |
| 25 | Medical advice and negotiations of medical authority in Nigerian HIV consultations | AfOx Visiting Fellow, Dr Eniola Boluwaduro delivered this talk at All Souls College. Using the methodology of conservation analysis, Eniola examined the way in which doctors negotiate medical authority with patients during HIV consultations in Nigeria. | Eniola Boluwaduro | 16 Aug 2019 | |
| 26 | At The Interface : Richard Mooney | We discuss Auditory Neuroscience in particular during vocal learning | Alexander von Klemperer, Samuel Picard, Richard Mooney | 23 Jul 2019 | |
| 27 | Creative Commons | Diabetes, blood sugar, and red wine: a personal study | This talk was delivered by Martin Bland. | Martin Bland | 17 Jul 2019 |
| 28 | Creative Commons | Nursing research in a global context | Professor Sharon Brownie explains her research on nursing in LMICs | Sharon Brownie | 16 Jul 2019 |
| 29 | Creative Commons | The treatment and outcomes of care for sick newborns | Researcher Jalemba Aluvaala tells us about his work concerning newborn care in LMICs. | Jalemba Aluvaala | 16 Jul 2019 |
| 30 | Creative Commons | Under pressure, the challenges of neonatal nursing | Jacob McKnight tells us about the challenges faced by nurses caring for newborns in Kenya. | Jacob McKnight | 16 Jul 2019 |
| 31 | Creative Commons | Quantifying nursing care done (or left undone) | David Gathara tells us about his work leading nursing research | David Gathara | 16 Jul 2019 |
| 32 | Creative Commons | Understanding nurses' work to care for sick newborns | Social Scientist Jacinta Nzinga tell us about her research on the care of sick newborns. | Jacinta Nzinga | 16 Jul 2019 |
| 33 | Creative Commons | Health services that deliver for newborns. | Professor Mike English tells us about the research project Health Services that Deliver for Newborns. | Mike English | 16 Jul 2019 |
| 34 | Creative Commons | Infectious diseases in the tropics | Professor Tran Hien, founder member of our OUCRU unit in Vietnam tells us about the development of this very successful Clinical Research Unit. | Tran Hien | 16 Jul 2019 |
| 35 | Creative Commons | Sophisticated biostatistics for complex clinical research | Professor Ronald Geskus from our OUCRU unit in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, tells us about the contribution of biostatisticians to complex clinical research. | Ronald Geskus | 16 Jul 2019 |
| 36 | Creative Commons | Viral infections in Laos | Dr Audrey Dubot-Peres from our LOMWRU unit in Laos and IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Marseille, France) tells us about her research on viral infections in Laos. | Audrey Dubot-Peres | 16 Jul 2019 |
| 37 | Creative Commons | Antimicrobial resistance in poultry production | Dr Juan Carrique-Mas from OUCRU, our Clinical Research Unit in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, tell us about his research in the development of antimicrobial resistance in small-scale poultry production. | Juan Carrique-Mas | 16 Jul 2019 |
| 38 | Creative Commons | Mathematical modelling for tropical diseases | Lisa White, Professor of Modelling and Epidemiology at our MORU unit in Thailand, tells us how we can use mathematical and economic modelling to better use limited resources to control or eradicate tropical diseases | Lisa White | 16 Jul 2019 |
| 39 | Creative Commons | Scrub typhus in northern Thailand | Dr Tri Wangrangsimakul from our MORU unit and based in Chiangrai, northern Thailand, tells us about his research on scrub typhus. | Tri Wangrangsimakul | 16 Jul 2019 |
| 40 | Creative Commons | Research at OUCRU Hanoi | Professor Rogier van Doorn, director of our OUCRU unit in Hanoi, Vietnam, tells us about his research on antimicrobial resistance and avian influenza. | Rogier van Doorn | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 41 | Creative Commons | Clinical research in low and middle-income countries | Professor Heiman Wertheim from our OUCRU unit in Hanoi, Vietnam, tells us about his research on drug resistant infections in low and middle-income countries. | Heiman Wertheim | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 42 | Creative Commons | Tuberculosis meningitis | Professor Guy Thwaites, director of our OUCRU unit in Vietnam, tells us about his research on tuberculosis meningitis. | Guy Thwaites | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 43 | Creative Commons | OUCRU laboratory management | Dr Motiur Rahman from our OUCRU unit in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, tells us about his responsibilities in laboratory management. | Motiur Rahman | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 44 | Creative Commons | Developing collaborative clinical trials in Indonesia | Dr Raph Hamers from our EOCRU unit in Jakarta, Indonesia, tells us how he developed collaborative clinical trials. | Raph Hamers | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 45 | Creative Commons | Central nervous system and HIV infections in Vietnam | Professor Jeremy Day from our OUCRU unit in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, tells us about his research on central nervous system and HIV infections in Vietnam. | Jeremy Day | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 46 | Creative Commons | Connecting research with communities in Nepal | Dr Abhilasha Karkey from our Clinical Research Unit in Kathmandu, Nepal, tells us how research is brought to local communities in Nepal. | Abhilasha Karkey | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 47 | Creative Commons | Health policy and systems | Dr Marco Haenssgen tells us about his research on Health policy and systems. | Marco Haenssgen | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 48 | Creative Commons | Transmission dynamics of hospital acquired infections | Dr Tom Crellen from MORU (Mahidol Oxford Research Unit) in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about his research on transmission dynamics of infections aquired in hospitals. | Tom Crellen | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 49 | Creative Commons | Antibiotic prescription in primary care | Dr Thomas Althaus from MORU (Mahidol Oxford Research Unit) in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about his research on antibiotic prescription at the point of primary care. | Thomas Althaus | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 50 | Creative Commons | Curing Plasmodium vivax malaria | Professor Ric Price, affiliated with our OUCRU unit, tells us of his research on surveillance, diagnostics and treatments for Plasmodium vivax malaria | Ric Price | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 51 | Creative Commons | Genomics and global health | Professor Olivo Miotto from our MORU programme in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us how genomics can help us improve global health | Olivo Miotto | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 52 | Creative Commons | Tracking antimalarial resistance and treatment of malaria using Triple ACTs | Dr Rob van der Pluijm from MORU (Mahidol Oxford Research Unit) in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about his work as project coordinator in mapping resistance to antimalarials | Rob van der Pluijm | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 53 | Creative Commons | Blocking malaria transmission | Dr Andrea Ruecker from MORU (Mahidol Oxford Research Unit) in Bangkok, Thailand, talks about possible interventions to block the transmission of falciparum malaria | Andrea Ruecker | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 54 | Creative Commons | Fighting malaria in Myanmar | Professor Frank Smithuis from our MOCRU unit in Myanmar tells us about his research on malaria | Frank Smithuis | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 55 | Creative Commons | Primaquine and vivax malaria | Dr James Watson from MORU in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about his research in the biology of relapse in vivax malaria, as well as the development of statistical models to better understand the pharmacology of antimalarial drugs. | James Watson | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 56 | Creative Commons | Using big data to eliminate malaria | Dr Xin Hui Chan from MORU (Mahidol Oxford Research Unit) in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about the use of big data in our efforts to eliminate malaria | Xin Hui Chan | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 57 | Creative Commons | Malaria elimination and mass drug administration | Dr Tom Peto from MORU (Mahidol Oxford Research Unit) in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us how mass drug administration can help eliminate malaria | Tom Peto | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 58 | Creative Commons | Primaquine for vivax and falciparum malaria | Dr Bob Taylor from MORU (Mahidol Oxford Research Unit) in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about his research on malaria, and how we can use primaquine to treat vivax malaria and prevent the transmission of falciparum malaria | Bob Taylor | 12 Jul 2019 |
| 59 | The secret diary of a health ethnographer - what's it *really* like doing qualitative observation in operating rooms, ambulances, triage call centres and other health care settings? | This guest lecture draws on nearly thirty years' experience of doing qualitative research in a variety of health settings that contain people, blood, injury, disease, emotions, and technologies. | Catherine Pope | 03 Jul 2019 | |
| 60 | Big data in heart failure - opportunities and realities | The global health burden of heart failure is high, both as the common end-point for many cardiovascular diseases (e.g. hypertension and heart attacks) and a common point on the trajectory of non-cardiovascular diseases (e.g. chronic respiratory disease). | Amitava Banerjee | 03 Jul 2019 | |
| 61 | Creative Commons | Behavioural Interventions to Improve the Quality of the Grocery Shopping | This evening lecture is given in conjunction with the Introduction to Study Design and Research Methods accredited short course, part of the Evidence-Based Healthcare programme at the University of Oxford's Department for Continuing Education. | Carmen Piernas | 11 Jun 2019 |
| 62 | At First Sight - Holly Bridge | We discuss how the Brain processes vision. | Alex von Klemperer, Samuel Picard, Paula Kaanders, Holly Bridge | 08 Jun 2019 | |
| 63 | Sleeping with One Eye Open - Vladyslav Vyazovskiy | We discuss the Science of Sleep | Alex von Klemperer, Samuel Picard, Paula Kaanders, Vladyslav Vyasovskiy | 08 Jun 2019 | |
| 64 | Driving Africa's prosperity through sustainable and innovative practices | Guest lecture by the 6th President of Mauritius- Prof Ameenah Gurib-Fakim. | Ameenah Gurib-Fakim | 04 Jun 2019 | |
| 65 | Intro : Cortex Just Keeps the Rest of the Brain Warm | We talk through what listeners can expect from future episodes of CortexCast. | Alex von Klemperer, Paula Kaanders, Samuel Picard | 31 May 2019 | |
| 66 | Is Africa a Dissimilar System? Oxford Africa Society 2019 Annual Lecture Discussion | The discussion after the lecture, with an international guest panel on decolonising education and reimagining the higher education space in Africa and the Diaspora. | Running Grass, Sizwe Mkwanazi, Shaeera Kalla, Nompendulo Mkatshwa. | 17 May 2019 | |
| 67 | Is Africa a Dissimilar System? Oxford Africa Society 2019 Annual Lecture | The Oxford Africa Society will host an annual lecture delivered by the Director of the University of Oxford’s African Studies Centre and Rhodes Professor of Race Relations, Wale Adebanwi. | Wale Adebanwi | 17 May 2019 | |
| 68 | Creative Commons | The BMJ's open data campaign | Fiona Godlee, Editor in Chief of The BMJ, gives a talk for the EBHC podcast series | Fiona Godlee | 13 May 2019 |
| 69 | Creative Commons | Innovations to improve outcome and patient safety in low and middle income countries | Ms Sarah Kessler discusses and shows clips from ‘The Checklist Effect’, the award-winning documentary inspired by the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist. | Shafi Ahmed, Sarah Kessler | 01 May 2019 |
| 70 | Creative Commons | Brain tumour surgery – awake and novel imaging | Mr Plaha talks about where brain tumour surgery was 5 years ago, shares where we are now with the changing philosophy and management of brain tumours, including new surgery technical advances – minimally invasive endoscopic surgery and awake craniotomy. | Puneet Plaha | 26 Apr 2019 |
| 71 | The Future of Treating Genetic MND | Professor Kevin Talbot, University of Oxford, gives the fifth and final talk in the day's event, looking at the future of genetic MND and what the future holds for it. | Kevin Talbot | 17 Apr 2019 | |
| 72 | Early Genetic Trials in MND: The Sheffield SOD1 Experience | Professor Christopher McDermott, University of Sheffield, gives the fourth talk in the day's event, and, along with Dani Baird, a person living with MND and a participant in the SOD1 trial, discuss her experieces in the trial. | Christopher McDermott, Dani | 17 Apr 2019 | |
| 73 | The Value of Online Shared Experiences | Professor Louise Locock and Jade Howard, Univesity of Aberdeen, give the third talk in the day's event, looking at patient's experiences of motor neuron disease and how patients and families share their experiences online | Louise Locock, Jade Howard | 17 Apr 2019 | |
| 74 | Getting Tested: Experience from the Genetic Clinic | Professor Anneke Lucassen, University of Southampton, gives the second talk fo the day, looking at her research and experience from studying the genetics related to MND | Anneke Lucassen | 17 Apr 2019 | |
| 75 | What are the Issues in Familial MND? | Professor Martin Turner, University of Oxford, gives an introduction to the conference, and outlines some of the research his group has been doing on understanding familial MND and how they can treat it. | Martin Turner | 17 Apr 2019 | |
| 76 | Creative Commons | OUCAGS and clinical academic training in the UK | Professor Chris Pugh gives a talk on clinical academic training and the role OUCAGS (Oxford University Clinical Academic Graduate School) plays. | Chris Pugh | 17 Apr 2019 |
| 77 | Decolonising African museums: the Africa perspective | The debate on decolonising museums has been very lively across the gardens, libraries and museums in Oxford over the last few months. | Fredrick Manthi | 15 Apr 2019 | |
| 78 | Creative Commons | Gastrointestinal (GI) haemorrhage | Dr Raman Uberoi talks about interventional radiology and gastrointestinal haemorrhage. | Raman Uberoi | 12 Apr 2019 |
| 79 | Creative Commons | Using evidence to overcome fake news about healthcare | Professor Carl Heneghan has extensive experience of working with the media. In this talk he will discuss some recent case examples, working with the BBC amongst others. | Carl Heneghan | 09 Apr 2019 |
| 80 | Are we really advancing qualitative methods in health research? | For many good reasons, semi-structured interviews, focus groups, thematic analysis, and realist tales have become key tools within the qualitative researcher's methodological toolkit. | Cassandra Phoenix | 08 Apr 2019 | |
| 81 | Size matters a tous les temps, a tous les peuples | Dr. Martyn Sene is Deputy CEO of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), here, he gives an introduction to the importance of measurement and metrology (the science of measurement). | Martyn Sene | 03 Apr 2019 | |
| 82 | Creative Commons | Communication in Healthcare: A Failure in Need of Rescue? | Professor Amir Ghaferi discusses the current state of communication in healthcare and in particular surgery. Is there a failure in need of rescue? | Amir Ghaferi | 03 Apr 2019 |
| 83 | The role of network meta-analysis in the evaluation of antidepressants for depression | Andrea Cipriani is NIHR Research Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the NHS Foundation Trust in Oxford. | Andrea Cipriani | 26 Mar 2019 | |
| 84 | Creative Commons | Bolder Action for health in Africa | This talk was delivered by Dr Tolullah Oni, Clinical Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge. | Tolullah Oni | 15 Mar 2019 |
| 85 | Creative Commons | Is energy bad for Africa? | This talk was delivered by Prof Malcolm McCulloch, Co-Director, Oxford Martin Programme on Integrating Renewable Energy. Many utility companies are setting up large scale energy projects in African countries. | Malcolm McCulloch | 15 Mar 2019 |
| 86 | Personalised external aortic root support: the Oxford experience | Miss Renata Greco talks about personalised external aortic root support and in particular the Oxford experience with this technique. | Renata Greco | 08 Mar 2019 | |
| 87 | Creative Commons | Cricket to clinic via the lab | Professor Giles Toogood talks about his background which combined sport and surgery, and discusses the advances in hepatobiliary. | Giles Toogood | 19 Feb 2019 |
| 88 | Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the digital era is transforming Kenya | Writer and political activist Nanjala Nyabola delivers our first insaka of 2019. In this podcast, Nanjala explores shifts in power, popular action and social capacity in the digital age. | Nanjala Nyabola | 06 Feb 2019 | |
| 89 | Creative Commons | Why poor diagnostic reasoning is failing patients, the public and health systems | Carl Heneghan asks the question, "What is driving the increase in diagnostic testing in healthcare?" and discusses why expectations, technology and the media are contributing to the problems of too much medicine and overdiagnosis. | Carl Heneghan | 06 Feb 2019 |
| 90 | School Based Approaches for Mental Health Interventions | Outlining the opportunities schools have to work on their own school culture to best support refugee children with mental health problems, and unaccompanied refugee children in schools. | Esther Schroeder, Mina Fazel, Aoife O'Higgins | 05 Feb 2019 | |
| 91 | Family, Home and Community Interventions for Refugee Children | How the family, home and community impact refugee children’s mental health and what can be done to support them. Links between parental and children’s mental health, and recognising young people’s agency. | Esther Schroeder, Mina Fazel, Aoife O'Higgins, Katy Robjant | 05 Feb 2019 | |
| 92 | Trauma Focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT) | What is TF-CBT, how is it used with young people post trauma, and how young people can be assisted to continue with therapy. | Esther Schroeder, Ruth Reed | 05 Feb 2019 | |
| 93 | Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) | What is NET, how it is used, who can be trained to do NET, and outlining the sessions. | Esther Schroeder, Mina Fazel, Katy Robjant, Kerry Young | 05 Feb 2019 | |
| 94 | Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Refugee Children | What traumatic events can increase the risk of having PTSD, how children with PTSD present, what happens in the brain, and grounding techniques. | Esther Schroeder, Kerry Young, Katy Robjant | 05 Feb 2019 | |
| 95 | Psychological Assessment Approaches for Refugee Children | Barriers, diagnostic difficulties, and cultural and language considerations for doing a thorough psychological assessment. | Esther Schroeder, Mina Fazel, Ruth Reed, Katy Robjant | 05 Feb 2019 | |
| 96 | Machine perfusion – a new dawn or optimistic hyperbole? | Professor Peter Friend, Dr David Nasralla and Dr Carlo Ceresa discuss liver transplantation and why they are replacing conventional cold storage in an ice box with normothermic automated, transportable liver preservation. | Peter Friend, David Nasralla, Carlo Ceresa | 28 Jan 2019 | |
| 97 | Systematic reviews: the past the present and the future | Making decisions and choices about health and social care need access to high-quality evidence from research. Systematic reviews provide this by both highlighting the quality of existing studies and by themselves providing a high-quality summary. | Iain Chalmers, Carl Heneghan, Kamal Mahtani | 28 Jan 2019 | |
| 98 | Creative Commons | Genes, Hands, Nerves, and Brains | Professor Dominic Furniss and Dr Akira Wiberg discuss the tremendous connection we have between the hand and the brain, focusing their talk on Dupuytren's Disease and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. | Dominic Furniss, Akira Wiberg | 21 Jan 2019 |
| 99 | Creative Commons | Achieving the Holy-Grail: The Humanising Healthcare Methodology | Mr Hamish Dibley, a senior management consultant, explores a new and refreshing approach to how we understand and improve healthcare systems. | Hamish Dibley | 16 Jan 2019 |
| 100 | Creative Commons | Effect of metformin on breast cancer metabolism | Dr Simon Lord presents a clinical study to understand the effect of metformin - one of the most commonly prescribed treatments worldwide for diabetes - on breast cancer metabolism. | Simon Lord | 16 Jan 2019 |
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