Welcome to NIHR CLAHRC Oxford
The NIHR CLAHRC Oxford is a regionally-based partnership between local providers of NHS services (such as hospital trusts) and universities, hosted by Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
These partnerships also include other organisations such as health-related businesses and charities and the local Academic Health Science Network.
Together with these partners, we identify local and national health and social care priorities and fund and support projects which address these.
Our Research
Theme 1
New ways of delivering services in partner NHS organisations and social care settings.
Theme 3
Improving the responsiveness of local services for patients with long-term conditions.
Theme 5
Developing technology to enable patients to manage their own conditions.
Theme 2
Developing improved support for those with back pain and other long-term painful conditions.
Theme 4
Improving the care of those with a mental illness associated with physical illness.
Theme 6
Changing diet-related behaviour to improve health outcomes.
21 partners
£18 million funding for new research
43 research projects
50+ publications
5 DPhil Students funded
8 Academic Clinical Fellowships
Latest News
Blog posts
A note from one of our PPI contributors
12 April 2019
Dr Andrew Entwistle, a PPI contributor and carer for his twin brother, recently got in touch with us to give us his thoughts on PPI and CLAHRC Oxford.
Thank you to our PPI contributors
1 November 2018
New College, in Oxford, was where we hosted an event to celebrate the ways in which public volunteers have worked with CLAHRC Oxford over its first five years.
Feeling nervous? Anxious? Do you feel you must do some PPI but don’t know where to start?
3 September 2018
PPI Co-ordinator, Lynne Maddocks, introduces our PPI case studies – real world examples from real world researchers who have used PPI and (sometimes to their surprise!) found it beneficial to their work.
The impact of training sessions for our PPI Contributors
26 July 2018
NIHR CLAHRC Oxford not only recognises the importance of public involvement to research but also the importance of supporting our public contributors to maximise their confidence and ability to contribute to our work and that of others.
Upcoming events
Which changes are making a difference? -- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Oxford Health NHS FT
Monday, 30 September 2019, 2.30pm to 5pm @ Seminar Room, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7JX
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) across England have been changing. But which changes, or combination of changes, have been most effective? Which changes gave the best clinical outcomes or proved most cost-effective?