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Grant towards OHDSI Global Research on COVID-19 treatments
10 August 2020
Main Statistics and epidemiology
An international cohort of OHDSI collaborators obtain a grant from the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator to lead an effort to compare the effectiveness of treatments, including corticosteroids such as dexamethasone, under current evaluation for COVID-19 across an international observational data network.
Oxford-led research describes the safety profile and potential harms of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin
2 April 2020
Botnar Main Statistics and epidemiology
Over 300 international researchers from the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) community studied data from almost 1 million patients. They declared hydroxychloroquine safe for short-term use, but urge caution in using it in combination with azithromycin.
How do you explain your research to the public?
13 June 2019
Main Outreach Statistics and epidemiology
... Spend a day at a science festival talking to children! Patricia Logullo talks about her experience at Cheltenham Science Festival.
Mounting evidence that BMI and smoking should not be used for rationing knee and hip replacement
5 June 2019
Main Statistics and epidemiology
A new study by researchers at NDORMS, University of Oxford now published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage found that the average lifetime risk of needing further surgery following knee and hip replacement – revision surgery – was around 5% after knee replacement and 8% after hip replacement, with neither body mass index (BMI, combining an individual's height and weight) or smoking having any meaningful effect on these risks.
Shaping medical care through innovative methodology
16 May 2019
Funding Main Statistics and epidemiology
The Centre for Statistics in Medicine (CSM) has been awarded £2.5m by Cancer Research UK to advance a programme of work for research on research, developing crucial methodology and key guidelines for excellent medical research.
New Cochrane review on exercise for prevention of falls in older people
1 February 2019
Main Statistics and epidemiology
New research published in the Cochrane Library today provides strong evidence that falls in people over sixty-years old can be prevented by exercise programmes.
NDORMS part of large European project on health data and evidence network
22 November 2018
Botnar Main Research Statistics and epidemiology
Professor Daniel Prieto-Alhambra of NDORMS will lead a work package on the generation of evidence from European wide observational data as part of a new Innovative Medicines Initiative project, the European Health Data & Evidence Network (EHDEN).
Getting sample sizes right for clinical trials
6 November 2018
Botnar Main Publication Statistics and epidemiology
New guidance published yesterday by a team led by NDORMS Associate Professor Jonathan Cook will help researchers recruit the right number of people for clinical trials and answer key research questions.
New clinical tool will help patients with acute ankle sprain
6 November 2018
Botnar Main Publication Rehabilitation and self-management Statistics and epidemiology
Patients arriving at hospital emergency departments with acute ankle sprains can expect more timely advice and follow-up care in future after researchers in Oxford developed a new tool that will aid clinical decisions on treatment.
Muscle weakness costs the UK £2.5 billion
16 October 2018
Botnar Main Publication Statistics and epidemiology
UK health and social care costs due to muscle weakness amount to around £2.5 billion according to a new study carried out at the University of Oxford and the University of Southampton.
EQUATOR Network awarded for reducing waste in research
26 September 2018
Awards Main Statistics and epidemiology
The EQUATOR Network Education and Training Manager, Caroline Struthers received the Cochrane-REWARD Prize from the hands of Sir Iain Chalmers during the gala dinner of the Cochrane Colloquium in Edinburgh, this Monday 17 September.
Thank you, Doug Altman
5 June 2018
Main Statistics and epidemiology
Doug Altman did nothing short of forever changing the fields of statistics and medical research. With that, he touched the lives of thousands, if not millions of people worldwide… a handful more than those who will miss him.
Showcasing five years of the Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit
4 January 2018
Main Statistics and epidemiology
The Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit celebrates five years of running and supporting excellent clinical trials that benefit patients and improve healthcare.
Medical statistician wins best presentation at RSS Young Statisticians Meeting
7 August 2017
Awards Botnar Statistics and epidemiology
Usama Ali, medical statistician at the Centre for Statistics in Medicine (CSM) wowed the crowd at the Royal Statistical Society’s (RSS) 2017 Young Statisticians Meeting, winning best presentation for his work preventing falls in hospitals.
Supporting patient safety through best-practice trial design
30 June 2017
Main Publication Research Statistics and epidemiology
UK statisticians and trialists reach out to the clinical trial community in an awareness-raising paper published this week as a first step in changing practice. They promote the use of adaptive designs in early-phase clinical trials to improve trial efficiency, which will benefit patients.
EQUATOR Network honoured by the Council of Science Editors
24 May 2017
Awards Main Research Statistics and epidemiology
We take great pride in announcing that the EQUATOR Network has won the Council for Science Editors’ 2017 Award for Meritorious Achievement.
Celebrating International Clinical Trials Day 2017
19 May 2017
Botnar General Main Research Statistics and epidemiology
International Clinical Trials Day helps to raise awareness of clinical trials and recognises everyone involved in and affected by trials – researchers, clinicians, statisticians, patient participants, funders and the wider public.
CSM, past and future
8 May 2017
Botnar General Main Research Statistics and epidemiology
Celebrating 20 years of excellence with Doug Altman and welcoming the future.
Metal-on-metal revision research takes centre-stage at world’s largest orthopaedic conference
15 March 2017
Awards Botnar Main Orthopaedics and trauma Statistics and epidemiology Translational medicine
A new study on patient outcomes after metal-on-metal hip replacement revision surgery has been selected as part of a prestigious 'Game Changers' session at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) annual meeting.