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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 Good Science Read
A Splash of Colour
Africa Oxford Initiative
After the End
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
Families for the Treatment of Hereditary MND (FATHoM) Oxford Meeting
Families for the Treatment of Hereditary Motor Neuron Disease
Futuremakers
Genetics
Global Health
Gut Instinct: GI research update
Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Health, Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX)
History of Tropical Medicine at Oxford
HIV
IDEAL Collaboration Conference 2016
Immunology
Inside WIMM (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)
Inspiring Women in Science
Issues in Bioethics - Oxford Bioethics Network
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt
Lectures in Pharmacology
Let's talk e-cigarettes
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.
Our Mental Wellness
Oxford Biomedical Research
Oxford Kafka24
Oxford Sparks: bringing science to life
Power and Privilege in Academia
Primary Care Health Sciences
Psychiatry
Public Health and Epidemiology (Richard Doll Seminars)
Public Lecture Podcasts from the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics
Recollecting Oxford Medicine: Oral Histories
Research Integrity
Research Topics in Biomedical Sciences
Revolutionary Biology
Science in Ten
Science with Sanjula
Surgical Grand Rounds Lectures
Tackling Health Challenges
The Future of Science Symposium
The New Psychology of Depression
The Oxford Colloquy
The Oxford Colloquy: Trusting the Science
To Immunity and Beyond
Translational and Clinical
Translational Health Sciences
Translational Medicine
Trust the Evidence
Understanding Alzheimer's and Dementia: Oxford ARUK Public Open Day
Unpacking the Fundamentals of Global Health: Towards a New Generation of Leadership
Vaccine Research at Oxford
Vaccines - From Concept to Clinic with Oxford Sparks
Weatherall lecture
Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN) Podcast
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
Women in Medical Science
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| 1216 | Motor neurone disease and iPSCs - Dr. Björn Vahsen | In this episode, Katy interviews Björn Vahsen to discuss his ongoing research on Motor neurone disease using iPSCs to co-culture microglia and motor neurons. | Katherine Willard, Björn Vahsen, Neddy Kareha | 20 Mar 2024 | |
| 1215 | A Good Science Read: The importance of Mathematics and Engineering | Professor Marcus du Sautoy joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss 'A Mathematician’s Apology' by GH Hardy and 'Exactly: How Engineers Created the Modern World' by Simon Winchester. | Frances Ashcroft, Marcus du Sautoy | 18 Mar 2024 | |
| 1214 | Thinking about regulation early on in your innovation journey. | Rita Hendricusdottir talks to Bruno about Oxford spin-out, Regmetrics, which supports entrepreneurs bridge the knowledge gap between science and law. | Bruno Holtof, Rita Hendricusdottir | 14 Mar 2024 | |
| 1213 | Creative Commons | February 2024 Reto Auer | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research interview Reto Auer, Bern University, Switzerland. | Reto Auer, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson | 07 Mar 2024 |
| 1212 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Sir Jeremy Farrar | Sir Andrew Pollard talks to Sir Jeremy Farrar, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organisation and previously the director of The Wellcome Trust in the UK. | Andrew Pollard, Jeremy Farrar | 04 Mar 2024 |
| 1211 | A Good Science Read: The Story of Penicillin | Professor Matthew Freeman and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss 'The Mould in Dr Florey's Coat' by Eric Lax | Frances Ashcroft, Matthew Freeman | 04 Mar 2024 | |
| 1210 | Beware - Understanding Evidence in Global Health | Caesar asks the questions of Proochista and they discuss the importance of, and limitations to, using evidence in global health decision making and the need to be aware of all the factors that influence global health, not just data. | Proochista Ariana, Caesar Atuire | 27 Feb 2024 | |
| 1209 | Breaking Down Barriers in Global Health | Proochista and Caesar discuss the barriers preventing equity in global health and how knowledge and expertise need to be redefined in order for global health decision making to be properly inclusive. | Proochista Ariana, Caesar Atuire | 27 Feb 2024 | |
| 1208 | A Good Science Read | Professor Frances Ashcroft gives a short introduction to this exciting new series | Frances Ashcroft | 27 Feb 2024 | |
| 1207 | Evidence-based strategies for suicide and self-harm prevention | Professor Lennox sits down with Professor Seena Fazel, to discuss his work on better understanding the causes of suicide. | Belinda Lennox, Seena Fazel | 08 Feb 2024 | |
| 1206 | Suicide prevention and mental health advocacy | Professor Lennox speaks to Ben West, mental health campaigner, best-selling author and social media influencer, about suicide prevention. | Belinda Lennox, Ben West | 08 Feb 2024 | |
| 1205 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Sir Peter Horby | Sir Andrew Pollard talks to Sir Peter Horby, Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Director of the Pandemic Sciences Institute at Oxford. He is Co-Chief investigator of the RECOVERY trial of drug treatments for COVID. | Andrew Pollard, Peter Horby | 02 Feb 2024 |
| 1204 | Creative Commons | January 2024 Cara Murphy | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research interview Cara Murphy, Brown University, USA. | Cara Murphy, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson | 31 Jan 2024 |
| 1203 | Creative Commons | Sleep and Scents - Dr. Julia Harris | In this episode, we interview Dr. Julia Harris to discuss her ongoing research on sleep utilising the olfactory system. | Julia Harris, Neddy Kareha, Katherine Willard | 29 Jan 2024 |
| 1202 | What is Partnership in Global Health? | A discussion of how interdependence and collaboration in global health evolves into partnerships and whether these partnerships are equitable with all participants sharing the benefits. | Proochista Ariana, Caesar Atuire | 12 Jan 2024 | |
| 1201 | Decolonization in Global Health | Proochista and Caesar discuss the key features of colonization and how decolonization is trying to roll back the negative effects of colonization to create fair and equal global health for today. | Proochista Ariana, Caesar Atuire | 12 Jan 2024 | |
| 1200 | Introduction | An introduction to the series. | Proochista Ariana | 12 Jan 2024 | |
| 1199 | Prashant Warier and Qure.ai | Integrating Artificial Intelligence in medical imaging for increased accuracy, accessibility, and affordability. | Prashant Warier | 12 Jan 2024 | |
| 1198 | Anna Shuh and Seren | Offering a 10$ DNA based diagnostic test for blood disorders and cancer. | Anna Shuh | 12 Jan 2024 | |
| 1197 | Bahbak Miremadi and Elephant Health | Implementing a digital platform for essential health packages and universal health coverage. | Bahbak Miremadi | 12 Jan 2024 | |
| 1196 | Maximilian Mancini and Ilara Health | Developing a franchise offering for primary health centres in Kenya. | Maximilian Mancini | 12 Jan 2024 | |
| 1195 | Valentina Milanova and Daye | Using tampons for STI diagnosis and pain period treatment. | Valentina Milanova | 12 Jan 2024 | |
| 1194 | Conrad Tankou and GICMED | Use of smart speculum device to screen and diagnose cervical cancer in Cameroon. | Conrad Tankou | 12 Jan 2024 | |
| 1193 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Uğur Şahin | Sir Andrew Pollard talks to Uğur Şahin. Şahin is a German oncologist and immunologist. He is the co-founder and CEO of BioNTech, which developed one of the major COVID-19 vaccines. | Andrew Pollard, Uğur Şahin | 21 Dec 2023 |
| 1192 | Creative Commons | Social enterprisers and their role in addressing future challenges | Adopting a critical perspective, Dr Orsolya Ihasz outlines what makes social enterprisers valuable, and how could they contribute to the creation of important services and products to marginalised and disenfranchised communities. | Orsolya Ihasz | 12 Dec 2023 |
| 1191 | Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in Resource-Constrained Settings: A Case Study of Ghana | Dr Brian Adu Asare discusses Health Technology Assessment (HTA) using Ghana as a case study. | Brian Adu Asare | 12 Dec 2023 | |
| 1190 | Creative Commons | What kind of a problem is loneliness? Studying technology to understand policy concerns | This talk by Dr Gemma Hughes is intended to show how problems, such as loneliness, can be understood and researched in multiple ways. | Gemma Hughes | 12 Dec 2023 |
| 1189 | Creative Commons | Social enterprisers and their role in addressing future challenges | Adopting a critical perspective, Dr Orsolya Ihasz outlines what makes social enterprisers valuable, and how could they contribute to the creation of important services and products to marginalised and disenfranchised communities. | Orsolya Ihasz | 08 Dec 2023 |
| 1188 | Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in Resource-Constrained Settings: A Case Study of Ghana | Dr Brian Adu Asare discusses Health Technology Assessment (HTA) using Ghana as a case study. | Brian Adu Asare | 08 Dec 2023 | |
| 1187 | Creative Commons | What kind of a problem is loneliness? Studying technology to understand policy concerns | This talk by Dr Gemma Hughes is intended to show how problems, such as loneliness, can be understood and researched in multiple ways. | Gemma Hughes | 08 Dec 2023 |
| 1186 | Creative Commons | E-cigarette marketing and the effects on young people and adults, with Eve Taylor | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss cigarette packaging, flavours and brand names with Eve Taylor, King's College London. | Eve Taylor, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson | 29 Nov 2023 |
| 1185 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Sir Pascal Soriot | Sir Andrew Pollard talks to Sir Pascal Soriot, the CEO of AstraZeneca about their pandemic partnership to develop the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine. Over three billion vaccines have been delivered, saving six and a half million lives. | Andrew Pollard, Pascal Soriot | 27 Nov 2023 |
| 1184 | Recovering Movement - Charlotte Stagg | In this episode with Professor Charlotte Stagg, we talk about non-invasive brain stimulation techniques used to understand how the brain adapts to new challenges in the recovery of motor function after stroke. | Neddy Kareha, Charlotte Stagg, Ritika Mukherji, Katherine Willard | 22 Nov 2023 | |
| 1183 | October 2023 Natalie Walker | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research interview Associate Professor Natalie Walker from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson, Natalie Walker | 02 Nov 2023 | |
| 1182 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Prof. Eddie Holmes | Professor Eddie Holmes, who co-authored the publication of the genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2 through work with colleagues in Wuhan, China speaks to Professor Andrew Pollard about his scientific career and this pivotal pandemic work. | Andrew Pollard, Eddie Holmes | 30 Oct 2023 |
| 1181 | Evidence-based dentistry: The building of the Dental Fact Box repository – OHA! | An introduction to OHA!, a tool currently being developed which aims to assist dentists in accessing the most reliable evidence regarding the effectiveness of common dental treatments. | Paulo Nadanovsky | 12 Oct 2023 | |
| 1180 | Snoozing Fruitflies | In this episode with Dr Sarnataro, we explore techniques used during his recent PhD to investigate the mitochondrial dynamics in neurons of sleeping fruitflies. Raffaele also offers advice on how to make the most of an Oxford PhD position. | Ritika Mukherji, Raffaele Sarnataro, Neddy Kareha, Katherine Willard | 06 Oct 2023 | |
| 1179 | Creative Commons | September 2023 Andrea Leinberger-Jabari | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and Ailsa Butler interviews Andrea Leinberger-Jabari from the Public Health Research Center at New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. | Andrea Leinberger-Jabari, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson, Ailsa Butler | 26 Sep 2023 |
| 1178 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Prof. Maheshi Ramasamy | Andrew Pollard talks to Professor Maheshi Ramasamy about her pandemic work as a hospital consultant treating extremely sick patients in intensive care. They also discuss her research career in vaccines and infectious diseases. | Maheshi Ramasamy, Andrew Pollard | 21 Sep 2023 |
| 1177 | Supporting the mental health of young people | Professor Lennox talks to Cynthia Germanotta and Dr. Claudia-Santi F. Fernandes from 'Born This Way Foundation' and Professor Mina Fazel about the importance of supporting young people’s mental health. | Belinda Lennox, Mina Fazel, Cynthia Germanotta, Claudia-Santi F. Fernandes | 11 Sep 2023 | |
| 1176 | Protecting mental health in crisis contexts | Professor Lennox is joined by Benjamin Perks from UNICEF, Sabine Rakotomalala, from the World Health Organization and researchers from Oxford’s Department of Social Policy and Intervention, to discuss protecting mental health in crisis contexts. | Belinda Lennox, Benjamin Perks, Sabine Rakotomalala, Jamie Lachman | 11 Sep 2023 | |
| 1175 | Workplace wellbeing | Professor Lennox sits down with Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve to look at what contributes to our wellbeing at work, and the evidence linking happiness and productivity. | Belinda Lennox, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve | 11 Sep 2023 | |
| 1174 | Building resilient mental health in the workplace | Professor Lennox is joined by Sir John Kirwan, a former New Zealand rugby player and co-founder of workplace wellbeing technology platform Groov, to discuss preventative mental health in the workplace. | Belinda Lennox, John Kirwan | 11 Sep 2023 | |
| 1173 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Shabir Madhi | Shabir Madhi Professor of Vaccinology at the University of the Witwatersrand,Johannesburg, South Africa discusses the effect of the global pandemic on Africa and his work on COVID-19 vaccines. | Andrew Pollard, Shabir Madhi | 07 Sep 2023 |
| 1172 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Professor Adam Finn | Sir Andrew and Professor Adam Finn discuss his work as paediatrician specialising in infectious diseases. They discuss the pandemic as it affected children and the different responses to the disease in adults and children. | Andrew Pollard, Adam Finn | 16 Aug 2023 |
| 1171 | Childhood and adolescent anxiety | Professor Lennox sits down with Professors Cathy Creswell and Polly Waite to talk about how anxiety affects young people and the effective new treatments being developed. | Belinda Lennox, Cathy Creswell, Polly Waitse | 11 Aug 2023 | |
| 1170 | Maternal mental health | Professor Lennox talks to Professors Marian Knight and Fiona Alderdice about how mental illnesses impact women and families in the postnatal period, and the power of speaking out. | Belinda Lennox, Marian Knight, Fiona Alderdice | 11 Aug 2023 | |
| 1169 | Brain injury and rehabilitation | Professor Belinda Lennox is joined by Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg and Jenny Clarke from the charity SameYou to discuss the impact of traumatic brain injury and how researchers can help patients in their recovery. | Belinda Lennox, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Jenny Clarke | 11 Aug 2023 | |
| 1168 | The Moving Brain with Dr. Andrew Peters | We met with Dr Andrew Peters (a new PI) to discuss his career in neuroscience so far studying movement in the brain. By combining multiple modern techniques, Andy interrogates global circuits during motor learning and behaviour. | Katherine Willard, Neddy Kareha, Ritika Mukherji | 01 Aug 2023 | |
| 1167 | Season 2 Trailer | The trailer for the second season of CortexCast. | Neddy Kareha, Katherine Willard, Ritika Mukherji | 01 Aug 2023 | |
| 1166 | Creative Commons | July 2023 Joanna Streck | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Assistant Professor Joanna Streck from Massachusetts General Hospital, USA. | Joanna Streck, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson | 26 Jul 2023 |
| 1165 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Sir Patrick Vallance | Sir Andrew Pollard & Sir Patrick Vallance discuss the COVID-19 pandemic. He shares insights into his medical career and vital work during the pandemic as Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK government. | Patrick Vallance, Andrew Pollard | 20 Jul 2023 |
| 1164 | Creative Commons | June 2023 Sarah Pratt | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Associate Sarah Pratt, Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth University, New Hampshire, USA. | Sarah Pratt, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce | 17 Jul 2023 |
| 1163 | PITCH-2 study Protective Immunity from T Cells to Covid-19 in Health Workers - 2 | PITCH-2 (Protective Immunity from T cell Cells in Healthcare workers) is an exciting project that seeks to understand the role of T cell immunity in protection against the COVID-19 in healthcare workers. | Susanna Dunachie | 13 Jul 2023 | |
| 1162 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Dame Sarah Gilbert | Dame Sarah Gilbert, Professor of Vaccinology at Oxford University, talks about her life in science and her work with a talented and dedicated team at Oxford in developing and testing the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19. | Sarah Gilbert | 30 Jun 2023 |
| 1161 | Creative Commons | Speedy or sloppy?: The opportunities and challenges of rapid qualitative research | Using a variety of examples of fast and slow qualitative research this talk explores the affordances of rapid methods, and help researchers decide if and where to use them in their own work. | Anna Dowrick | 30 Jun 2023 |
| 1160 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Dame Louise Richardson DBE FRSE | Dame Louise Richardson, discusses navigating Oxford University through the tumultuous peak of the global pandemic and her career as an Irish political scientist whose expertise lies in the study of terrorism. | Louise Richardson | 23 Jun 2023 |
| 1159 | Series 2 Episode 8 - Navigating a genetic diagnosis | What might it be like to navigate a genetic diagnosis and share it with family members? We talk to Julie Young from the CanGene CanVar patient reference panel about her experience. | Rachel Horton, Gabrielle Samuel, Julie Young | 12 Jun 2023 | |
| 1158 | Creative Commons | Realist inquiry in global health practice: trials, tribulations (& triumphs?) | Dr Sara Van Belle, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp gives a talk on the practice of realist inquiry in global health. | Sara Van Belle | 08 Jun 2023 |
| 1157 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Professor Neil Ferguson | Sir Andrew Pollard's podcast features Professor Neil Ferguson, an expert in the mathematical modelling of infectious diseases. They discuss how mathematical models help understand disease transmission, vaccines, and immunity. | Andrew Pollard, Neil Ferguson | 28 May 2023 |
| 1156 | May 2023 Matthew Carpenter | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Professor Matthew Carpenter, Medical University of South Carolina, USA. | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson, Matthew Carpenter | 24 May 2023 | |
| 1155 | Creative Commons | Testing usability and impact of the OxRisk prediction models | Professor Seena Fazel, University of Oxford gives a talk on recent advances in prognostic modelling in psychiatry. | Seena Fazel | 22 May 2023 |
| 1154 | Creative Commons | Alcohol and cardiovascular disease: Is moderate drinking really beneficial for cardiovascular disease? | Dr Derrick Bennett, University of Oxford gives a talk on the epidemiological evidence of alcohol and cardiovascular disease. | Derrick Bennett | 22 May 2023 |
| 1153 | The Pandemic People: Fergus Walsh | Journalist Fergus Walsh talks about covering disease outbreaks & his medical journalism career. Accuracy, fact-checking, and communicating complex scientific findings are important to him. He discusses this passion for reliable information with Sir Andrew | Andrew Pollard, Fergus Walsh | 19 May 2023 | |
| 1152 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Dame Jennifer Margaret Harries DBE | Dame Jennifer Harries shares insights on her career, family influence, and managing public health threats with Sir Andrew Pollard. Highlights include Salisbury novichok incident preparedness, COVID19 response efforts. | Andrew Pollard, Jennifer Harries | 19 May 2023 |
| 1151 | Creative Commons | Series 2 Episode 7 - Why research regulation falls short in genomic medicine | As a society, we tend to focus a lot on risk and try to control it through regulation - but how well does that work for ensuring ethical practice in genomics? We talk to Dr Kate Lyle about her research on this topic. | Rachel Horton, Gabrielle Samuel, Kate Lyle | 02 May 2023 |
| 1150 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Professor Wendy Barclay | In conversation with Sir Andrew Pollard, Professor Wendy Barclay, a renowned virologist, discusses viruses' crucial role in pandemics. | Andrew Pollard, Wendy Barclay | 17 Apr 2023 |
| 1149 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Sir John Irving Bell | Sir Andrew Pollard & Sir John Bell discuss COVID-19 pandemic in China, Oxford Univ. & AstraZeneca's vaccine efforts. Bell highlights global response, data sharing, Oxford's vaccine expertise & diagnostic testing. | Andrew Pollard, John Bell | 16 Apr 2023 |
| 1148 | Creative Commons | The Pandemic People: Dame Catherine Elizabeth Bingham | Kate Bingham, a British venture capitalist, discussed her role in the UK's COVID-19 vaccine rollout and her leadership of the vaccine task force and the importance of diplomacy in the global fight against COVID-19. | Andrew Pollard, Kate Bingham | 15 Apr 2023 |
| 1147 | Creative Commons | Evidence in Women's Health: Coil contraceptive - what is it and what are the potential harms for women? | In this episode EBHC DPhil Director, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Dr. Anne Marie Boylan discuss intrauterine contraception commonly known as the coil. | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Anne-Marie Boylan, Neda Taghinejadi, Megan Carter | 23 Mar 2023 |
| 1146 | Creative Commons | The medical occupational outcomes of military mental health patients. A closed-cohort study | Surgeon Commander Charlotte Evans is Royal Navy Hudson Visiting Fellow at St. Anthony's College and gave a talk about her dissertation work in relation to military mental health patients. | Charlotte Evans | 08 Mar 2023 |
| 1145 | Series 2 Episode 6 - Diversifying genomics | What are the ethical challenges with diversifying genomic data? We talk to Faranak Hardcastle about her work exploring this. | Rachel Horton, Gabrielle Samuel, Faranak Hardcastle | 07 Mar 2023 | |
| 1144 | Understanding the impact of diet on health - Dr Keren Papier | Have you wondered why something like red wine can be good for you according to one scientific paper, but bad for you in another? In this podcast, Dr Keren Papier explains how diet affects our health and why it is difficult to get accurate answers. | Sanjula Singh, Keren Papier | 20 Feb 2023 | |
| 1143 | Creative Commons | Evidence in Women's Health: Evaluating a community singing intervention for postnatal depression | Dr Alexandra Burton reports on the SHAPER-PND study exploring singing's effect on postnatal depression in new mothers | Alexandra Burton | 10 Feb 2023 |
| 1142 | Reducing the risk of self-harm and suicide - Professor Keith Hawton | Professor Keith Hawton discusses how we can help to prevent people from self-harming and dying by suicide at both an individual and population level. | Keith Hawton, Sanjula Singh | 01 Feb 2023 | |
| 1141 | Tackling racism and inequalities in healthcare - Dr Mehrunisha Suleman | Dr Mehrunisha Suleman talks about why tackling racism and inequalities in health and healthcare is so important, drawing on her research and experiences. | Mehrunisha Suleman, Sanjula Singh | 01 Feb 2023 | |
| 1140 | Creative Commons | Halving premature death - Professor Sir Richard Peto | Professor Sir Richard Peto describes half a century of research seeking moderate reductions in big causes of death. | Sanjula Singh, Richard Peto | 01 Feb 2023 |
| 1139 | Creative Commons | The gut and the immune system - Dr Emily Thornton | In this final episode of the series, we meet Dr Emily Thornton @emilyethornton from the Human Immunology Unit. | Emily Thornton, Catherine Seed | 31 Jan 2023 |
| 1138 | Creative Commons | How planetary iron shaped life on Earth | Two researchers working in very different areas; planetary formation and immunity. At a chance meeting they realised they had a shared interest, iron. Their new cross-disciplinary paper unravels the importance of iron availability in the evolution of life | Alexander Hal Drakesmith, Jon Wade, Catherine Seed | 31 Jan 2023 |
| 1137 | Dr Kathryn Robson | In this episode, we meet Dr Kathryn Robson and discuss her varied career from researching foot and mouth disease to the genetics of PKU, malaria and hemochromatosis. | Kathryn Robson, Mona Bassuni, Catherine Seed | 31 Jan 2023 | |
| 1136 | Evidence in Women's Health: Why is endometriosis difficult to diagnose? | We discuss evidence around delays in diagnosis of endometriosis and speak with Dr Annalise Weckesser and Dr Sharon Dixon, who have both researched endometriosis from the perspective of women as patients and from that of GPs. | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Anne-Marie Boylan, Annalise Weckesser, Sharon Dixon | 30 Jan 2023 | |
| 1135 | Creative Commons | January 2023 Podcast | In this episode Associate Professor Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Dr Nicola Lindson discuss the emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Professor Jonathan, Penn State College of Medicine. | Jonathan Foulds, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson | 26 Jan 2023 |
| 1134 | Series 2 Episode 5 - Who's 'the patient' in genomic medicine? | We live our lives alongside others, and our decisions have consequences for those close to us - what does this mean for how we define 'the patient' in genomic medicine? Susie Weller talks to us about this issue. | Rachel Horton, Gabrielle Samuel, Susie Weller | 25 Jan 2023 | |
| 1133 | Creative Commons | Evidence in Women's Health: Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) - What are the risks, benefits and experiences for women? | EBHC DPhil Director, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Dr. Anne Marie Boylan discuss menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Anne-Marie Boylan, Elizabeth Spencer, Carol Coupland | 12 Jan 2023 |
| 1132 | How can we support scientific leaders of the future? | How our Women in Leadership Programme is supporting researchers on their leadership journeys | Catherine Porcher, Sarah Gooding, Giulia Orlando, Rong Li | 29 Nov 2022 | |
| 1131 | Creative Commons | Sarah Bonnell students interview ISMRM researchers, spring 2022 | Students from the Sarah Bonnell secondary school for girls in East London interview researchers attending the annual conference of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). | Pete Lally, Jonny O'Muircheartaigh, Chiara Casella, Sharon Geva | 28 Nov 2022 |
| 1130 | November 2022 Podcast | In this episode Associate Professor Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Dr Nicola Lindson discuss the emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and summarise the findings of the newly published update to the Cochrane review of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation. | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson | 24 Nov 2022 | |
| 1129 | Creative Commons | Heart Failure in Primary Care: Lessons from Big Data | Dr Clare J Taylor, Academic GP, explores how we can use large, anonymised GP datasets to improve our understanding of heart failure management in primary care. | Clare J Taylor | 24 Nov 2022 |
| 1128 | Creative Commons | Evidence in Women's Health: Are there higher mortality rates in women who have been operated on by male surgeons? | In 2022 a Canadian population based retrospective cohort study hit the headlines in the U.K. by claiming that women were 32% more likely to die if operated on by a male surgeon. | Carl Heneghan, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Anne-Marie Boylan, Sunil Patel | 31 Oct 2022 |
| 1127 | October 2022 with Dr Leonie Brose | Associate Professor Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Dr Nicola Lindson discuss the emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Dr Leonie Brose, King's College London. | Leonie Brose, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson | 27 Oct 2022 | |
| 1126 | Series 2 Episode 4 - Newborn genome screening | What sort of findings might we get from newborn genome screening? What might this mean for the NHS? Rachel Horton talks to Gabby Samuel and Lisa Ballard. | Rachel Horton, Gabrielle Samuel, Lisa Ballard | 20 Oct 2022 | |
| 1125 | Creative Commons | Sporadic, late-onset, and multi-stage diseases | Dr Anthony Webster, University of Oxford gives a talk on combining mathematical modelling with big data statistics to distinguish between sporadic, late-onset, and multi-stage diseases. | Anthony Webster | 20 Oct 2022 |
| 1124 | How should we teach evidence-based medicine in the 21st century? | Dr Gordon Guyatt provides a guest talk on how we should teach evidence-based medicine in the 21st century | Gordon Guyatt | 03 Oct 2022 | |
| 1123 | September 2022 with Harry Tattan-Birch | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Harry Tattan-Birch. | Harry Tattan-Birch, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson | 28 Sep 2022 | |
| 1122 | Gut Instinct Ep. 6 - Cell-free DNA diagnostics for biliary strictures, diet and weight loss, and minimum unit price strategies for alcohol | Another fun-filled episode from your favourite GI podcasters. From hepatobiliary disease to alcohol policy, luminal gastro to nutrition, we have something for everyone this episode. Enjoy! | Michael Fitzpatrick, Tamsin Cargill | 13 Sep 2022 | |
| 1121 | Series 2 Episode 3 - Sharing genetic results within families | Who does a genetic result belong to? What might help people to share genetic information with their relatives? We talk to Lisa Ballard and Anneke Lucassen. | Rachel Horton, Gabrielle Samuel, Lisa Ballard, Anneke Lucassen | 16 Aug 2022 | |
| 1120 | Creative Commons | Series 2 Episode 2 - Why context matters in genetic testing | How can the same genetic finding can mean different things in different people? What does this mean for 'personalising' genetic results? Anneke Lucassen talks to us about this issue. | Rachel Horton, Gabrielle Samuel, Anneke Lucassen | 18 Jul 2022 |
| 1119 | Understanding and managing troubling mental images | Troubling mental images, such as bad memories, fearful ‘flashforwards’ and negative images of the self can impact our mental health and sense of self. | Hannah Murray, Cathy Creswell | 11 Jul 2022 | |
| 1118 | Creative Commons | The Role of Social Endometriosis Research in Improving Care and Addressing Intersectional Health Disparities | Dr Annalise Weckesser will discuss her qualitative studies exploring women’s experiences of endometriosis and doctors’ perspectives on treating the condition and how to improve care. | Annalise Weckesser | 01 Jul 2022 |
| 1117 | June 2022 with Dr Francesca Pesola | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson discuss emerging evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Dr Francesca Pesola. | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Nicola Lindson, Francesca Pesola | 29 Jun 2022 |
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