Oxford Health BRC Newsletter Issue 12

Welcome to the January 2025 issue of the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC) newsletter which summarises all recently published news and updates in one place.

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2024 Research & Development Highlights

As the new year begins, we take the opportunity to reflect on the many successes, changes and developments during 2024 across the research infrastructures at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT), including OH BRC.

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Research in the News

ITV News: Study on the network meta-analysis of treatments for ADHD Oxford Mail: Oxford researchers win award for mental health work BBC South: Dementia blood test diagnosis trial gets underway Daily Mirror: How Sertraline feel-good hormone serotonin makes you far better dealing with bad news Oxford Mail: Oxford research centre leads to new mental health clinics

Oxford study identifies the most effective treatments for ADHD in adults

Oxford and Southampton researchers have found that atomoxetine and a class of drug known as stimulants are the most effective treatments in the management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in adults.

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OH BRC Key Achievements 2024

You can find a selection of our BRC Themes many achievements during 2024 on our website.

A Case Study from Preventing Multiple Morbidities Theme

The McPin Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) panel have helped to shape the DIME study, which explores the therapeutic effects of a ketogenic diet on depression. The PPI group provided feedback on the study design and adjustments were made accordingly.

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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at OH BRC

This month we highlight unconscious bias, how it affect us all and is triggered by our brain instinctively making quick assessments and categorising people and things. We encourage our BRC researchers to explore resources published on our web from Race Equality Matters, The Royal Society and University of Oxford.

Using a psychosis risk prediction tool in General Practice

Researchers in the Mental Health Mission’s Early Psychosis workstream have developed a psychosis risk prediction tool which aims to help GPs detect the early signs of psychosis, potentially reducing the duration of untreated psychosis.

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Research in the Department of Psychiatry in 2024

Associate Head of Department for Research Professor Paul Harrison reflects on his highlights over the past highly successful year of research in the Department of Psychiatry.

Umbrella review of traumatic brain injury (TBI) research

Researchers at the University of Oxford have conducted a synthesis of existing review evidence from more than 31 million participants to help quantify the overall disability burden from TBI in order to inform targets for clinical and policy interventions.

Blood test developed to allow early detection of multiple cancers

Researchers at the University of Oxford have unveiled a new blood test – which shows real promise in detecting six cancer types in their earliest stages, when the disease is hardest to detect but treatment is more effective, and reliably distinguished those people who had cancer from those that did not.