| 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 |
1 August, 2023 |
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| Season 2 Trailer |
The trailer for the second season of CortexCast. |
Neddy Kareha, Katherine Willard, Ritika Mukherji |
1 August, 2023 |
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| 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 June, 2023 |
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| 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 |
8 June, 2023 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 March, 2023 |
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| 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 |
8 March, 2023 |
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| 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 February, 2023 |
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| 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 January, 2023 |
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| 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 January, 2023 |
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| 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 November, 2022 |
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| 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, Emily McFadden, Sharon Dixon, Megan Carter |
31 October, 2022 |
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| 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 October, 2022 |
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| 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 |
3 October, 2022 |
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| 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 |
1 July, 2022 |
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| How do you carry out a realist synthesis of an intervention when there's 'no evidence'? |
Joanne Greenhalgh, Professor of Applied Social Research Methodology (University of Leeds) on the experiences of conducting a realist synthesis of the feedback of aggregated patient reported outcome measure (PROMs) data to improve patient care. |
Joanne Greenhalgh |
25 May, 2022 |
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| Martin Vessey |
Derek Hockaday interviews Martin Vessey, Emeritus Professor of Public Health, 4 June 2014 |
Martin Vessey, Derek Hockaday |
20 January, 2022 |
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| Mike Dunnill |
Derek Hockaday interviews Mike Dunnill, researcher, pathologist and former Director of Clinical Studies,10 February 2012. |
Mike Dunnill, Derek Hockaday |
20 January, 2022 |
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| Ann Taylor |
Derek Hockaday interviews Ann Taylor, researcher and physiologist, 20 January 2016. |
Ann Taylor, Derek Hockaday |
20 January, 2022 |
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| David Tibbs |
Derek Hockaday interviews David Tibbs, vascular surgeon, 7 February 2011. |
David Tibbs, Derek Hockaday |
4 October, 2021 |
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| Terence Ryan |
Susan Burge interviews Terence Ryan, consultant dermatologist and emeritus professor of dermatology, 18 November 2020. |
Terence Ryan, Susan Burge |
30 September, 2021 |
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| Michael Gillmer |
Derek Hockaday interviews Michael Gillmer, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, 27 February 2014. |
Michael Gillmer, Derek Hockaday |
27 September, 2021 |
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| David Warrell |
Derek Hockaday interviews David Warrell, honorary consultant physician and Emeritus Professor of Tropical Medicine, 24 March 2014. |
David Warrell, Derek Hockaday |
27 September, 2021 |
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| Robert Twycross |
Derek Hockaday interviews Robert Twycross, physician and pioneer of palliative care and medicine, 7 August 2018. |
Robert Twycross, Derek Hockaday |
24 September, 2021 |
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| Joe Smith |
Derek Hockaday interviews Joe Smith, consultant urologist, 18 November 2013. |
Joe Smith, Derek Hockaday |
23 September, 2021 |
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| Peter Sleight |
Derek Hockaday interviews Peter Sleight, research cardiologist and consultant physician, 22 September 2013. |
Peter Sleight, Derek Hockaday |
15 September, 2021 |
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| Chris Redman |
Derek Hockaday interviews Chris Redman, obstetric consultant and clinical professor, 13 November 2016. |
Chris Redman, Derek Hockaday |
14 September, 2021 |
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| Christopher Paine |
Peggy Frith interviews Sir Christopher Paine, consultant clinical oncologist and former Director of Clinical Studies, 25 Jul 2012. |
Christopher Paine, Peggy Frith |
14 September, 2021 |
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| John Oxbury |
Derek Hockaday interviews John Oxbury, neurologist, 20 November 2013. |
John Oxbury, Derek Hockaday |
14 September, 2021 |
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| Richard Moxon |
Derek Hockaday interviews Richard Moxon, Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics and former Chairman of Paediatrics, 21 July 2016. |
Richard Moxon, Derek Hockaday |
10 September, 2021 |
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| Neil Mortensen |
Derek Hockaday interviews Neil Mortensen, consultant colorectal surgeon, 10 November 2014. |
Neil Mortensen, Derek Hockaday |
10 September, 2021 |
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| Brian Longworth |
Derek Hockaday interviews Brian Longworth, former mechanical technician and engineer at the Radcliffe Infirmary, 31 July 2015. |
Derek Hockaday, Brian Longworth |
9 September, 2021 |
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| Grant de Jersey Lee |
Derek Hockaday interviews Grant de Jersey Lee, physician and cardiologist, 13 June 2013. |
Grant de Jersey Lee, Derek Hockaday |
8 September, 2021 |
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| Jim Holt |
Peggy Frith interviews Jim Holt, former Director of Clinical studies for Oxford Medical School, 1 June 2012. |
Jim Holt, Peggy Frith |
8 September, 2021 |
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| John Ledingham |
Derek Hockaday interviews John Ledingham, professor of Clinical Medicine and former Director of Clinical Studies, 2013. |
John Ledingham, Derek Hockaday |
7 September, 2021 |
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| Donald Lane |
Derek Hockaday interviews consultant chest physician Donald Lane, 31 Oct 2013. |
Donald Lane, Derek Hockaday |
6 September, 2021 |
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| Derek Jewell |
Derek Hockaday interviews Derek Jewell, Emeritus Professor of Gastroenterology, 14 Feb 2013. |
Derek Jewell, Derek Hockaday |
6 September, 2021 |
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| Trevor Hughes |
Interview with Trevor Hughes, neuropathologist and fellow of Green Templeton College, conducted by Derek Hockaday, 2015. |
Trevor Hughes, Derek Hockaday |
25 August, 2021 |
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| Tony Hope |
Derek Hockaday interviews Tony Hope, Professor of Medical ethics and honorary consultant psychiatrist, 6 May 2014. |
Tony Hope, Derek Hockaday |
24 August, 2021 |
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| Peggy Frith |
Interview with Peggy Frith, deputy Director of Clinical Studies for Oxford University Medical School and consultant ophthalmologist, conducted by Derek Hockaday, 15 Sep 2015. |
Peggy Frith, Derek Hockaday |
24 August, 2021 |
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| Andrew Freeland |
Derek Hockaday interviews Andrew Freeland, ENT consultant and surgeon, 22 May 2014 |
Andrew Freeland, Derek Hockaday |
23 August, 2021 |
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| Godfrey Fowler |
Derek Hockaday interviews Godfrey Fowler, general practitioner and medical scientist, 7 Mar 2014 |
Godfrey Fowler, Derek Hockaday |
23 August, 2021 |
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| Pierre Foex |
Derek Hockaday interviews Pierre Foex, Emeritus Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetics, 21 November 2018. |
Pierre Foex, Derek Hockaday |
23 August, 2021 |
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| Derek Hockaday |
Peggy Frith interviews Derek Hockaday, 24 Sep 2020 |
Derek Hockaday, Peggy Frith |
23 August, 2021 |
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| Julian Britton |
Derek Hockaday interviews Julian Britton, surgeon and former Director of Clinical Studies for Oxford Medical School, 23 Jan 2019. |
Julian Britton, Derek Hockaday |
23 August, 2021 |
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| Hung Cheng |
Derek Hockaday interviews Hung Cheng, consultant ophthalmological surgeon, 11 February 2015. |
Hung Cheng, Derek Hockaday |
10 August, 2021 |
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| Nick Dudley |
Derek Hockaday interviews Nick Dudley, consultant surgeon and founder member of the British Association of Endocrine Surgeons, 26 March 2014. |
Nicholas Dudley, Derek Hockaday |
10 August, 2021 |
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| David Paterson |
Derek Hockaday interviews David Paterson, physiologist and Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology, 8 January 2019. |
David Paterson, Derek Hockaday |
10 August, 2021 |
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| Peter Burge |
Derek Hockaday interviews Peter Burge, hand surgeon and consultant, 8 August 2014. |
Peter Burge, Derek Hockaday |
10 August, 2021 |
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| The messy realities of qualitative health research |
Dr Anne-Marie Boylan and Dr Laura Griffith, explore the value of qualitative health research and discuss what it's really like to undertake qualitative research. |
Anne-Marie Boylan, Laura Griffith |
21 May, 2021 |
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| Leading and teaching Evidence-Based Health Care |
Professor Kamal Mahtani and David Nunan interview Professor Paul Glasziou, Director of the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare at Bond University, about his experience of leadership and his work in capacity building through teaching and supervision. |
Kamal Mahtani, David Nunan, Paul Glasziou |
18 March, 2021 |
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| Exploring the fundamentals of leadership with Professor Carl Heneghan - Part Two |
Professor Kamal Mahtani continues his interview with Professor Carl Heneghan, discussing where your motivation as a leader comes from, succession planning, seeking mentoring, how leaders can engage with the wider world. |
Kamal Mahtani, Carl Heneghan |
25 November, 2020 |
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| John Ledingham |
Peggy Frith interviews John Ledingham, professor of Clinical Medicine and former Director of Clinical Studies, 23 April 2012. |
Peggy Frith, John Ledingham, Rosie Fitzherbert Jones |
5 November, 2020 |
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| Exploring the fundamentals of leadership with Professor Carl Heneghan - Part One |
Professor Kamal Mahtani interviews Professor Carl Heneghan, exploring his leadership; how it all started, the challenges he has faced, emotional intelligence, the importance of clear communication and being a tortoise rather than a hare as a leader. |
Carl Heneghan, Kamal Mahtani |
4 November, 2020 |
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| How do species postpone or even escape from senescence? |
Dr Rob Salguero-Gomez, Associate Professor in Ecology, Department of Zoology, gives a talk on lessons for a longer, better human life for the EBHC podcast series. |
Rob Salguero-Gomez |
2 November, 2020 |
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| Susan Burge (part 4) |
Part 4 of Derek Hockaday's interview with Susan Burge, consultant dermatologist and former Director of Clinical Studies, 22 July 2015. |
Susan Burge, Derek Hockaday |
16 September, 2020 |
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| Susan Burge (part 3) |
Part 3 of Derek Hockaday's interview of Susan Burge, consultant dermatologist and former Director of Clinical Studies, 22 July 2015 |
Susan Burge, Derek Hockaday |
16 September, 2020 |
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| Susan Burge (part 2) |
Part 2 of Derek Hockaday's interview of Susan Burge, consultant dermatologist and former Director of Clinical Studies, 22 July 2015. |
Susan Burge, Derek Hockaday |
16 September, 2020 |
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| Susan Burge (part 1) |
Derek Hockaday interviews Susan Burge, consultant dermatologist and former Director of Clinical Studies, 22 July 2015. |
Susan Burge, Derek Hockaday |
16 September, 2020 |
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| Joan Trowell |
Derek Hockaday interviews Joan Trowell, consultant physician and former deputy Director of Clinical studies, 5 March 2015 |
Joan Trowell, Derek Hockaday |
16 September, 2020 |
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| Chris Winearls (part 2) |
Derek Hockaday continues his interview with Chris Winearls, consultant nephrologist and associate professor of medicine, 4 March 2013. |
Chris Winearls, Derek Hockaday |
16 September, 2020 |
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| Chris Winearls (part 1) |
Derek Hockaday interviews Chris Winearls, consultant nephrologist and associate professor of medicine, 4 March 2015. |
Chris Winearls, Derek Hockaday |
16 September, 2020 |
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| Michael Tunbridge |
Derek Hockaday interviews Michael Tunbridge, former Director of Postgraduate Medical Education and Training, University of Oxford, 31 January 2014. |
Michael Tunbridge, Derek Hockaday |
16 September, 2020 |
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| Keith Hawton |
Derek Hockaday interviews Keith Hawton, consultant psychiatrist and professor of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, 19 September 2014. |
Keith Hawton, Derek Hockaday |
16 September, 2020 |
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| Chris Adams (part 3) |
The final part of Derek Hockaday's interview with Chris Adams, senior neurosurgeon, 26 August 2014. |
Chris Adams, Derek Hockaday |
16 September, 2020 |
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| Chris Adams (part 2) |
Derek Hockaday continues his interview of Chris Adams, senior neurosurgeon, 26 August 2014. |
Chris Adams, Derek Hockaday |
16 September, 2020 |
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| Chris Adams (part 1) |
Derek Hockaday interviews Chris Adams, senior neurosurgeon, 26 August 2014. |
Chris Adams, Derek Hockaday |
16 September, 2020 |
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| Hywel Jones (part 2) |
Part 2 of Derek Hockaday's interview with Hywel Jones, consultant geriatrician, 20 May 2014. |
Hywel Jones, Derek Hockaday |
16 September, 2020 |
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| Hywel Jones (part 1) |
Derek Hockaday interviews Hywel Jones, consultant geriatrician, 20 May 2014. |
Hywel Jones, Derek Hockaday |
16 September, 2020 |
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| Richard Boyd |
Derek Hockaday interviews Richard Boyd, emeritus professor, lecturer in Medicine and fellow of Brasenose College, 30 August 2013. |
Richard Boyd, Derek Hockaday |
15 September, 2020 |
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| George Alberti |
Derek Hockaday interviews George Alberti, research endocrinologist and former President of the Royal College of Physicians, 24 May 2013. |
George Alberti, Derek Hockaday |
15 September, 2020 |
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| John Spalding |
John Oxbury interviews John Spalding, former consultant and research neurologist for Oxford United Hospitals, 26 July 2011. |
John Spalding, John Oxbury |
15 September, 2020 |
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| It's All Optical - Adam Packer |
We discuss all-optical interrogation techniques and the mysterious claustrum. |
Adam Packer, Paula Kaanders, Lukas Krone, Alex von Klemperer |
29 August, 2020 |
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| Facing Depression - Catherine Harmer |
We discuss the brain mechanisms behind depression. |
Catherine Harmer, Paula Kaanders, Lukas Krone, Alex von Klemperer |
28 May, 2020 |
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| Overdiagnosis and Lung Cancer Screening |
Recent results of the NELSON Lung Cancer Screening Trial reports reductions in lung-cancer survival but not overall survival - The desire to detect disease even earlier means Overdiagnosis is on the rise. |
Carl Heneghan |
14 February, 2020 |
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| When meta-analyses of the same question find different things |
Dr Jamie Hartmann-Boyce discusses a case study of systematic reviews of electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation, looking across meta-analyses in this area. |
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce |
3 February, 2020 |
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| 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 January, 2020 |
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| This Might Hurt - Irene Tracey |
We discuss the Neuroscience of Pain perception |
Irene Tracey, Paula Kaanders, Lukas Krone, Alex von Klemperer |
2 January, 2020 |
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| 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 December, 2019 |
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| 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 November, 2019 |
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| 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 November, 2019 |
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| 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 November, 2019 |
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| 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 October, 2019 |
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| 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 October, 2019 |
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| At The Interface : Richard Mooney |
We discuss Auditory Neuroscience in particular during vocal learning |
Alexander von Klemperer, Samuel Picard, Richard Mooney |
23 July, 2019 |
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| Diabetes, blood sugar, and red wine: a personal study |
This talk was delivered by Martin Bland. |
Martin Bland |
17 July, 2019 |
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| 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 |
3 July, 2019 |
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| 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 |
3 July, 2019 |
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| 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 June, 2019 |
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| At First Sight - Holly Bridge |
We discuss how the Brain processes vision. |
Alex von Klemperer, Samuel Picard, Paula Kaanders, Holly Bridge |
8 June, 2019 |
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| Sleeping with One Eye Open - Vladyslav Vyazovskiy |
We discuss the Science of Sleep |
Alex von Klemperer, Samuel Picard, Paula Kaanders, Vladyslav Vyasovskiy |
8 June, 2019 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
9 April, 2019 |
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| 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 |
8 April, 2019 |
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| 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 |
3 April, 2019 |
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| 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 March, 2019 |
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| 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 |
6 February, 2019 |
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| 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 January, 2019 |
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