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Introducing our new Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC) Africa Scholarship
3 November 2025
A first step in promoting equity in accessibility to our EBHC master's programmes.
Preventing Overdiagnosis (POD) Conference 2025
11 September 2025
Highlights and key takeaways from our gathering of global expertise in Oxford, building on the momentum of previous conferences since the first small gathering in 2012.
Reflections on the recent inaugural Pandemic EVIDENCE Collaboration Conference
22 May 2025
Dr Georgia Richards, Associate Tutor for the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC) and DPhil supervisor; Marc Chretien MSc in EBHC student; and Dr Emily Groot, DPhil in EBHC candidate reflect on the recent inaugural Pandemic EVIDENCE Collaboration Conference held in Banff, Canada, 14-16 May 2025.
Professor Carl Heneghan presents evidence on the health impacts of breast implants at UK parliamentary Women and Equalities Committee
15 May 2025
Professor Carl Heneghan, Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine and co-Director of the DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care at Oxford University joined other academics and medical professionals to provide evidence on the health impacts of breast implants during a Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) all evidence session in Parliament on Wednesday, 14 May 2025.
Members of CEBM and the Oxford Tobacco Addiction Group (OxTAG) share their work at key conference in New Orleans.
26 March 2025
CEBM members and affiliates who are part of the Oxford Tobacco Addiction Group team (OxTAG) shared their smoking/vaping cessation research work at the annual Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) conference in New Orleans earlier this month.
Muireann Harte, Saleh Aljadeeah and Albert Stachura win MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care outstanding dissertation award.
17 March 2025
Congratulations to prize-winners and recent MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC) graduates Muireann Harte, Saleh Aljadeeah and Albert Stachura who have won this year’s awards for outstanding dissertations.
Caroline Scobie awarded this year's Gillian Nicholls Prize
25 February 2025
Caroline Scobie, winner of this year's Kellogg College Gillian Nicholls Prize for her MSc in EBHC dissertation: 'This process has been transformative for me. The knowledge and enthusiasm I gained from the remarkable teaching during this MSc has fundamentally changed how I look at the world'.
New study identifies text messaging and varenicline as promising approaches for vaping cessation
8 January 2025
With 5.1 million people in Great Britain using vapes, what support is there to help people quit? New research explores the best interventions currently available.
Professor Carl Heneghan presents research on controversial hormone pregnancy tests to Parliament
13 December 2024
Professor Carl Heneghan, Director of the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine in NDPCHS, recently presented his research on oral hormone pregnancy tests to members of Parliament.
Forging new paths in evidence-based health care: the evolving Oxford-Brazil EBM partnership
12 November 2024
David Nunan reports on his recent visit to Brazil, where, as part of the Oxford-Brazil EBM Alliance, he made significant progress in advancing evidence-based health care through collaborative workshops and strategic discussions.
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CEBM Medical Students: Taking a systematic review from concept to publication
21 October 2025
Holden Eaton (left), Kate Eastwick-Jones (centre) and Archie Watt (right) recently graduated from the undergraduate medical education programme at the University of Oxford. During their studies, they participated in a two-week Special Study Theme (SST) with the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM). In this blog, they share about their experiences of the SST and publishing their work.
From Surviving to Thriving: How Primary Care Can Support Life After Breast Cancer
21 October 2025
For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dr Katherine Zippel shares the personal experiences that inspired her to begin a DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care exploring how general practitioners can better support life after breast cancer. Drawing on her own journey as both a survivor and a GP, she reflects on the gaps in survivorship care — and how approaches such as social prescribing might help patients not only recover, but truly thrive.
Nipple shields: the first systematic review after (at least) 300 years of use
8 October 2025
Nipple shields have been used by breastfeeding women for hundreds of years, yet we're only now conducting the first systematic review of their effectiveness.
New Medical Statistics for Big Data short course: Advanced statistical methods for electronic health record studies
In this blog Senior Statistician and Epidemiologist Dr Margaret Smith, co-lead on our new accredited short course Medical Statistics for Big Data, describes a recent study on maternal anaemia and congenital heart disease, done using the CPRD GOLD database of electronic health records. Students on our new course will acquire skills enabling them to analyse similar studies using electronic health record databases, and much more besides.
Mixed methods in health care research: A Q&A with EBHC Master's student and postdoctoral researcher Karen Richmond
17 September 2025
Karen Richmond is a postdoctoral researcher and student on the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care. As part of her studies, she completed the Mixed Methods in Health Research module. In this Q&A style blog, she reflects on how the course has expanded her methodological toolkit, enabling her to bridge qualitative and quantitative approaches in her interdisciplinary research at the intersection of law, science and technology.
How MSc in EBHC alumnus Dr Lance Sese’s dissertation research could significantly aid decision-making in tailoring care before, during, and after paediatric neurosurgery.
3 September 2025
MSc in EBHC alumnus Lance Sese shares his experiences on the programme including the intellectual camaraderie fostered by mentors and peers, the flexible structure allowing him to continue in his full-time medical work, his dissertation research around paediatric neurosurgery and readmissions of children post-surgery, and his success in publishing this research in the BMJ Open.
Transforming online teaching through the DOER course: A 'Q&A' with Senior Statistician Maria Vazquez Montes
Maria Vazquez Montes took the Developing Online Educational Resources (DOER) module through a fully funded bursary. In this blog, she shares how this short course enhanced her teaching practice in real-time as she reimagined her online module ‘Introduction to Statistics for Health Care Research’ into something more interactive, engaging and enjoyable for her students.
Acquiring best practice in online education to support distributed learning in Northern Ontario
29 May 2025
Canadian public health physician Dr Emily Groot shares her experience with the Developing Online Educational Resources short course.
Teaching that sticks: Reflections on a memorable week of the Teaching Evidence-Based Practice course
24 April 2025
Dr Nicholas Jones reflects on his experience of the Teaching Evidence-Based Practice short course at the University of Oxford, sharing how it enhanced his teaching approach and skills in evidence-based medicine.
Small choices, big outcomes: Alexandra Caulfield’s reflections on the Health Behaviour Change short course
10 April 2025
Alexandra Caulfield reflects on her experience taking the Health Behaviour Change short course at Oxford, exploring how everyday health choices shape our lives and how behavioural science can be applied in primary care to support positive change.
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