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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.
Cherished memories of Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine shared in celebratory event
19 September 2024
The event was called ‘Celebrating 30 Years of Oxford’s Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine Course: Reflections and the road ahead’ and a celebration it certainly was.
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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.
Who would take an Evidence-Based Health Care History and Philosophy short course?
12 March 2025
What does philosophy have to do with Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC)? More than you might think! In this blog, we highlight the mistakenly perceived dissonance of the two, as explored by module lead Dr Jonathan Livingstone-Banks, and share insights from students who have taken the History and Philosophy of Evidence-Based Health Care course at Oxford.
What does it mean to be ‘living’? In the case of systematic reviews, it depends on who you ask.
DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care student Melanie Golob investigates definitions of living systematic reviews and whether Cochrane Reviews are the gold standard.
With a supportive environment on your side, you can successfully carve out your own bespoke professional and educational path, and wonderful opportunities will arise in the process
13 February 2025
MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care recent alumna Athina Metaxa shares why she chose the programme and her delight at having her findings published in the BMJ.
Reflecting on the Teaching Evidence-Based Practice short course at Oxford
Dr Angela Difeng Wu shares her reflections on taking the Teaching Evidence-Based Practice short course at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford.
A simple revolutionary approach every GP should know: MSc in EBHC alumna Nur Hidayati Handayani shares details of her research on social prescribing, and its publication by the BJGP
11 November 2024
MSc in EBHC alumna Nur Hidayati Handayani shares details of her research on social prescribing, and her delight in its publication by the British Journal of General Practice (BJGP)
From statistics for clinical trials to medical machine learning, AI and healthcare industry inroads: One MSc in Evidence-Based Healthcare student’s journey
3 October 2024
MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care Medical Statistics student Dr Wallen Mphepo shares his experience of the programme, highlighting in particular the Statistics for Clinical Trials module.
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