The next Festival of Global Health event will be a screening of '2040' on Weds 11 Mar at @curzon.com, followed by a panel discussion📽️🍿 2040 is an award winning film about initiatives that exist to tackle planetary health issues 🌍 Register ➡️ buff.ly/TpbMXi1

NHS safety inequalities are influenced by a complex set of factors A new study, drawing on in-depth interviews highlights a complex set of factors that increase the risk of harm for people from minoritised groups when using NHS services ➡️ buff.ly/iRYU4vp

Statins – your questions answered.❓ Statins are a family of drugs that lower cholesterol. Our Big Question article shares how statins work, who they help, what the risks actually are ➡️ buff.ly/wX8edHE

We're hiring! 👀 We are seeking a Senior Teaching and Research Fellow to be the Associate Course Director for our new Master in Public Health in Public health research. 🩺 Apply now ➡️ buff.ly/qaWFoBa

This week is Children's ' Mental Health Week 2026 and we are highlighting The Online Support and Intervention (OSI) tool, an innovative child anxiety treatment, co-created by OxPop researchers Professor Mara Violato and Dr Shuye Yu. 💻 Learn more ➡️

A great interview with Jess a DPhil student in our Wearables group ⬇️ Jess is researching whether wearable sensors can enhance risk assessment before, and recovery after, major cancer surgery.

Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🔬 We are celebrating the work of the many amazing women in science here at Oxford Population Health by sharing what inspired some of our team members to pursue a career in science. 🎉

In an analysis of >150,000 participants, researchers found no statistically significant excess risk for most reported statin side effects, including memory loss, depression, sleep disturbance, or sexual dysfunction. 🧵(1/4) @thebhf.bsky.social @ukri.org

Statins do not cause most side effects listed in package leaflets. New research finds no significant excess risk from statin therapy for most side effects, including memory loss, depression, and sleep disturbance. Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/dj2aoe9 @thebhf.bsky.social @ukri.org

This #WorldCancerDay, we're highlighting a new way to calculate risk of smoking-related health problems like cancer by looking at proteins in the blood. 🩸 Instead of self-reporting smoking, researchers developed an index based on 51 proteins in the blood to assign an impact score ➡️ buff.ly/5x3IDI7

The Shadow Scholars has been longlisted for a @bafta.org 📽️🎉 The film follows Prof. Patricia Kingori in the world of academic ghostwriting in Kenya, where highly-educated, underemployed scholars write papers for global students. Watch the trailer ➡️ buff.ly/ZA4LYBW

🎉EASi-KIDNEY has recruited 3000 randomised participants! 📉EASi-KIDNEY will investigate whether a novel treatment can help slow the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) ➡️https://buff.ly/qXd6j1S

A new report from the MBRRACE-UK collaboration has been published. The latest set of data shows that the mortality rate for women who died during or soon after pregnancy in the UK between 2022 and 2024 was 20% higher than the maternal death rate between 2009 and 2011. Learn more ⬇️

Earlier this year, we held the first in-person #RECOVERYtrial UK collaborators meeting where we spoke to some of the hospital staff who recruited and cared for patients. Thank you to everyone involved! ➡️

Hospitalisations for flu are very high for this time of year. The #RECOVERYtrial was vital in identifying treatments for COVID-19. Now, RECOVERY is investigating the effectiveness of three existing drugs against other forms of pneumonia, including influenza ➡️ buff.ly/4LElSiJ

👀In case you missed it... did you know having diabetes increases risk of six types of cancer? 📊Analysing data from 2.2 million adults, the association between diabetes and these six types of cancer can't be explained by other common risk factors for cancer and diabetes ➡️ buff.ly/yx89lfM

Can AI help protect patient privacy in healthcare data? 🩺 Researchers compared the abilities of large language models and specialised software tools to human performance in anonymising patient records 🖥️ Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/LrSyk0U

This weekend we hosted our Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Annual Meeting 30 of our public contributors joined us in person and online for a day filled with insightful discussions 🗨️ Learn more about our PPIE work ➡️https://buff.ly/dss0mjc

🧠"Ageing clocks" show a healthier brain may reduce risk of dementia and early death 🕗“Ageing clocks” are statistical models that estimate how fast a person’s organs are ageing compared to the expected ageing ➡️ buff.ly/2jW3gsS @broadinstitute.org @pku1898.bsky.social

📣Recent breakthroughs in treatment and detection of chronic kidney disease can reduce risks for many people with the disease 📉 Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/tXrDKs2

🎉RECOVERY has recruited 1000 flu participants! RECOVERY aims to compare several different treatments that may be useful for patients with pneumonia, including influenza ➡️ buff.ly/eSwTCBe

🎉Over 300 sites are now collaborating in the EASi-KIDNEY trial! 📉EASi-KIDNEY will investigate whether a novel treatment can help slow the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) ➡️ buff.ly/PXTVVeE

🤔 How accurate are your fitness trackers? Activity trackers can overestimate activity and misclassify sleep stages – but how accurate are they in real life? The Oxford Wearables Group is running a real-world study to find out. 🙌 And we need YOUR help!➡️ bit.ly/3X3tvnI

💡This #WorldDiabetesDay, did you know having diabetes increases risk of six types of cancer? 📊Analysing data from 2.2 million adults, they found the association between diabetes and these six types of cancer can't be explained by other common risk factors ➡️ buff.ly/J39Rh9z @ukbiobank.bsky.social

🔍New study finds major benefits of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors treatment for chronic kidney disease (CKB) regardless of the type of CKB patient Leanr more ➡️ buff.ly/LXYWqgA

📣 Study led by Oxford Population Health researchers compared the growth of children who were HIV-exposed but uninfected and HIV-unexposed and uninfected found no differences in growth ➡️ buff.ly/UUyIpOK

🎥The next Festival of Global Health event will be on 26 Nov! 🌍Join us for a screening of Spillover: Planet of Viruses, followed by a panel discussion at the Curzon cinema Find out more and register ➡️ buff.ly/AAZbBCz

📣New investment into Children’s Surgery Outcome Reporting programme led by @npeu-oxford.bsky.social 📊Researchers from the Big Data Institute will contribute to the creation of a unified, England-wide dataset to support this research Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/3GEC2Tt

🧬New evidence for genetic susceptibility to breast cancer 💡A meta-analysis confirmed significant association between breast cancer risk and six genes already known to be associated and collected evidence to support the link between two other genes, BARD1 and ATRIP Read the paper ⬇️

🦠Bacteria 'barcodes' Researchers have devloped a new tool to track bacterium that commonly causes respiratory infections. They have provided the most detailed structure analysis of Moraxella catarrhalis to date ➡️ buff.ly/IaffbCH

🕖The clocks changed this weekend - but does really time exist? 🎧This episode of After the End Podcast from @ethoxcentre.bsky.social explores the physics of time and the end of the universe ➡️ buff.ly/pcvGhtA

🔍Almost 70% of bowel cancers missed at colonoscopy are avoidable This study creates the first national system for identifying post-colonoscopy colorectal cancers and understanding why they arise ➡️ buff.ly/kmsoxGh

👀Looking for your next role? Join us! 📊 Data Wrangler (closes 7 Nov)➡️ buff.ly/b5LkIpx 🖱️ IT Analyst Programmer (closes 13 Nov)➡️ buff.ly/qWcz9BX

🩺Underweight children cost the NHS as much per child as children with obesity. A study by @herc-oxford.bsky.social and @oxprimarycare.bsky.social provides the first national picture of healthcare costs linked to children’s weight. Learn more➡️ buff.ly/dO3KhZX

An effective online treatment for childhood anxiety developed by a team at the University of Oxford is to be adapted and tested in five countries in Asia and South America, with the aim of driving widespread implementation in the future. Read more: tinyurl.com/3wpbu46b

📣Online treatment for childhood anxiety, developed by researchers at @herc-oxford.bsky.social and @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social to be rolled out internationally. 💻Online Support and Intervention (OSI) tool is an online CBT platform for treating anxiety problems in children ➡️ buff.ly/kuh1P5G

❓How do we involve the public in our research? Today is World Evidence Based Healthcare Day and the theme is collaborative knowledge communication 🤝 Our researchers collaborate with patients and the public throughout the research process ➡️https://buff.ly/V1sLgul #WorldEBHCDay

🧬 Ahead of #WorldMenopauseDay we are looking back at this research from @oxforddemsci.bsky.socialand @haskoliislands.bsky.social which explored, among other things, how our DNA can impact the timing of menopause ➡️https://buff.ly/76DSbw0

⏰Less than one week until the next Festival of Global Health event on 22 Oct! 📽️Join us for a screening of Trancendence: A Journey of Hope and Healing, followed by a panel discussion the Curzon Cinema ➡️https://buff.ly/lRmZsZn

Last week we celebrated various awards winners at our OxPop showcase 🏆 Here are the award winners, pictured with our new Head of Department Professor Prabhat Jha ➡️https://buff.ly/8LwmMS8 @countthedead.bsky.social

🎉 Congrats to Prof Mara Violato and Dr Shuye Yu, part of the Co-CAT study team nominated for an @acamh.bsky.social Award for their research into an online, parent-led programme with therapist support to help children with anxiety ➡️ buff.ly/00cMB1H @herc-oxford.bsky.social #WorldMentalHealthDay

🎓 Welcome to our new cohort of postgraduate students! Could this be you next year? 🤔 Applications are now open to join us as a DPhil or MSc student ➡️ buff.ly/2znqpk5

🎀October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month 📊Did you know researchers at Oxford Population Health have developed an algorithm to identify different types of breast cancer recurrences using cancer registry data? #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth 📽️Learn more ➡️

⏰The next Festival of Global Health event will be on 22 Oct! 📽️Join us for a screening of Trancendence: A Journey of Hope and Healing, followed by a panel discussion at the Curzon Cinema Find out more and register ➡️https://buff.ly/vMMaem8

🎀October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month 🎥At Oxford Population Health, researchers have developed an algorithm to identify different types of breast cancer recurrences using cancer registry data Find out more ➡️ buff.ly/ic7HAWS

🔎Baby-OSCAR trial: Can ibuprofen treat patent ductus arteriosus in premature infants? 📣The Lancet study found early ibuprofen treatment did not improve neurodevelopmental or respiratory outcomes in premature babies with patent ductus arteriosus ➡️

World Heart Day 🫀 Earlier this month we shared results from the AMALFI trial at #ESCCongress. AMALFI explored the benefits of wearable ECG patches to diagnose atrial fibrillation, a common heart condition which increases the risk of stroke. 🎞️Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/CEgzAH5

🍽️Is the Eatwell Guide still serving the UK well? A review by Mike Rayner suggests revisions should be made to make it a more useful tool for policy makers and consumers Read more ➡️ buff.ly/0ZaIoIp

🎓 Students on our two year part-time distance learning MSc Clinical Trials course met in-person for the first time last week during our residential week in Oxford. Interested in joining the next cohort? Applications are now open: buff.ly/Cj9Pnmm

🧠Any level of alcohol consumption increases risk of dementia This study, led by Oxford Population Health, @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social, @mrc-bsu.bsky.social and @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social shows even low levels of drinking may increase risk of dementia. Learn more ➡️