Watch #RECOVERY Co-Chief Investigators @peterhorby.bsky.social and @martinlandray.bsky.social discuss the trial and hear from Elaine, one of the more than 50,000 people who have participated in the RECOVERY trial to date 🎥 buff.ly/4UmMLkL

Genetic data from the largest blood-based prospective study of a Latin-American population are now available securely to academic researchers worldwide through the DNAnexus Trusted Research Environment. Read more 👉 buff.ly/EF0mSMY @dnanexus.bsky.social

RECOVERY Milestone: 50,000 people enrolled. Fifty thousand! Unimaginable when @PeterHorby & I started this 5 years ago. Thank you @UKRI @NIHRresearch Thank you @NHSuk & @UniofOxford staff & colleagues. Most of all thank you to the 50,000 patients. Clinical trials save lives!

Something new for me: I am taking part in the Hampton Court Half Marathon on Sunday 23rd March and raising money for Crisis, a national charity addressing homelessness. Your donations would make a big difference. Thank you! www.justgiving.com/page/martin-...

The art of stating the obvious…

A statement from Vice-Chancellor Prof Irene Tracey following the UK Government’s renewed focus on the Oxford/Cambridge corridor:

Participating in #clinicaltrials is a great way to further our scientific knowledge and help find effective treatments for severe flu. To find out more about participating in the RECOVERY trial, visit the trial’s website: https://buff.ly/2W03aXM

Professor Sir @martinlandray.bsky.social, Joint Chief Investigator for RECOVERY, explains what makes the #RECOVERYTrial appropriate for investigating flu treatments below. 😷👇 @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @ndm.ox.ac.uk

That was fun. Christmas at Blenheim.

Hello 👋 Welcome to the official Oxford Population Health Bluesky account! Feel free to follow us for information and news about life here at OxPop. Learn more about our department 👉 https://buff.ly/3VKGiuJ

Extraordinary: Raoult’s damaging paper on hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 finally retracted. So grateful to all the people who helped with the RECOVERY trial, allowing us to debunk the myth of hydroxychloroquine for severe COVID-19 (& to discover treatments that went on to save thousands of lives)

“Atlas of cells transforms understanding of human body” Sometimes the only rational response is “Wow!” There are some mighty people out there, working together and transforming our scientific understanding. Amazing! www.bbc.com/news/article...

#Oliverscampaign This review into PAs is so important #medsky #nursesky @medsky.social www.gov.uk/government/n...

Also from the Faster Cures conference: Regulation (clinical trials, AI and more) must: 1. Protect patients and participants from harm (I’d argue that harm can only be considered in context of benefit) 2. Preserve flexibility for discovery, innovation and entrepreneurship. 1/3

Just heading home from Faster Cures conference in DC. Great speakers, including many past & present federal health agency leaders and politicians. But quote of the week goes to Ashwin Vasan (ex-Health Commissioner, New York): “Health is Freedom!” Well said.