New Chair for Health Education Thames Valley
May 30, 2014
Health Education Thames Valley (HETV) has appointed Prof John Caldwell as its new Independent Chair. Click here for more details. HETV is a key partner of the Oxford AHSN.
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SBRI Healthcare offers £2.5m to develop technology products
May 19, 2014
SBRI Healthcare has made available £2.5m for investment in developing technology products to meet healthcare needs. This new competition round features five clinical themes selected with Academic Health Science Networks: child and maternal health improving medicines adherence musculoskeletal integrated care telehealth for people with learning difficulties Click here for more information. There is an opportunity […]
Local Enterprise Partnerships and Oxford AHSN work together to foster life sciences growth
May 16, 2014
New organisations like Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) have a key role to play in ensuring the right infrastructure and clinical and commercial networks are in place to support growth in the life sciences sector. That was the overarching message from a well-attended workshop at the BioTrinity event in May […]
Oxford AHSN Chief Executive recognised for excellence in research
May 09, 2014
The Oxford AHSN Chief Executive Prof Gary A Ford CBE has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Gary is one of 44 new Fellows recognised for their contribution to the advancement of medical science – including a number of others from the Oxford AHSN region. Follow this link for more […]
£3m available for scaling up healthcare improvements
May 07, 2014
Applications are now open for a share of over £3m to take successful healthcare improvement interventions and deliver them at larger scale. The Scaling Up Improvement fund is offered by the Health Foundation. Click here for more information
We’re making connections at BioTrinity
May 07, 2014
The Oxford AHSN is a key driving force behind BioTrinity – where great minds, smart money and key dealmakers will be getting together on 12-14 May. We are hosting a workshop on inward investment with valuable input from our Local Enterprise Partnerships and others. It will explore new approaches to partnering and showcase examples of […]
SBRI Healthcare invests in innovation
May 07, 2014
A national programme championed by Academic Health Science Networks has announced £12.7m of awards in its latest competitions – including eight to companies in the Oxford AHSN region. SBRI Healthcare, funded by NHS England, aims to develop innovative products and services towards better health experiences and outcomes. SBRI has eight categories – including diabetes (co-sponsored […]
Read all about it in our May newsletter
May 06, 2014
The May edition of the Oxford AHSN newsletter contains items on the countdown to BioTrinity, local SBRI Healthcare award winners, news from our clinical networks … and much more. Read it here You can subscribe to our newsletter and find back issues here
Obesity: causes and consequences course
April 11, 2014
A free online course on the causes and consequences of obesity has been launched by the University of Reading. The four-week course starts in June. More details here
Opportunities to influence health research
April 04, 2014
The National Institute for Health Research has a number of vacancies on programme boards looking at assessing a wide range of research. Additional members are needed with expertise in areas including: GPs and other clinical staff service managers health and public health professionals subject experts in long term conditions in childhood, and many other fields […]