Oxford Population Health
@oxpop.bsky.social
Nuffield Department of Population Health | @ox.ac.uk | Leading human health forward.
🤔 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
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
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🤔 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
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
📊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
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
💡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
📊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
Leanr more ➡️ buff.ly/LXYWqgA
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
🔍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
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
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
📣 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
🌍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
November 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🎥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
🌍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
📊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
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
📣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
📊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 ⬇️
💡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 ⬇️
Meta-analysis of exome-wide gene burden analysis of breast cancer susceptibility genes - npj Breast Cancer
npj Breast Cancer - Meta-analysis of exome-wide gene burden analysis of breast cancer susceptibility genes
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October 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🧬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 ⬇️
💡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
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
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🦠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
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
🎧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
October 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🕖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
🎧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
This study creates the first national system for identifying post-colonoscopy colorectal cancers and understanding why they arise ➡️ buff.ly/kmsoxGh
October 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🔍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
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
📊 Data Wrangler (closes 7 Nov)➡️ buff.ly/b5LkIpx
🖱️ IT Analyst Programmer (closes 13 Nov)➡️ buff.ly/qWcz9BX
October 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
👀Looking for your next role? Join us!
📊 Data Wrangler (closes 7 Nov)➡️ buff.ly/b5LkIpx
🖱️ IT Analyst Programmer (closes 13 Nov)➡️ buff.ly/qWcz9BX
📊 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
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
October 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🩺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
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
Reposted by Oxford Population Health
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
Read more: tinyurl.com/3wpbu46b
October 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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
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
💻Online Support and Intervention (OSI) tool is an online CBT platform for treating anxiety problems in children ➡️ buff.ly/kuh1P5G
October 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
📣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
💻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
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
October 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
❓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
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
October 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🧬 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
📽️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
October 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
⏰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
📽️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
Here are the award winners, pictured with our new Head of Department Professor Prabhat Jha ➡️https://buff.ly/8LwmMS8
@countthedead.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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
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
@herc-oxford.bsky.social #WorldMentalHealthDay
October 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🎉 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
@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
Could this be you next year? 🤔
Applications are now open to join us as a DPhil or MSc student ➡️ buff.ly/2znqpk5
October 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🎓 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
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 ➡️
📊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 ➡️
Algorithm for identifying breast cancer recurrences
In this video, Gurdeep S. Mannu explains how researchers at Oxford Population Health have developed an algorithm to identify different types of breast cancer recurrences using cancer registry data.…
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October 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🎀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 ➡️
📊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
📽️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 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
⏰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
📽️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
🎥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
Algorithm for identifying breast cancer recurrences
In this video, Gurdeep S. Mannu explains how researchers at Oxford Population Health have developed an algorithm to identify different types of breast cancer recurrences using cancer registry data.…
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October 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🎀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
🎥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 ➡️
📣The Lancet study found early ibuprofen treatment did not improve neurodevelopmental or respiratory outcomes in premature babies with patent ductus arteriosus ➡️
Two-year outcomes after selective early treatment of patent ductus arteriosus with ibuprofen in preterm babies: follow-up of Baby-OSCAR–a randomised controlled trial
We found no evidence of an improvement in neurodevelopmental and respiratory outcomes at 24 months’ corrected age, after selective early treatment of a PDA ≥1.5 mm with ibuprofen in children born…
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September 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🔎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 ➡️
📣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
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
September 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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
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