Claudia Hurducas is the acting Research Implementation Manager at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. She was previously a senior research assistant at the trust, which provides physical, mental health and social care in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Claudia manages a team of eight clinical research assistants who conduct research in mental health services across Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.

Stephen Zingwe is the Research and Development (R&D) Manager at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which provides community and mental health services.

Researchers have successfully used gene therapy to improve the vision in people with a rare genetic cause of blindness, in the world’s first gene therapy trial for choroideremia.

The NIHR Clinical Research Network Thames Valley and South Midlands held a workshop for the members of its third fellows programme, where post-graduates training in medicine learn about healthcare research and recruit patients to NHS studies.

Oxford researchers have recruited the world’s first patient to an NHS study into whether a new device to detect the cause of irregular heartbeats is safe and effective.

Healthcare staff working on NHS research in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire were honoured at an awards event in Buckinghamshire last night.

A Berkshire man is amongst more than 200 people with dementia taking part in a research trial to see if prompting recollections of historical events can improve their memory.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK. Robert was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2015 and has been treated at St Luke’s Cancer Centre at the Royal Surrey County Hospital. Robert is now helping researchers from the University of Surrey and the Royal Surrey County Hospital, in a prostate cancer research trial.

The public spoke to healthcare staff about NHS research and how to get involved at an information stand in The Oracle, Reading on Thursday 30 August.

The public will be able to learn about NHS research and how to get involved at an information stand in The Oracle, Reading on Thursday 30 August.

A new trial will test stem cell transplants as a treatment for Crohn’s disease, offering hope to patients whose disease is currently untreatable.

A major NIHR-funded clinical trial of the use of adrenaline in cardiac arrests has found that its use results in less than 1% more people leaving hospital alive - but almost doubles the risk of severe brain damage for survivors of cardiac arrest.

The number of NHS research studies in Berkshire supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has risen, new figures show. Among those who participated is Sam Jones, a student at the University of Reading, who wore a portable device to treat his collapsed lung.

A mother who took part in an NHS trial to treat an ectopic pregnancy has welcomed the news that more than 4,000 people took part in Buckinghamshire NHS research in 2017/18.

A mum who was sterilised because of lifelong pelvic pain and is now taking part in an NHS research trial into her condition has welcomed a rise in health service research in Milton Keynes.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has risen to the top of a table for the most patients recruited to take part in research studies.

More than 43,000 people took part in NHS research studies supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in Thames Valley in 2017/18, new figures show.

Pregnant women in the Thames Valley are being invited by the University of Oxford and the NHS to take part in the world’s first clinical trial to prevent type 1 diabetes in babies and infants.

Clinicians working in urgent care are being invited to a free NIHR conference in Basingstoke, Hampshire, about developments in NHS research. The NIHR Clinical Research Network will host “Celebrating Urgent Care Research in Wessex and the Thames Valley” at The Ark Conference Centre on Wednesday 31 October from 9am to 5pm.

Six NIHR specialties recently achieved first global or first European patient