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CEBM and OxTAG members Nicola Lindson, Monserrat Conde, Ailsa Butler, Andrea Leinberger-Jabari and Annika Theodoulou, shared their smoking/vaping cessation research work at the annual Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco conference in New Orleans: bit.ly/3DWvxzT

Count down to the the final abstract submission deadline - 20 April 2025 Submit here - app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76635/s… More details - cebm.ox.ac.uk/preventing-ove…

Every day, we make countless health-related choices – some intentional, others automatic. But what shapes these behaviours and how can we support positive change? Read Dr Alexandra Caulfield's blog reflecting on our Health Behaviour Change short course: bit.ly/42xh2L4

Lovely blog post by Alexandra Caulfield reflecting on our Health Behaviour Change short course! 🎯 Thinking of joining us this November? Read her thoughts👇 cebm.ox.ac.uk/news/views/sma… DM me if you want to learn more! Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine OxPrimaryCareSci #HealthBehaviourChange #CEBM #Oxford

📬 Why did Nicholas Jones send a postcard to himself and what does it have to do with teaching evidence-based practice (TEBP)? In our latest blog, he reflects on our TEBP short course and how it reshaped his approach to medical education. Read more: bit.ly/435KHwn

This week! We’re pleased to welcome award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and author Mishal Husain to Kellogg College this week as our newest Bynum Tudor Fellow. ➡️eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-conversat… 4th Estate Books HarperCollinsUK

CEBM Director Prof Carl Heneghan joined other medical professionals this week in providing evidence on the serious health impacts of silicone breast implants to a Women and Equalities Committee session in Parliament. News item with video link here: bit.ly/3FbdzdF

Last week members of the CEBM travelled to Banff for the inaugural Pandemic EVIDENCE Collaboration Conference: Looking at the Pandemic in the Rear-view Mirror: Successes, Failures and Unexpected Consequences. Read Dr Georgia Richards reflections here: bit.ly/45kOp6Q

Dr Emily Groot, public health physician and DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care candidate shares how Oxford’s Developing Online Educational Resources short course is helping her support distributed medical education across Northern Ontario. Read more: bit.ly/451sFx0

Work for the NHS and interested in taking one of our short courses in Evidence-Based Health Care? Check out our new bursaries offering a 20% fee reduction to current NHS employees across 14 of our short courses: conted.ox.ac.uk/about/ebhc-nhs…

Check out #dataextraction in #metaanalysis advice for updates on extracting summary time-to-event data Updates are here: shorturl.at/xqw33 shorturl.at/Q6bTO shorturl.at/13mjF Full directory is here: cebm.ox.ac.uk/resources/data… Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine

Now available: an exceptionally interesting discussion from our annual Anne McLaren Lecture, an event that celebrates and promotes the enduring influence of women in science. Missed it? Catch up and watch the video recording on YouTube🎥📚youtu.be/_SRYODPQv0U

Prof Carl Heneghan spoke to ITV about women who took Sodium Valproate to treat epilepsy whilst pregnant, leading to a wide range of birth defects: “ A major scandal. More than 1 in 10 women on the drug will have had a child with congenital malformation." bit.ly/3ZFIh5D

Applications to study on one of our four MSc's in Evidence-Based Health Care this autumn close on Friday, 27 June at 12 midday UK time. If you're planning to apply for this year or future years then our ‘Advice to Applicants’ video is a must-watch! Watch the video now:

Congrats to Gamuchirai Pamela Gwaza on passing her viva for the DPhil in EBHC, defending her thesis on integrated diagnosis in low- and middle-income countries, supervised by Annette Plüddemann, Carl Heneghan & Marcy McCall MacBain. More about the DPhil :bit.ly/4k7mviD

From classroom to cobblestones, our Qualitative Research Methods short course took learning outside with a tour of Oxford’s medical history. Selected Evidence-Based Health Care short courses are now open for applications. Learn more and apply: bit.ly/46oks6r

Happy 77th birthday to our National Health Service (NHS)! 🎂 We're excited to launch bursaries offering a 20% discount to current NHS employees across 14 of our Evidence-Based Health Care short courses. Found out more about the courses and how to apply: ow.ly/G0rj50W8c14

Our brand-new EBHC short course Medical Statistics for Big Data is now open to applications! Students on our MSc programmes can take the course for academic credit. Members of the public can take it as a standalone course. Find out more and apply today: conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/medica…

Interested in understanding and finding solutions across the different aspects that can impact on overdiagnosis? Come to our conference: 'Preventing overdiagnosis 2025 - winding back the harms of too much medicine' in Oxford 3 - 5 September. More here 👉cebm.ox.ac.uk/preventing-ove…

Our speakers: Dr Margaret McCartney, Prof John Brodersen, Dr David Chambers, Prof Adam Cifu, Elspeth Davies, Assoc Prof Sebastian Lundström, Iona Heath, Prof Denise O’Connor, Prof Michael Borre, Prof Mette Kalager, Dr Rohin Frances, Emma Grundtvig Gram. cebm.ox.ac.uk/preventing-ove…