Nuffield Department of Population Health

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Department of Population Health
UK
Websitewww.ndph.ox.ac.uk

The Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH) of

Medical Sciences Division.[1] The head of department is Professor Sir Rory Collins.[2]

History

Richard Doll Building, which hosts the NDPH main offices and research teams including the Clinical Trial Service Unit

The Nuffield Department of Population Health was formed from the merger of eleven research units in the Medical Sciences Division in 2013, the majority of which were in the Department of Public Health which ceased to exist.

Viscount Nuffield, a major benefactor in establishing medical sciences at the University in the 1930s.[3]

Research

Research has focused on a broad range of public health science including the benefits of reducing

Chief Medical Officer Sally Davies' 2016 annual report on genomics in health care systems.[8]

There are over 500 research staff within NDPH.[9]

Buildings

The department is currently[when?] based in two buildings on the Old Road Campus in Headington, Oxford:

The

Nuffield Department of Medicine. The BDI hosts the NDPH research groups Ethox and the Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "History - Nuffield Department of Population Health". University of Oxford - Nuffield Department of Population Health. University of Oxford. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Is Amarin's Fish-Oil-Derived Drug A Historic Breakthrough Or Not? It's Complicated". Forbes. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
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  4. ^ "How A Sausage And Bacon Tax Could Save Hundreds Of Thousands Of Lives Every Year". The Independent. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  5. ^ Boseley, Sarah (30 October 2018). "Butter nonsense: the rise of the cholesterol deniers". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
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  7. ^ "Million Women Study - Introduction". University of Oxford. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2017, Genomics: Genome Generation" (PDF). Department of Health and Social Care. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  9. ^ "NDPH is five". Nuffield Department of Population Health - University of Oxford. University of Oxford. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Research - Big Data Institute". Big Data Institute. University of Oxford. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

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