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📢 PREPARE-EU Workshop – Open for Registration & Abstract Submission We’re excited to share that registration and abstract submission are now open for the upcoming
📢 New publication alert! We are delighted to share that a new paper from the PCR4ALL consortium has just been published in BMC Public Health:
We were thrilled to present the PCR-4-ALL project during the PREPARE-EU Spring School, held on June 2–3, 2025, at KU Leuven’s Thermotechnical Institute in Leuven,
Dates of Event 7th October 2024 – 9th October 2024 Last Booking Date for this Event 1st October 2024 Registration here : https://www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/conferences-and-events/nuffield-department-of-primary-care-health-sciences/events/health-economics-and-policy-evaluation-course-october-2024-online This comprehensive program is designed to equip PhD, MPhil, and MD
Our Team actively participated in the high-level conference on Health Security in the EU, held on 22-23 November. The event, conducted both online and in-person
Our team had the privilege of participating in a comprehensive three-day course on the Economics of Health and Health Care. Participants gained insights into fundamental
Our dedicated team recently took part in the highly enlightening VII Workshop on Immigration, Health, and Wellbeing, held on June 26-27, 2023. The event featured
On March 23 our Team participated in the networking meeting for newly launched projects from Horizon Europe Health Cluster. The event was about getting to
“We were treated like we are nobody”: a mixed-methods study of medical doctors’ internship experiences in Kenya and Uganda (with Zhao, Yingxi, Daniel Mbuthia, David Gathara, Jacinta Nzinga, Raymond Tweheyo, and Mike English). BMJ Global Health https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013398
Comparison of Reverse Transcription (RT)-Quantitative PCR and RT-Droplet Digital PCR for Detection of Genomic and Subgenomic SARS-CoV-2 RNA (with Moron-Lopez, Sara; Riveira-Muñoz, Eva; Urrea, Víctor; Gutiérrez-Chamorro, Lucía; Avila-Nieto, Carlos; Noguera-Julian, Marc; Carrillo, Jorge; Mitjà, Oriol; Mateu, Lourdes; Massanella, Marta; Ballana, Ester; Martínez Picado, Francisco Javier; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). Microbiology Spectrum https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.04159-22
Correction for Morón-López et al., “Comparison of Reverse Transcription (RT)-Quantitative PCR and RT-Droplet Digital PCR for Detection of Genomic and Subgenomic SARS-CoV-2 RNA” (with Sara Morón-López; Eva Riveira-Muñoz; Víctor Urrea; Lucia Gutiérrez-Chamorro; Carlos Ávila-Nieto; Marc Noguera-Julian; Jorge Carrillo; Oriol Mitjà; Lourdes Mateu; Marta Massanella; Ester Ballana; Javier Martinez-Picado). Microbiology Spectrum https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02269-24
Depression and anxiety during and after episodes of COVID-19 in the community (with Alacevich, C; Thalmann, I; Nicodemo, C; de Lusignan, S; Petrou, S). Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33642-w
Development and validation of a new measurement instrument to assess internship experience of medical doctors in low-income and middle-income countries (with Zhao, Y., Jalloh, S., Lam, P.K., Kwarshak, Y.K., Mbuthia, D., Misago, N., Namedre, M., Phương, N.T.B., Qaloewa, S., Summers, R. and Tang, K.). BMJ global health https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013399
Dynamics of contact behaviour by self-reported COVID-19 vaccination and infection status during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: an analysis of two large population-based studies (with Lena Böff, Antonia Bartz, Manuela Harries, et al.). BMC Medicine https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04211-x
Feasibility of blood self-sampling with HemaSpot HF for Anti-Clostridium tetani Toxin IgG detection (with R. Kettlitz, J. Ortmann, T. Kerrinnes, J. J. Ott, S. Castell). Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-06674-7
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology (with Melisa Gualdrón-López, Alberto Ayllon-Hermida, Núria Cortes-Serra, Patricia Resa-Infante, et al.). Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2024.1442743
How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect cancer patients in England who had hospital appointments cancelled? (with Jakub Lonsky, Catia Nicodemo, Stuart Redding). Social Science and Medicine https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116998
Opportunities for CAR-T Cell Immunotherapy in HIV Cure (with Gerard Campos-Gonzalez; Javier Martinez-Picado; Talia Velasco-Hernandez; Maria Salgado). Viruses https://doi.org/10.3390/v15030789
Overseas general practitioners (GPs) and prescription behaviour in England (with Catia Nicodemo, Cristina E. Orso, Cristina Tealdi). Health Policy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2023.104967
Preclinical development of humanized monoclonal antibodies against CD169 as a broad antiviral therapeutic strategy (with Patricia Resa-Infante, Itziar Erkizia, Xabier Muñiz-Trabudua, Federica Linty, et al.). Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2024.116726
Resilience of the acute sector in recovery from COVID-19 pressures (with Laia Bosque-Mercader, Simon Conroy, Daniel Lasserson, Russell Mannion, Catia Nicodemo, Raphael Wittenberg). Social Science & Medicine https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118062
Responsive population-based cohorts as platforms for characterising pathogen- and population-level infection dynamics for epidemic prevention, preparedness and response (with Ivonne Morales, Van Kính Nguyen, Mirna Abd El Aziz, Ayten Sultanli, et al.). Eurosurveillance https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.25.2400255
RSC Advances (with Waeterschoot, Jorik; Kayahan, Emine; Breukers, Jolien; Lammertyn, Jeroen; Solvas, Xavier). RSC Advances https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ra04298k
Self-reported poliomyelitis vaccination and documentation in adults indicates high uptake: a digital German epidemic panel, December 2024 (with Robyn Kettlitz, Manuela Harries, Seba Contreras, Jannik Reinecke, et al.). BMC Public Health https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24865-9
Socioeconomic inequality and access to emergency care: understanding the pathways to the emergency department in the UK (with Joan Madia, Adrian A Boyle, James Ray, Alex Novak, et al.). BMJ Open https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108770
Targeting Viral Transcription for HIV Cure Strategies (with Jon Izquierdo-Pujol, Maria C Puertas, Javier Martinez-Picado, Sara Morón-López). Microorganisms https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12040752
The Effect of Immigration on Occupational Injuries: Evidence from Administrative Data (with Alacevich, Caterina, and Catia Nicodemo). Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12572
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the management of chronic conditions in primary care (with C. Alacevich, S. de Lusignan and S. Redding). BMJ Open https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078912
The effect of primary care quality on hospital admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (with C. Alacevich and C.E. Orso). Health Economics https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4892
Socioeconomic inequalities in the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine in England (with C. Nicodemo and S. Redding). Economics & Human Biology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101234
Short-term and long-term effects of COVID-19 on the mental health of children and adolescents (with C. Alacevich, S. de Lusignan and S. Petrou). The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00158-6
Healthcare-seeking behaviour for respiratory symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic (with S. de Lusignan, S. Petrou, and I. Thalmann). Journal of Public Health https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad128
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