Empowering Ethical and Inclusive Research: OUCRU Piloting the Engagement Project Design Training
The Public and Community Engagement Group is piloting a training to support research practitioners in designing impactful research-engagement projects.
Bridging the community voices: OUCRU Indonesia held the Kick-Off Meeting Community Forum for Health Research (ForuM)
OUCRU Indonesia researchers and Community Health Research Forum members working together to co-create evidence-based solutions for healthier communities.
Enhancing research through effective science communication and strengthening community bonds
In May 2025, hundreds of science communications and public and community engagement practitioners gathered at the Public and Communication Science Technology Conference (PCST) 2025, discussing the theme “Using Science Communication […]
Webinar Supporting Mental Health for Healthcare Workers in Times of Crisis
In honour of World Mental Health Day, OUCRU’s Public and Community Engagement group, in partnership with the Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HTD), Vietnam Psychotherapy Association (VnPA), and Medisetter, will host […]
Social Workers: An Essential Workforce at Hospitals
Social workers play an important role in complex and fast-paced environments like hospitals. They support hospital staff, patients, and carers professionally, physically, and mentally. 25th March is Vietnamese Social Workers […]
World AMR Awareness and Public Engagement at OUCRU
18 – 24 November is World AMR Awareness Week. At Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), we are committed to raising awareness about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the communities we […]
Mental Healthcare for Carers: We Support the Supporters!
October 10th is World Mental Health Day. This year, the global theme, “Our Minds, Our Rights,” emphasises the universal right to access mental healthcare services as part of basic healthcare, […]
OUCRU Project Raises Vaccination Uptake in Ethnic Minority Communities in Dak Lak, Viet Nam
In Viet Nam’s ethnic minority communities, getting the community vaccinated relies on local health workers, who are often low-paid volunteers with little training about vaccines or communication skills.
Improving access to care for people in Vietnam impacted by Hepatitis C: dissemination workshop to share findings of OUCRU’s community-based participatory research
On 10 March 2023 OUCRU and Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, hosted a one-day research dissemination workshop for policy, healthcare, community, and research […]