Help our Research
Some of our research projects rely on the generosity of people like you. Whether it's harnessing the power of your home PC, taking part in a clinical trial, or simply volunteering your time for a study, you may be able to contribute to some of the ground-breaking projects which make the University of Oxford a world leader in research. Watch this space for ways in which you could get involved.
Department of Psychiatry studies into learning and memory
The Department of Psychiatry is conducting research into how a new
drug treatment affects memory, concentration, our ability to learn and
how we think.
As part of the study, they are looking for volunteers who are:
- aged between 25 and 55 years (inclusive);
- right-handed;
- a non-smoker or a light smoker; and
- able to attend 7 study visits over a period of 9 weeks.
The
team is also looking for volunteers who, in addition to the above
criteria, have suffered from depression in the past but are now feeling
better.
If you would like to take part in the study, please contact the research team on 07823 880972 or 01865 223610 or at learningandmemory@psych.ox.ac.uk.
A fee will be paid for your time and inconvenience. Reasonable travel expenses will also be reimbursed.
Oxford Vaccine Group
The
Oxford Vaccine Group, part of the Department of Paediatrics, is an independent
multi-disciplinary clinical trials and epidemiology group based at the Centre
for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine. OVG works
towards the goal of developing new and improved vaccines for the prevention of
infection in adults and children, enhancing the understanding of immunity and
studying the epidemiology of infectious diseases.
To find out which research projects are currently recruiting volunteers, please see the OVG website or email info@ovg.ox.ac.uk .
What's the score at the Bodleian Library?
The Bodleian Libraries are looking for your help in increasing access to
their music collections. Over four thousand digitised scores, mostly
piano music from the nineteenth century, many of which have illustrated
covers, have now been made available online. By describing these images,
you will not only be helping to provide access to this valuable but
hitherto 'hidden' collection, you will also be facilitating future
research into popular music of the period and the wider social function
which it performed during the Victorian age.
Free Speech Debate
Join Professor Timothy Garton Ash's global debate on free speech. Read and criticise the project's 10 draft principles. Explore controversial
examples. Hear the thoughts of others.
The editorial content of the website is being translated into Arabic,
Chinese, English, Farsi, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Portuguese,
Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu.
Ancient Lives
Armchair archaeologists are needed to help decode ancient Egyptian papyri, written in Greek.
Vaccine Trials
The Jenner Institute works to develop innovative vaccines against major global diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and influenza and often needs participants for trials. To find out which trials are currently recruiting volunteers, please see the Jenner Institute website or email VaccineTrials@well.ox.ac.uk .
Galaxy Zoo
By taking part in classifying galaxies with our Department of Astrophysics, you'll not only be contributing to scientific research, you'll also have the chance to view parts of the Universe that literally no-one has ever seen before.
Moon Zoo
Become a virtual astronaut and examine the surface of the moon. You'll not only get the chance to spot things that have never been seen before - everything from lost Russian spacecraft to previously unseen geological features - but you'll also help us answer vital scientific questions.
Nuffield Centre for Experimental Social Sciences
The Centre for Experimental Social Sciences is currently recruiting for its pool of people potentially interested in participating in paid experiments in social sciences. Experiments are either carried out online or in our facility in central Oxford.
Participants are rewarded between £10 and £15 per hour on average, and no particular knowledge in any discipline of social sciences is required.
Oxford eXperimental lab for the Social Sciences
The Oxford Internet Institute, together with the Saïd Business School, is recruiting individuals to participate in computer-based experiments involving online surfing behaviour as well as economic and political decision-making. We pay our subjects well, there are no special skills required and you don't have to be a student to take part!
imeasure
Sign up to imeasure, a free, online tool created by the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University. You’ll get regular feedback on your household’s energy usage, helping you to spot opportunities for saving both energy and money. You’ll also contribute anonymously to a ground-breaking citizen science project which will gather good current data on household energy usage, which may help us to create low carbon, money-saving households for the future.
Climateprediction.net
Climateprediction.net, run by researchers at the Department of Physics, harnesses the power of volunteers’ computers to produce predictions of the Earth’s climate and test the accuracy of climate models. You can take part by running a climate model as a background process on your computer, and you'll get to see your own, unique version of the world evolve.
Experimental Psychology research
The Department of Experimental Psychology is always looking for volunteers for a changing portfolio of research projects.
Diabetes clinical research
Clinical trials – the controlled testing of the safety and effectiveness of new therapies with lots of patients – are essential to medical science, yet recruiting volunteers can be a problem. If you’re interested in learning about the benefits and what’s involved, a new website has been launched by the Diabetes Research Network, coordinated by the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM) and Imperial College London.
Brain Bank for Autism
The Brain Bank for Autism seeks to understand the causes of autism. It is important for everyone - not just the autism community - that studies using human brain tissue are made. The Brain Bank for Autism, which is based at the University's Department of Clinical Neurology, makes brain tissue available worldwide to qualified researchers aiming to better understand brain development and what is changed in autism. Control tissue of people who do not have autism is needed just as much as donation by people who do.
If you are interested in supporting this research and want to learn more about donating your brain, please visit the Brain Bank for Autism website or call 0800 089 0707.
Effects of Fluoxetine on anger processing in healthy male volunteers
Are you you a hotheaded person? Do you have a fiery or quick
temper?
Are you are male, healthy, aged between 18-55 years, fluent in
English and have no history of psychiatric problems (like depression or
anxiety)?
If you answered YES to all the above questions, we would love to
hear from you!
You will be asked to fill in a questionnaire to assess the way you
usually respond to frustrating or negative situations. We will then contact you
if you score within a particular range.
The study involves a single dose of a common antidepressant and a
session of behavioural/emotional testing and we will reimburse you for your
time and travel expenses.
This study has been approved by the University Research Ethics
Committee.
