The Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences' primary research focus is on the prevention, early diagnosis and management of common illness in general practice - particularly childhood infection, cancer, heart disease and stroke. The department has recently developed a new stream of clinical research which seeks to improve the conceptual understanding and use of monitoring in a number of chronic diseases. The department has an international reputation for developing innovative methods of research synthesis and research use to ensure that research findings change clinical practice. The DPhil programme provides you with a strong training environment and a broad range of research areas and supervisor expertise. Alumni from the DPhil have gone on to careers in national and international primary care research and management, as well as taking up lecturing positions at various universities around the world.