{"id":2032,"date":"2026-10-20T11:58:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T10:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/research\/?page_id=2032"},"modified":"2026-10-21T13:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:35:34","slug":"improving-black-health-outcomes-bioresource","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/research\/themes\/improving-black-health-outcomes-bioresource\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving Black Health Outcomes BioResource"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2034\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/IBHO.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/IBHO.png 600w, https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/IBHO-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bioresource.nihr.ac.uk\/programmes\/improving-black-health-outcomes-ibho-bioresource\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Improving Black Health Outcomes (IBHO) Bioresource<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is a new research programme dedicated to studying health conditions and their unique impacts on UK Black communities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Black communities are currently underrepresented in genetic research, which limits our understanding of health conditions and reduces the effectiveness of treatments for these populations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This study aims to build a dedicated research resource focusing on individuals from Black communities to improve research, prevention strategies, and access to healthcare. Over 6,000 volunteers have already consented to take part by<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> donating genetic and health and lifestyle information to help accelerate the diagnosis and treatment of ill health and disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Who can take part?<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We are inviting individuals aged 16+ from Black ethnic backgrounds (Black African, Black Caribbean, Black British), as well as individuals with Sickle Cell\u00a0(<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">an inherited blood disorder that causes red blood cells to become misshapen, which can block blood flow and lead to pain, anaemia and other health complications) <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">or Thalassaemia\u00a0(<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">an inherited blood disorder that reduces the body\u2019s ability to produce healthy haemoglobin, often causing anaemia and fatigue),\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regardless of ethnicity.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The IBHO Bioresource is part of the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bioresource.nihr.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">National Institute for Health and Care Research Bioresource<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and is being delivered by Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust\u2019s Mental Health Research Delivery Team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To take part, contact the study team: <a href=\"mailto:bioresource@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">bioresource@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Improving Black Health Outcomes (IBHO) Bioresource\u00a0is a new research programme dedicated to studying health conditions and their unique impacts on UK Black communities.\u00a0 Black communities are currently underrepresented in genetic research, which limits our understanding of health conditions and reduces the effectiveness of treatments for these populations.\u00a0 This study aims to build a dedicated research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":567,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2032","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/567"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2032"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2051,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2032\/revisions\/2051"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}