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£200,000 funding boost for Oxford’s Clinical BioManufacturing Facility
4 October 2021
The Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) has secured funding to support the University of Oxford’s Clinical BioManufacturing Facility (CBF) – a UK leader in the production of vaccines for early phase clinical trials, including the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
RECOVERY Trial paper wins BMJ’s 2021 UK Research Paper of the Year Award
30 September 2021
For the second year in a row, The British Medical Journal have selected a publication co-authored by Oxford University researchers for their prestigious UK Research Paper of the Year Award. This award recognises original UK research that has the potential to contribute significantly to improving health and healthcare.
Researchers awarded Wellcome Innovator Grant to investigate role of brainstem nucleus in human consciousness
30 September 2021
Researchers at Oxford University have received a prestigious Wellcome Innovator Grant for investigating the role of the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) – a brainstem nucleus – in human consciousness.
Professor Sir John Bell inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
29 September 2021
We are pleased to announce that Professor Sir John Bell has been selected for induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, for his pioneering advances in the era of translation research, bringing ground-breaking laboratory discoveries into the world of practical medicine.
Over a third of COVID-19 patients diagnosed with at least one long-COVID symptom
29 September 2021
37% of people had at least one long-COVID symptom diagnosed in the 3-6 month period after COVID-19 infection. The most common symptoms were breathing problems, abdominal symptoms, fatigue, pain and anxiety/depression.
Moonshot initiative to develop affordable COVID-19 antivirals gets funding boost
28 September 2021
The COVID Moonshot, a non-profit, open-science consortium of scientists from around the world dedicated to the discovery of globally affordable and easily-manufactured antiviral drugs against COVID-19 and future viral pandemics has received key funding of £8 million from the Wellcome Trust, on behalf of the Covid-19 Therapeutics Accelerator.
NHS garden in full bloom at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
23 September 2021
The sun was shining for the RHS Chelsea Flower show press day earlier this week. One garden in particular bloomed particularly brightly, with the 'Finding Our Way: An NHS Tribute Garden' getting plenty of attention.
University of Oxford launches Podium Analytics Institute for Youth Sports Medicine and Technology
23 September 2021
Oxford University has been selected as the home of the new Podium Analytics Institute for Youth Sports Medicine and Technology. This will be the world’s first academic Institute focused on young athletes’ safety and lifelong health and will combine Oxford’s longstanding tradition in sports and education with the very best of science, medicine, and technology.
QCovid highly commended for ‘best use of technology in Patient Safety’ at the 2021 HSJ Patient Safety Awards
23 September 2021
Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox and her team in Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences have been Highly Commended in the ‘Best use of technology in Patient Safety’ category for the QCovid risk calculator at this year’s Health Service Journal Patient Safety Awards.
New guidelines to improve reporting standards of studies that investigate causal mechanisms
21 September 2021
Researchers in the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) have developed a new set of guidelines for reporting mediation analyses in health research.
Prestigious award for Oxford professor's diabetes work
21 September 2021
A University of Oxford professor has been awarded the 2021 EASD-Novo Nordisk Foundation Prize for Excellence for his decades of effort to understand, prevent and combat type 1 diabetes.
Wellcome accolades for Dr Douglas
20 September 2021
Dr Alexander (Sandy) Douglas, an investigator at the Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, has recently received two prestigious Wellcome accolades.
FOCUS4: a flagship trial in colorectal cancer
20 September 2021
Professor Tim Maughan (Department of Oncology) outlines the flagship work of the FOCUS4 trials, whose results were presented last weekend at the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) annual meeting
Oxford and Oracle partner to speed identification of COVID-19 variants
20 September 2021
The fast spread of the highly infectious Delta variant underscores the need for faster identification of COVID-19 mutations. Uniting governments and medical communities in this challenge, the University of Oxford and Oracle’s Global Pathogen Analysis System (GPAS) is now being used by organizations on nearly every continent. Institutions using the platform include: the University of Montreal Hospital Centre Research Centre, the Institute of Public Health Research of Chile, the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam, the Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research – New South Wales Pathology, and Oxford Nanopore Technologies. GPAS is also now part of the Public Health England New Variant Assessment Platform.
Vaccinated groups at highest risk of Covid-19 hospitalisation and death identified using new QCovid tool
20 September 2021
Researchers from the University of Oxford have today reported on findings on the vaccinated people who are at greatest risk from severe Covid-19 leading to hospitalisation or death from 14 days post the second dose vaccination, when substantial immunity should be expected.
Com-COV vaccine mix-and-match study expands to 12-to-16-year-olds
20 September 2021
Researchers running the University of Oxford-led Com-COV programme have launched a new study of COVID-19 vaccination schedules in young people aged 12 to 16.
Oxford announces the founding of the new Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
16 September 2021
The Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science at the University of Oxford has been established to pioneer the better use of data, evidence and digital tools in healthcare and policy, optimizing the impact of interventions to achieve improved outcomes.
Researchers develop machine learning algorithm to diagnose deep vein thrombosis
16 September 2021
A team of researchers are developing the use of an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm with the aim of diagnosing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) more quickly and as effectively as traditional radiologist-interpreted diagnostic scans, potentially cutting down long patient waiting lists and avoiding patients unnecessarily receiving drugs to treat DVT when they don’t have it.
COVID-19 recovery project nominated for HSJ award
15 September 2021
The project, involving Oxford University Hospitals, Defence Medical Services (DMS), and the Radcliffe Department of Medicine is in the running for a prestigious honour at the Health Service Journal Awards 2021.