Search results
Found 557 matches for
Cherry's story: a career launched by first-hand experience and a good mentor
Athena Swan General Research
3 April 2019
How do you go about building all the skills you need at the start of your research career? Cherry Lim from the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) in Bangkok, Thailand, was lucky to find a good mentor who guided her through this journey, but her own ceaseless curiosity and excitement about research were also important.
Exciting new open access journal now accepting submissions
General Research
29 March 2019
Professor Kate Watkins, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Experimental Psychology is the inaugural co-Editor-in-Chief of a new open access journal: the Neurobiology of Language.
Professor Dame Kay Davies honoured with the Biochemical Society's Centenary Award 2020
Awards and Appointments General Research
28 March 2019
Professor Dame Kay Davies has been awarded the Biochemical Society's 2020 Centenary Award in recognition for the excellence of her work on Duchenne muscular dystrophy and the profound impact her research has had on the scientific community and wider society.
Professor Tipu Aziz recipient of Britain's highest neurosurgery honour
Awards and Appointments General
28 March 2019
Professor Tipu Aziz from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) has been awarded the Medal of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) for his lifetime achievement in neurosurgery.
Widely used malaria treatment to prevent malaria in pregnant women at risk of failing in areas where drug resistance is rising
General Research
26 March 2019
A global team of researchers, led by a research team at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), are calling for a review of drug-based strategies used to prevent malaria infections in pregnant women, in areas where there is widespread resistance to existing antimalarial medicines.
Regular height and weight checks from early age critical in fight against child obesity
General Research
26 March 2019
Children monitored regularly for height and weight are less likely to be overweight, according to research led by the University of Manchester, including Dr Rinita Dam in the University of Oxford Radcliffe Department of Medicine.
Greater exposure to bright sunlight correlates with lower diabetes and heart disease risk indicators
General Research
25 March 2019
Researchers from the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM) have found that increased exposure to bright sunlight may be associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease by lowering blood insulin and triglyceride levels.
World-leading neurologist appointed to Professorship at MDUK Oxford Neuromuscular Centre
Awards and Appointments General Research
25 March 2019
Acclaimed clinical researcher, Professor Laurent Servais, has been appointed Professor of Paediatric Neuromuscular Diseases at the MDUK Oxford Neuromuscular Centre. The centre is a partnership between Muscular Dystrophy UK (MDUK) and the University of Oxford with the aim of driving research into potential treatments from the lab into the clinic.
Sleep and ageing: two sides of one coin?
General Research
21 March 2019
Oxford University researchers have discovered a brain process common to sleep and ageing in research that could pave the way for new treatments for insomnia.
Will Blockchain make the healthcare system more efficient?
General Research
20 March 2019
Research by a Medical Student in the Department of Paediatrics suggests that Blockchain could be used to manage electronic health records in a secure, decentralised way.
Urgent need for guidelines to communicate with children about life threatening conditions
General Research
18 March 2019
The global prevalence of life threatening conditions in children and parents makes it an urgent priority to develop child-focused communication guidelines for healthcare professionals to support families in their time of need.
Oxford medical researchers win prestigious national awards
Awards and Appointments General
14 March 2019
Four leading healthcare academics in Oxford have received a prestigious national award.
Vaccine developed to treat osteoarthritic pain
General Research
13 March 2019
Researchers have developed a vaccine that blocks the effects of the main cause of pain in osteoarthritis (OA) - nerve growth factor (NGF) – in mice.
Mathematical models developed for the oil industry may transform the way we bring stroke drugs to market
General Research
11 March 2019
Research underway in the Department of Engineering Science’s Cerebral Haemodynamics Group, headed up by Professor Stephen Payne, is changing our understanding of blood flow around the brain. A new Oxford Science Blog explains how this could speed up the arduous process of bringing stroke drugs to market.
Celebrating International Women's Day 2019
Athena Swan Events General
8 March 2019
The Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics (DPAG) celebrates International Women's Day
New Oxford Sparks animation: Our Immune System: The Battle Within
Engagement Opportunities General
7 March 2019
A new Oxford Sparks animation travels inside our body, shrinking down to a cellular level, to see how amazing our immune system really is. The role of the immune system is to protect us against disease or invading threats, such as viruses, bacteria and parasites. But how does it do that?
New evidence for the cause of CHD in babies
General Research
5 March 2019
Research from Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics provides new evidence that some cases of Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) may be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
Discovering the cellular RNA-binding proteins controlling virus infection
General Research
5 March 2019
By studying RNA metabolism in infected cells, Alfredo Castello and his team in the Department of Biochemistry, have identified dozens of cellular proteins that are key regulators of virus infection. This work could potentially open new avenues for the development of antivirals.
Enabling targeted interventions to reduce the burden of mosquito-borne diseases
General Research
5 March 2019
The global population at risk from mosquito-borne diseases - including yellow fever, Zika and dengue - is expanding with changes in the distribution of two key mosquitoes: Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. The spread of these species is largely driven by a combination of factors: human movements and climate change.