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\n \n\n \n14 February 2018
\n \n \n \nOn Thursday 19 April, Oxford University will play host to an AIMday focused on Biomedical Imaging, which is at the heart of much of the clinical and biomedical research conducted at the University.
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\n \n\n \n12 February 2018
\n \n \n \nThe innovation arm of Oxford University gains impact at board level with the addition of the former Minister for Public Health and Innovation and the former Chief Executive of Oxford Instruments.
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\n \n\n \n9 February 2018
\n \n \n \nThe latest exhibition at the Museum of Natural History traces patterns revealed by genetics, archaeology and demography to tell the dynamic story of Britain\u2019s ever-changing population.
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\n \n\n \n7 February 2018
\n \n \n \nHealth Data Research UK is awarding \u00a330 million funding to six sites across the UK, including the University of Oxford, to address challenging healthcare issues through use of data science.
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\n \n\n \n5 February 2018
\n \n \n \nHumans can be 'vicariously optimistic' for those we care about, enabling us to view our own lives - and those of our friends and family - through \u2018rose-tinted glasses\u2019.
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\n \n\n \n5 February 2018
\n \n \n \nIntensive, home-based and effective treatment of postnatal depression has been shown to be associated with positive child development.
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\n \n\n \n5 February 2018
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Division win Oxford Sparks competition to have an animation created about research into Alzheimer's disease.
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\n \n\n \n5 February 2018
\n \n \n \nResearchers show that genetic surveillance can detect drug resistance years before the first warning signs appear in clinics\u2014and help to answer crucial questions about how resistance emerges and spreads.
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\n \n\n \n5 February 2018
\n \n \n \nPostnatal depression which persists beyond six months after birth and is severe, increases the risk of children exhibiting behavioural problems, achieving lower GCSE mathematics grades at 16 years and having depression at 18 years of age.
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\n \n\n \n5 February 2018
\n \n \n \nThe National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) awarded \u00a34 million to enable state-of-the-art psychological therapy to be delivered via virtual reality (VR) in the NHS, in a project that brings together a team of NHS trusts, universities, a mental health charity, the Royal College of Art, and a University of Oxford spin-out company.
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\n \n\n \n30 January 2018
\n \n \n \nAt the end of 2017 the first of a new series of Interdepartmental Medical Sciences Graduate events took place, organised by former and current graduate student representatives from a number of different departments in the Division.
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\n \n\n \n26 January 2018
\n \n \n \nExperts in Med Tech Regulation and Surgical Technologies join the Medical Sciences Division Industry Experts in Residence Scheme.
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\n \n\n \n25 January 2018
\n \n \n \n2,000 people have been recruited into the world\u2019s largest clinical trial to test the clinical and cost effectiveness of the controversial flu drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu) in primary care. The trial aims to clear up the widespread uncertainty over whether people with flu symptoms should be treated with antiviral drugs in the community.
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\n \n\n \n24 January 2018
\n \n \n \nA team led by Peter McCulloch, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences professor and Chair of IDEAL, has examined how surgical research has improved in the last two decades and whether the IDEAL Framework and Recommendations have contributed.
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\n \n\n \n23 January 2018
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\n \n\n \n23 January 2018
\n \n \n \nThe fast spread of mobile phones across low-income countries like India can make it harder for poorer people without phones to access essential health services, new research has suggested.
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\n \n\n \n19 January 2018
\n \n \n \nThree projects from across the Medical Sciences Division have been awarded funding from the University's Public Engagement with Research Seed Fund.
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\n \n\n \n19 January 2018
\n \n \n \nThe effects of repeat concussion injuries on athletes, particularly American football and rugby players, is one of the biggest concerns in competitive sports today. However, a new Oxford University collaboration suggests that blows to the head can cause lasting trauma - even in the absence of signs of concussion.
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