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Oxford researchers become EMBO members
Awards and Appointments General
6 July 2022
Three University of Oxford academics have become the latest to join the 1,900 eminent life scientists in Europe and beyond that make up the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
Novel all-in-one vaccine developed to tackle future coronavirus threats
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
6 July 2022
Up to $30 million in funding has been announced by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to bring a new nanoparticle vaccine offering protection against a range of coronaviruses to clinical trial.
Emergency departments to use the FORCE pathway for wrist fractures in children
General Research
6 July 2022
New research from the University of Oxford has shown that doctors can simplify treatment for the most common fracture in children, reducing NHS costs.
Pandemic Sciences Institute formally launched in Oxford
General Research
5 July 2022
The University of Oxford’s Pandemic Sciences Institute (PSI) has been formally launched at a two-day event at the Blavatnik School of Government, at which the lead researchers set out its direction and strategy for the next five years.
Kennedy researchers awarded funding to improve the understanding of inflammatory bowel diseases
General Research
5 July 2022
A new £1.5M grant from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to the Powrie Group at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology will help define different pathotypes of inflammatory bowel diseases that could lead to better and more focused treatments for patients.
Anant Parekh to deliver The Physiological Society's Annual Review Prize Lecture
Events General
4 July 2022
The Annual Review Prize Lecture is The Physiological Society's most prestigious lecture.
Professor Sir Andrew Pollard Awarded the James Spence Medal in 2022
Awards and Appointments General Research
1 July 2022
Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, BSc MA MBBS MRCP(UK) FRCPCH PhD DIC FHEA FIDSA FMedSci, is Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity at the University of Oxford, Honorary Consultant Paediatrician at Oxford Children’s Hospital and Vice Master of St Cross College, Oxford.
Department of Paediatrics celebrates 50-year anniversary
Events General
1 July 2022
After being established in 1972, the Department of Paediatrics' contributions have spanned teaching, innovation, and research. The department also builds upon a longer lineage in Oxford that has impacted child health.
COVID-19 vaccine protects people of all body weights from hospitalisation and death, a study of 9 million adults in England finds
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
1 July 2022
Two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are effective against severe disease for people who are underweight, overweight, or who have obesity, finds new research published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, led by researchers at the University of Oxford.
Taking a break from immune-suppressing medicines doubles the antibody response to COVID-19 booster vaccination
Clinical Trials Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
29 June 2022
The Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit at Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) played a key role in the Vaccine Response On Off Methotrexate (VROOM) study which found that pausing immune-suppressing medicines such as methotrexate can increase the response to COVID-19 booster jabs.
PhD Student of the Year 2022 Winner!
Awards and Appointments General
28 June 2022
Congratulations to Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health DPhil student Josephine Agyeman-Duah on being named winner of PhD Student of the Year at the Postgrad Awards 2022.
Ethics at Westminster: A Workshop on Public Values and the Pandemic
General
27 June 2022
At an event organised by the UK Pandemic Ethics Accelerator at the House of Commons on 18 May 2022, parliamentarians, policy makers and academics joined together to discuss how to bring ethical thinking and debate into public policy on pandemic recovery and preparedness, and how to involve the public.
Student Prizes for Biomedical Sciences and Medicine 2021-2022
Awards and Appointments General Staff and student stories
27 June 2022
Congratulations to all our Biomedical Sciences students and Medicine students who have been awarded prizes during the 2021-2022 academic year.
New study finds that politicians typically enjoy longer lives than general populations
General Research
24 June 2022
New data show politicians have a considerable survival advantage over general populations, based on information from 11 countries and over 57,500 politicians. In some countries this survival advantage is at the highest level for 150 years, and life expectancy at age 45 was found to be around seven years higher for politicians compared to general populations in certain countries.
Five ways the pandemic has affected routine medical care
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
24 June 2022
Since the beginning of the pandemic, COVID has infected at least a third of the UK population and is estimated to have factored in the deaths of almost 200,000 people in the UK. But critically, COVID has also had a devastating impact on our healthcare systems. While this was expected, new evidence is beginning to reveal the scope of the issue – in particular the effects for people living with long-term health conditions.
Introducing the Mechanical Workshop
21 June 2022
This month we speak to John Prentice, manager of the Mechanical Workshop in the Department of Oncology. The workshop supports a wide range of research projects within the Medical Sciences Division and is also available to groups within the wider University community.
Clinical trials for a malaria vaccine start in Mali and Indonesia
General Research
21 June 2022
Sanaria Inc. announced that two new Phase 2 trials of its pioneering malaria vaccines have started. The first is in 6- to 10-year-old children living in Bancoumana, Mali, a malarious region of West Africa. The second is in Indonesian soldiers based in Sumatra, Indonesia. The soldiers will be deploying for six to nine months this coming August to an intensely malarious district in eastern Indonesia.
Researchers discover novel form of adaptation in the auditory system
General Research
21 June 2022
Researchers in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG) have found that the auditory system adapts to the changing acoustics of reverberant environments by temporally shifting the inhibitory tuning of cortical neurons to remove reverberation.
20 minutes of daily exercise can keep teens' doctors away
General Research
20 June 2022
Teenagers should exercise vigorously for at least 20 minutes per day to reap increased cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), according to a cross-sectional study from the UK led by University of Oxford researchers.