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New CE for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Awards and Appointments General
28 January 2020
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is to appoint Dr Nick Broughton to become its next chief executive when Stuart Bell CBE retires from the role after he turns 60, having completed 37 years’ NHS service.
Action needed to ensure research is carried out ethically in global health emergencies
General Research
28 January 2020
Governments, funders, and research bodies must take action to ensure that research is undertaken ethically during global health emergencies, says a new report from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
Peter Beaconsfield Prize in Physiological Sciences 2020
23 January 2020
Professor Hugh Watkins shortlisted for £30m British Heart Foundation research prize
Awards and Appointments General Research
23 January 2020
A project led by Professor Hugh Watkins at the Radcliffe Department of Medicine is one of the four projects on the shortlist of four research projects competing for a single £30 million award from the British Heart Foundation.
Global Brain Health Survey
23 January 2020
Oxford alumni startups receive €4M for brain health
Awards and Appointments General Research
23 January 2020
Two University of Oxford alumni-led startups, iLoF and Pipra, secured funding in excess of €4M from the European Institute of Technology for Health (EIT Health).
Funding success for liver cancer early detection
General Research
23 January 2020
Professor Ellie Barnes and her team win a prestigious Cancer Research UK Early Detection Programme Award to research the earlier detection of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Clinical research federation responding to the Wuhan novel coronavirus outbreak
General Research
22 January 2020
The International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) is adapting its existing tools, designed for emerging respiratory pathogens, for the current outbreak of global significance. This is an international resource for facilitating the collection of standardised clinical data on patients hospitalised with suspected or confirmed infection with novel coronavirus.
Study reveals how cancer cells use bone marrow fat for growth and survival
General Research
22 January 2020
As society battles with an obesity epidemic, new research from the Edwards Group (Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences / Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Sciences) shows how increased body fat contributes to cancer establishment and progression.
Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences launch new journal
General Research
22 January 2020
The Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) has launched a new journal showcasing case reports written by medical students at the University of Oxford during their surgical attachment.
Enriching Engagement awardees announced
Awards and Appointments Engagement Opportunities General
21 January 2020
The first awardees for the University of Oxford’s Enriching Engagement funding scheme have now been announced, including five projects from across the Medical Sciences Division
Oxford researchers test ‘Viagra’ drug to prevent recurrent strokes
General Research
20 January 2020
Researchers in Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN) have begun a clinical trial to assess whether the drug sildenafil could improve blood flow to the brain.
Lifetime suicide risk factors identified
General Research
17 January 2020
A new review by researchers in the Department of Psychiatry of previous studies into suicide worldwide has highlighted the effects of individual and environmental risk factors over a lifetime.
Timothy Behrens and Eleanor Stride recognised in prestigious Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
Awards and Appointments General Research
15 January 2020
Two Medical Sciences Division scientists have been recognised in The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists, the largest unrestricted cash prizes available to scientists under the age of 42.
Malnutrition linked with increased risk of Zika birth defects
General Research
15 January 2020
The severity of Zika virus-related deformations in babies has been shown to be affected by environmental factors such as maternal nutrition.
Careers Support for Researchers: Hilary Term 2020
14 January 2020
Vice-Chancellor’s Innovation Awards 2020 open for nominations
14 January 2020
Amount of sugar sold in soft drinks drops by 29% in the UK
General Research
14 January 2020
There was a 29% reduction in the total amount of sugar sold in soft drinks in the UK between 2015 and 2018, despite an increase in sales of soft drinks by volume of 7%, according to new research from Nuffield Department of Population Health.
New heart disease drug to be made available to NHS patients through ground-breaking collaboration
General Research
14 January 2020
Up to 30,000 lives could be saved over the next decade thanks to a proposed pioneering government collaboration with pharmaceutical company Novartis to tackle heart disease – a leading cause of death in the UK.