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Cathy Creswell, David Roberts, and Matthew Costa elected Fellows of Academy of Medical Sciences
Awards and Appointments General
11 May 2022
Cathy Creswell, Professor of Developmental Clinical Psychology at the Departments of Psychiatry and Experimental Psychology, David Roberts, Professor of Haematology at the Radcliffe Department of Medicine and Consultant Haematologist, and Matthew Costa, Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery at the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, have been elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Susan Lea and Jordan Raff elected Fellows of the Royal Society
Awards and Appointments General
10 May 2022
Many congratulations to Susan and Jordan for this prestigious honour, recognising their contributions to structural and centrosome biology, respectively
A reminder of the process for clinical trials involving regulated medical devices or drugs
10 May 2022
Guidance note regarding conduct of clinical trials of an investigational medicinal product (CTIMP) and Device Trials sponsored by the University.
Oxford researchers part of major UK initiative to understand chronic pain
General Research
10 May 2022
Oxford pain researchers are playing a major role in a new multi-million pound research programme launched by a consortium of funders, including UKRI, Versus Arthritis, Eli Lilly and the Medical Research Foundation.
Professor Irene Tracey CBE FMedSci nominated as next Oxford Vice-Chancellor
Awards and Appointments General
10 May 2022
Professor Irene Tracey, Warden of Merton College, Oxford, has been nominated as the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
Introducing the Advanced Proteomics Facility
9 May 2022
This month we speak to Dr Marjorie Fournier, manager of the Advanced Proteomics Facility (APF) in the Department of Biochemistry about the facility's capabilities. The APF supports research and training activities in the field of mass spectrometry-based proteomics and is run by a team of expert scientists who support researchers from academia and industry on multidisciplinary research projects.
New Biochemistry Building renamed the Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building
General
5 May 2022
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin made key contributions to Medical Sciences and was the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Handling data securely
4 May 2022
Neither detection nor control of high blood pressure improved by self-monitoring during pregnancy
General Research
4 May 2022
Self-monitoring of blood pressure during pregnancy neither results in earlier detection of high blood pressure, nor helps with blood pressure control in those who are pregnant, suggest the results of two new papers based on research from the University of Oxford and King’s College London (funded by the National Institute of Health and Care Research).
Breakthrough in treatment for Dupuytren’s disease
Clinical Trials General Research
30 April 2022
Injection of the anti-TNF drug adalimumab into Dupuytren’s disease nodules is effective in reducing nodule hardness and nodule size.
Tribute to Godfrey Fowler
General
29 April 2022
It is with great sadness that we share the news that Godfrey Fowler, the founding Head of Department at Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, passed away on 29 March aged 90.
CAMS Oxford Institute unveiled at virtual ceremony
General
29 April 2022
Oxford University and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) signed a cooperation agreement at a virtual unveiling ceremony of the CAMS Oxford Institute.
How to use the science of the body clock to improve our sleep and health
General Research
28 April 2022
Jacqueline Pumphrey, April 2022
Oxford Clinical Medical Student tops prestigious national Ophthalmology Duke Elder Prize Examination
Awards and Appointments General
28 April 2022
Clinical Medical student, Peter Rae (Pembroke College, Year 5), placed first in the Royal College of Ophthalmology's annual examination
Paediatric IBD BioResource opens to support vital research
General Research
28 April 2022
A new National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) BioResource aimed at investigating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children has opened, with the NIHR Oxford BRC playing a key role.
Endometriosis: pandemic backlog risks making it even harder for women to get help
General Research
27 April 2022
World Malaria Day 2022
Clinical Trials General Research
25 April 2022
Patient recruitment is on-track in the Oxford-led DeTACT trial of safe, effective drug combinations to prevent the spread of artemisinin and multi-drug resistant malaria in Africa.
MRC National Mouse Genetics Network Research Clusters Announced
Awards and Appointments General Research
19 April 2022