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Oxford academics named NIHR Senior Investigators
Awards and Appointments General
3 March 2022
Seven academics in Oxford have been named National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigators in recognition of their outstanding leadership in research.
COVID-19 Multi-omic Blood Atlas (COMBAT) published
General Research
3 March 2022
The COVID-19 Multi-omic Blood Atlas (COMBAT) defines hallmarks of disease severity and specificity
Professor Collins awarded Sir Jules Thorn Translational Biomedical Research Award 2021
Awards and Appointments General Innovation Research
2 March 2022
Professor Sally Collins has been awarded the prestigious and highly competitive Sir Jules Thorn Translational Biomedical Research Award 2021 for further translational development of the OxNNet Toolkit.
Funding boost for early-stage clinical research
General Research
1 March 2022
Oxford is one of 28 sites that will benefit from over £160 million awarded over five years to expand early phase clinical research for the benefit of NHS patients.
New study shows significant impacts of severe COVID-19 infection on pregnancy outcomes
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
1 March 2022
A new analysis from Oxford Population Health has found that pregnant women that are 30 years old or more, overweight, of mixed ethnicity or have gestational diabetes have a greater risk of contracting severe COVID-19, which poses significant risks for both mother and baby.
University of Oxford researchers create largest ever human family tree
General Research
28 February 2022
Researchers from the University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute have taken a major step towards mapping the entirety of genetic relationships among humans: a single genealogy that traces the ancestry of all of us.
IDRM Building reaches practical completion
General
25 February 2022
More than 3 years after construction commenced, the Institute of Developmental & Regenerative Medicine (IDRM) is proud to announce that the IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, which houses the new Institute, at Old Road Campus has been completed.
Researchers find genetic ‘fingerprints’ of ancient migrations in modern-day United Arab Emirates
General Research
23 February 2022
A team of geneticists and archaeologists have analysed the fine-scale genetic structure and ancestry of nearly 1200 people from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and found genetic traces of population mixing spanning thousands of years.
QUOD named UK Biobank of the Year 2022
Awards and Appointments General
23 February 2022
The UKCRC Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre awarded QUOD (Quality in Organ Donation) at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences first place in the UK Biobank of the Year.
Review highlights impact of Long COVID on cardiovascular system
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
21 February 2022
The wide-ranging effects of Long COVID and the associated issues for healthcare providers have been revealed in a new review of the major studies into the condition, which specifically highlights the impact of Long COVID on the cardiovascular system.
Global study launched to evaluate effects of Covid-19 variants and vaccination in pregnancy
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
15 February 2022
INTERCOVID-2022: The University of Oxford is to launch the 2022 round of the global study to evaluate the effects of Covid-19 variants and vaccination in pregnancy.
Next Radcliffe Department of Medicine Head appointed
Awards and Appointments General
15 February 2022
Professor Keith Channon has been appointed as the next Head of the Radcliffe Department of Medicine (RDM).
Sarah Gilbert becomes recipient of Sunhak Peace Prize
Awards and Appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 General
14 February 2022
The University of Oxford's Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert has been named a Laureate of the 5th Sunhak Peace Prize for her efforts to protect global health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
London Marathon to fund two DPAG projects aimed at tackling heart failure
General Research
14 February 2022
Two Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG) projects aimed at tackling heart failure are to be funded by the 2022 TCS London Marathon with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) as its Charity of the Year, as two of eight handpicked BHF projects.
Professor Jonathan Rees appointed as new Head of Department at NDORMS
Awards and Appointments General
14 February 2022
Professor Jonathan Rees will take up the leadership role in the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) on 1 April.
Sir Jon Symonds joins Pharmacology as a Visiting Fellow
Awards and Appointments General Innovation
14 February 2022
The Department of Pharmacology is delighted to announce the appointment of Sir Jonathan Symonds CBE, Chair of the Board of GlaxoSmithKline, as a Visiting Fellow. Jon has been Chairman of the Board at GSK since September 2019.
NDORMS joins DARWIN EU® Coordination Centre for drug and vaccine safety
General
11 February 2022
The European Medicines Agency has announced the establishment of the Data Analysis and Real World Interrogation Network (DARWIN EU®) to support better decision making on the development and effectiveness of medicines and vaccines.
Cemented hip replacement improves quality of life for patients over 60
General Research
10 February 2022
The White 5 trial compared implants fixed with bone cement against uncemented implants for hip fractures treated with hemiarthroplasty.
Welcome from Professor Gavin Screaton, Head of Division
9 February 2022
First-in-human implant of a “closed-loop” bioelectronic research system
General Research
8 February 2022
Researchers at Oxford University have implanted a novel closed-loop research platform for investigating the role of the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) – a brainstem nucleus – in Parkinson’s-like Multiple Systems Atrophy (MSA).