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Professor Trish Greenhalgh Highly Commended in the O²RB Excellence in Impact Awards 2021
Awards and Appointments General
6 October 2021
Congratulations to Professor Trish Greenhalgh (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences) who has been Highly Commended in the O²RB Excellence in Impact Awards 2021.
No benefit of convalescent plasma for critically ill COVID-19 patients
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
5 October 2021
A large study of over 2000 COVID-19 patients has found that giving critically ill patients blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients did not significantly reduce deaths, or the need for intensive care support such as being put on a ventilator machine.
Increased infectiousness of coronavirus variants explained
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
4 October 2021
Researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Dundee have made a discovery that helps explain why variations in the virus causes COVID-19 to spread so rapidly.
Turing Fellowships for over 30 Oxford academics
Awards and Appointments General
4 October 2021
Thirty-three University of Oxford researchers have been named Turing Fellows for the 2021/22 academic year, including eight from the Medical Sciences Division.
£200,000 funding boost for Oxford’s Clinical BioManufacturing Facility
General
4 October 2021
The Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) has secured funding to support the University of Oxford’s Clinical BioManufacturing Facility (CBF) – a UK leader in the production of vaccines for early phase clinical trials, including the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
RECOVERY Trial paper wins BMJ’s 2021 UK Research Paper of the Year Award
Awards and Appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
30 September 2021
For the second year in a row, The British Medical Journal have selected a publication co-authored by Oxford University researchers for their prestigious UK Research Paper of the Year Award. This award recognises original UK research that has the potential to contribute significantly to improving health and healthcare.
Researchers awarded Wellcome Innovator Grant to investigate role of brainstem nucleus in human consciousness
Awards and Appointments General Research
30 September 2021
Researchers at Oxford University have received a prestigious Wellcome Innovator Grant for investigating the role of the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) – a brainstem nucleus – in human consciousness.
Professor Sir John Bell inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
Awards and Appointments General
29 September 2021
We are pleased to announce that Professor Sir John Bell has been selected for induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, for his pioneering advances in the era of translation research, bringing ground-breaking laboratory discoveries into the world of practical medicine.
Over a third of COVID-19 patients diagnosed with at least one long-COVID symptom
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
29 September 2021
37% of people had at least one long-COVID symptom diagnosed in the 3-6 month period after COVID-19 infection. The most common symptoms were breathing problems, abdominal symptoms, fatigue, pain and anxiety/depression.
Moonshot initiative to develop affordable COVID-19 antivirals gets funding boost
Coronavirus COVID-19 General
28 September 2021
The COVID Moonshot, a non-profit, open-science consortium of scientists from around the world dedicated to the discovery of globally affordable and easily-manufactured antiviral drugs against COVID-19 and future viral pandemics has received key funding of £8 million from the Wellcome Trust, on behalf of the Covid-19 Therapeutics Accelerator.
NHS garden in full bloom at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Coronavirus COVID-19 General
23 September 2021
The sun was shining for the RHS Chelsea Flower show press day earlier this week. One garden in particular bloomed particularly brightly, with the 'Finding Our Way: An NHS Tribute Garden' getting plenty of attention.
University of Oxford launches Podium Analytics Institute for Youth Sports Medicine and Technology
General
23 September 2021
Oxford University has been selected as the home of the new Podium Analytics Institute for Youth Sports Medicine and Technology. This will be the world’s first academic Institute focused on young athletes’ safety and lifelong health and will combine Oxford’s longstanding tradition in sports and education with the very best of science, medicine, and technology.
QCovid highly commended for ‘best use of technology in Patient Safety’ at the 2021 HSJ Patient Safety Awards
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
23 September 2021
Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox and her team in Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences have been Highly Commended in the ‘Best use of technology in Patient Safety’ category for the QCovid risk calculator at this year’s Health Service Journal Patient Safety Awards.
New guidelines to improve reporting standards of studies that investigate causal mechanisms
General Research
21 September 2021
Researchers in the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) have developed a new set of guidelines for reporting mediation analyses in health research.
Prestigious award for Oxford professor's diabetes work
Awards and Appointments General
21 September 2021
A University of Oxford professor has been awarded the 2021 EASD-Novo Nordisk Foundation Prize for Excellence for his decades of effort to understand, prevent and combat type 1 diabetes.
COVID winter plan: UK blueprint doesn’t go far enough – here’s a health expert’s alternative
Coronavirus COVID-19 General
21 September 2021
Wellcome accolades for Dr Douglas
Awards and Appointments General
20 September 2021
Dr Alexander (Sandy) Douglas, an investigator at the Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, has recently received two prestigious Wellcome accolades.
FOCUS4: a flagship trial in colorectal cancer
General Research
20 September 2021
Professor Tim Maughan (Department of Oncology) outlines the flagship work of the FOCUS4 trials, whose results were presented last weekend at the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) annual meeting
Oxford and Oracle partner to speed identification of COVID-19 variants
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
20 September 2021
The fast spread of the highly infectious Delta variant underscores the need for faster identification of COVID-19 mutations. Uniting governments and medical communities in this challenge, the University of Oxford and Oracle’s Global Pathogen Analysis System (GPAS) is now being used by organizations on nearly every continent. Institutions using the platform include: the University of Montreal Hospital Centre Research Centre, the Institute of Public Health Research of Chile, the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam, the Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research – New South Wales Pathology, and Oxford Nanopore Technologies. GPAS is also now part of the Public Health England New Variant Assessment Platform.