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Study confirms longer-term lung damage after COVID-19
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
25 May 2021
A study by Oxford and Sheffield researchers using a cutting-edge method of imaging has identified persistent damage to the lungs of COVID-19 patients at least three months after they were discharged from hospital, and for some patients even longer.
Oxford to play host to crucial G7 health talks
General
25 May 2021
Oxford University will host the 2021 G7 Health Ministers’ Meeting in early June
A million reasons for talking to Professor Martin Landray
Blogs Research
21 May 2021
Imagine saving a million lives. While the world was in the first throes of the pandemic and paralysed in the face of the seemingly unstoppable spread of the coronavirus, two Oxford professors, Peter Horby and Martin Landray, started a trial which is estimated to have saved around one million lives with a £5 medicine that is available across the world.
Peter Scanlon wins national award
Awards and Appointments General
21 May 2021
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences' Associate Professor Peter Scanlon has been named as a winner at the prestigious Royal College of Physicians’ (RCP) Excellence in Patient Care Awards.
The Botnar Research Institute appoints new Director
Awards and Appointments General
18 May 2021
The Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) is delighted to announce that Professor Jonathan Rees has been appointed as the new Director of the Botnar Research Institute
How the kidney contributes to healthy iron levels and disease
General Research
18 May 2021
A new study from Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics has addressed a long-standing gap in our understanding of systemic iron homeostasis. It provides the first formal demonstration that the hormone hepcidin controls iron reabsorption in the kidney, in a manner that impacts the body’s iron levels, under normal physiological conditions. It also demonstrates for the first time how this mechanism becomes critically important in the development of iron disorders.
Preliminary data suggests mixing Covid-19 vaccine increases reactogenicity
Clinical Trials Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
18 May 2021
Researchers running the University of Oxford-led Com-COV study – launched earlier this year to investigate alternating doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and the Pfizer vaccine – report preliminary data revealing more frequent mild to moderate reactions in mixed schedules compared to standard schedules.
Childhood abdominal pain may be linked to disordered eating in teenagers
General Research
18 May 2021
New research shows that people who suffer from recurrent abdominal pain in childhood may be more likely to have disordered eating as teenagers.
Oxford University and Oracle partner to speed identification of COVID-19 variants
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
18 May 2021
The partnership will enable global genomic sequencing and examination through a specialist platform developed on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to help mitigate the impact of potentially dangerous COVID-19 variants.
Having a healthier heart associated with better problem-solving and reaction time
General Research
17 May 2021
People with healthier heart structure and function appear to have better cognitive abilities, including increased capacity to solve logic problems and faster reaction times, according to a study involving University of Oxford and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) researchers.
COVID vaccine hesitancy: spell out the personal rather than collective benefits to persuade people – new research
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
17 May 2021
Dunbar’s number: why my theory that humans can only maintain 150 friendships has withstood 30 years of scrutiny
General Research
17 May 2021
COVID-19: is obesity really more of a risk factor for men than women?
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
12 May 2021
Eoghan Mulholland receives prestigious Lee Placito Research Fellowship
Awards and Appointments General
12 May 2021
Dr Eoghan Mulholland has received the prestigious Lee Placito Research Fellowship in Gastrointestinal Cancer. Eoghan will use this 3-year position to research cell interactions in colorectal cancers.
Eleven Oxford professors honoured by the Academy of Medical Sciences
Awards and Appointments General
12 May 2021
The Academy of Medical Sciences has elected 11 University of Oxford biomedical and health scientists to its fellowship.
3,400 different medicines used globally to treat COVID-19
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
11 May 2021
Insufficient data, and misleading recommendations led to significant early heterogeneity in global COVID-19 patient management, according to recent BMJ study.
Children and Adolescents’ Mental Health: One Year On
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
10 May 2021
Parents and carers reported that behavioural, emotional and attentional difficulties in their children changed considerably throughout the past year, increasing in times of national lockdown and decreasing as restrictions eased and schools reopened, according to the latest Co-SPACE (COVID-19 Supporting Parents, Adolescents, and Children in Epidemics) study, led by experts at the University of Oxford.
Tackling climate concerns through sustainable healthcare
General
10 May 2021
A new initiative by Oxford Medical Students and faculty is accelerating the learning of sustainable healthcare at Oxford.
Future-Proofing Mental Health
General Research
10 May 2021
UK academics are calling for targets for mental health research in order to meet the healthcare challenges of the next decade. Published today in Journal of Mental Health, researchers set out four overarching goals that will speed up implementation of mental health research and give a clear direction for researchers and funders to focus their efforts when it comes to better understanding the treatment of mental health.