Divisional staff and student pick up four OxTALENT awards

6 July 2016

MSD on the podium in four categories at June’s OxTALENT awards which celebrate the use of technology in teaching and learning.

In an event attended by the Vice Chancellor and two Pro-Vice Chancellors, Medical Sciences staff and students picked up awards in the following categories:

Winner - Student IT Innovation: Christopher Horton for The Anatomical Walkthrough.
Winner – Most Innovative Poster: Ellie Morgan-Jones for DECisions.
Runner-up – Academic Podcasting: Dr Cynthia Srikesavan for High Quality Physiotherapy Evidence in Tamil.
Runners-up – Innovative Teaching with Technology: Dr Kenny Moore, Jon Mason, Dr Aartjan te Velthuis and Professor William James for Viral Outbreak Online ‘i-Case’ Teaching Platform.

Cancer Research UK to invest £11 million into cancer science in Oxford

24 January 2022

A £11 million Cancer Research UK investment has been awarded to the University of Oxford and Oxford-based NHS to catalyse the translation of its world-leading cancer research for patient benefit.

Review highlights risk factors associated with violence in schizophrenia

20 January 2022

Researchers at Oxford University’s Department of Psychiatry have found that people with schizophrenia and related disorders are at higher-than-average risk of perpetrating violence, but that the overall risk remains low (less than 1 in 20 in women, and less than 1 in 4 for men over a 35-year period for violent arrests and crimes).

An estimated 1.2 million people died in 2019 from antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections

20 January 2022

First comprehensive analysis of global impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) estimates resistance itself caused 1.27 million deaths in 2019 - more deaths than HIV/AIDS or malaria - and that antimicrobial-resistant infections played a role in 4.95 million deaths.

Attention and memory deficits persist for months after recovery from mild Covid

19 January 2022

Researchers from Oxford’s Department of Experimental Psychology and Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences have shown that people who have had Covid but don’t complain of long Covid symptoms in daily life nevertheless can show degraded attention and memory for up to 6-9 months.

Plaster cast or metal pins to treat a broken wrist? The results are in.

19 January 2022

An Oxford study published in The BMJ has found the use of metal K-wires (commonly known as ‘pins’) to hold broken wrist bones in place while they heal are no better than a traditional moulded plaster cast.

New book expands the horizons of brain research

18 January 2022

A pioneering book from Professor Zoltán Molnár and Yale Professors Tamas Horvath and Joy Hirsch to be released on 1 February 2022 addresses the fundamental relationship between the body, brain and behaviour.