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Responding to the growing mandate for researchers to share their clinical data, WWARN is joining with partners to host a 3-day workshop in January sponsored by the British Council’s Newton Researcher Links Programme in order to develop the skills and network needed to produce high quality data capable of maximising the impact of initial findings.
Have your say - Wellcome Inclusive Well-being Project
27 September 2023
Longer-term organ abnormalities confirmed in some post-hospitalised COVID patients
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
25 September 2023
A study looking at the longer-term impact of COVID-19 has found that nearly a third of patients displayed abnormalities in multiple organs five months after infection, some of which have been shown through previous work to be evidence of tissue damage.
Young people’s mental health deteriorated at greater rate during the pandemic
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
25 September 2023
Young people’s mental health deteriorated during COVID-19, with higher levels of depression and social, emotional and behavioural difficulties than before the pandemic hit, a comprehensive new study has shown.
Evidence shows COVID-19 triggers sustained inflammatory gene expression
Coronavirus COVID-19 Research
22 September 2023
In a study, recently published in Genomics Medicine, researchers from NDM’s Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics and the CAMS Oxford Institute investigated the long-term impact of COVID-19 on immune cells.
Oxford ranked third most intensive science and innovation cluster in the world
General
21 September 2023
The index establishes clusters through analysis of patent-filing activity and scientific article publication, documenting the geographical areas around the world with the highest density of inventors and scientific authors. This data forms part of the latest GII, which is due to be published in full later this month (Sept 27).
Study shows detrimental impact of Long Covid on the education and lives of children and young people
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
20 September 2023
New research from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford, and the universities of Stirling and Aberdeen funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), has shone a spotlight on the profound effect Long Covid can have on children and young people’s school experience and wider lives.
Oxford and Liverpool scientists launch new vaccine trial for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
Clinical Trials General Research
19 September 2023
The UK trial is the next step in the development of a vaccine to protect people against MERS – a deadly viral illness with no current vaccines and the potential to cause a pandemic.
When it comes to starting a family, timing is everything
General Research
18 September 2023
The review, conducted jointly with researchers from Oxford University, the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, and the Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton, included seven randomised controlled trials involving 2,464 women or couples who had been trying to conceive.
Continuing inequalities contribute to wide variation in rates of stillbirths and neonatal deaths across UK
General Research
18 September 2023
The MBRRACE-UK Collaboration, jointly led by Nuffield Department of Population Health’s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) and the University of Leicester’s The Infant Mortality and Morbidity Studies (TIMMS) research group, has published a ‘State of the Nation’ report on perinatal deaths in babies born in the UK in 2021.
First volunteers receive vaccine for Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Oxford clinical trial
Clinical Trials General Research
13 September 2023
A University of Oxford study has administered a new vaccine against tick-borne virus Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) to volunteers for the first time. Launched on the 4th of August 2023, the clinical trial of the ChAdOx2 CCHF vaccine aims to confirm its safety and understand how individuals develop immunity following vaccination.
E-cigarettes, Varenicline and Cytisine found to be the most effective stop-smoking aids
General Research
13 September 2023
A comprehensive new analysis has found that nicotine e-cigarettes, varenicline and cytisine are the most effective options currently available for helping smokers quit long-term (going at least six months without smoking).
Polycystic ovary syndrome: losing weight can help but many sufferers are vulnerable to bad advice on social media
Research
12 September 2023
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal condition which affects how the ovaries work, is thought to affect 20% of women worldwide. Yet despite how common the condition is, and the serious effect it has on women’s health, researchers still aren’t completely sure what causes PCOS – let alone how best to manage and treat the condition.
September 2023 - Volunteer Opportunities
11 September 2023
Three new Oxford-BMS Translational Fellowships announced
General Innovation Research
11 September 2023
Poor metabolic health could increase risk of developing dementia later in life
General Research
8 September 2023
Researchers at Nuffield Department of Population Health have found that having poor metabolic health was related to an increased risk of developing dementia in a study of more than 176,000 individuals.
Risk Management update
6 September 2023
New study disentangles a long-standing link between inflammation and cancer progression
General Research
5 September 2023
A new study led by the Mead Group in the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (Radcliffe Department of Medicine) has demonstrated a previously unknown effect of chronic inflammation on TP53-mutant haematopoietic stem cells.
Blood clots during COVID-19 may be a cause of ongoing cognitive problems
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
4 September 2023
High levels of two proteins at the time of COVID-19 have been found in patients who later experienced cognitive problems, including ‘brain fog’, giving a major clue as to one cause of their symptoms: blood clots.
Herman Waldmann awarded Royal Society Medal
Awards and Appointments General Research
30 August 2023
Professor Herman Waldmann FMedSci (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology) is one of four Oxford University researchers recognised today by the Royal Society.