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« Back to NewsFrom conversation to collaboration: Departments tackle shared health challenges
23 May 2025
Researchers from our department and the Department of Psychiatry came together last week for a collaborative showcase, aiming to spark new ideas for collaborative research by identifying areas of shared interest and potential.
Beyond the Ivory Tower event: Participants explore what it means to decolonise global health
8 May 2025
Green Templeton College recently hosted a powerful event, building on the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences 12-part 'Decolonising Global Health' blog series. The event brought together voices from the Global South to share their experiences, challenge entrenched power dynamics and explore practical strategies for creating more equitable health systems.
Celebrating innovation: the PRINCIPLE-PANORAMIC Celebratory Symposium and art exhibition
17 April 2024
Researchers, clinicians, supporters and PPI contributors gathered at the symposium to celebrate the innovative PRINCIPLE and PANORAMIC clinical trials that evaluated potential treatments for COVID-19 during the pandemic and broke recruitment records for community-based trials in doing so. Both trials were run by the Clinical Trails Unit (CTU) in Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences.
Celebrating collaboration and resilience: The PRINCIPLE PANORAMIC art exhibition
21 March 2024
Celebrate the resilience and collaboration behind Oxford's groundbreaking PANORAMIC and PRINCIPLE COVID-19 trials through "The PANORAMIC PRINCIPLE" exhibition. Artist Tanya Poole's powerful portraits honour the diverse array of participants, researchers, and medical professionals whose inclusive efforts set global benchmarks and transformed lives. An inspiring tribute to human determination in the face of adversity.
#OxfordKafka24 campaign to celebrate the life and work of Franz Kafka
4 March 2024
University-wide cultural programme will mark the centenary of the great writer’s death
The lasting legacy of Norman Heatley, the unassuming penicillin pioneer who changed the course of medicine
22 February 2024
Norman Heatley is often described as the unsung hero of the penicillin story. A recent PhD graduate with a genius for invention, he became a pivotal member of the Oxford team that developed the miracle drug in the early 1940s. A new Medium article features an interview with Norman's eldest daughter, Rose Heatley, about his work, legacy and her memories of him as a father.
First Surgical Sciences Student Symposium Day
17 July 2023
On Monday 3 July, the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) hosted its inaugural Student Symposium Day.
Twenty-five years of functional MRI of the brain at Oxford
21 April 2023
If you think back to 1998, you might remember it as the year that Google came into existence, or the year that construction began on the International Space Station, or perhaps even the year that the UK won the Eurovision Song Contest. But it was also a very significant year for medical sciences: the year that the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB) officially opened.
Neuroscience Symposium: a student perspective
20 April 2023
MSc student Brendan Sargent reflects on his experience at the Neuroscience Symposium last month and what he took away from the event.
Professor Sir Chris Whitty brings greater understanding of epidemics to Oxford
14 March 2023
Chief Medical Officer of England Professor Sir Chris Whitty KCB FMedSci delivers the Sherrington Prize Lecture: Public Understanding of Science to an audience of Oxford staff and students.
The Gene Therapists Headline at Glastonbury 2022
26 September 2022
Rosie Munday writes about her experience taking science to the masses at the Glastonbury Festival.
Professor Dame Sue Black to deliver 2022 Christmas Lectures
26 September 2022
In the 2022 Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution, DPAG's Visiting Professor of Forensic Anatomy Dame Sue Black will share secrets of forensic science.
Anant Parekh to deliver The Physiological Society's Annual Review Prize Lecture
4 July 2022
The Annual Review Prize Lecture is The Physiological Society's most prestigious lecture.
Department of Paediatrics celebrates 50-year anniversary
1 July 2022
After being established in 1972, the Department of Paediatrics' contributions have spanned teaching, innovation, and research. The department also builds upon a longer lineage in Oxford that has impacted child health.
‘An exhibition like no other…’
9 March 2022
Working in partnership to share University of Oxford research with local communities in Banbury