Paediatrics
Oxford has been at the forefront of cutting edge research investigating the basis of disease involving children and interventions to improve child health for many decades.
In the last 25 years, research in paediatrics at the University has led major new developments in tropical medicine (from malaria and dengue to health services research in resource limited settings). This includes the genetic basis of cardiac and infectious disease, the immunology of HIV in children, nutritional management of children with chronic neurological impairment, understanding of pain in the neonatal period, thymic development, haematological development in Downs syndrome, new knowledge about the molecular microbiology of important pathogens affecting children (e.g. Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae type b), epidemiology of infections caused by encapsulated bacteria, design and development of new vaccines for bacterial infections, efficacy and impact of meningitis, typhoid and pneumococcal vaccines and cutting edge vaccine research which now underpins both adult and paediatric immunisation around the world. The University leads the world in research on meningitis, an important disease of children and is the top rated University in infection and immunity in the UK.
As a medical specialty with a unique interest in early life adaptations to altered genetic programmes and environmental cues, Paediatrics is best positioned to interrogate and define the developmental origins that impact on human health. Indeed, every specialty in Paediatrics is involved in the care and study of developmental disorders and is therefore interested in the fundamentals of developmental biology.
Research in Paediatrics in Oxford spans basic, clinical, interventional and epidemiological research in a wide range of disciplines with a strong emphasis on translational research underpinned by basic science. The University is particularly strong in developmental biology, with a particular focus on immunology; clinical investigation and applied immunology in paediatric gastroenterology; tropical paediatrics; design, development and clinical/immunological evaluation of vaccines; and infectious diseases of children including HIV. Supervisors are situated both in the Department of Paediatrics and interdisciplinary institutes at the University including the Weatherall Institute for Molecular Medicine, the Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, The Peter Medawar Building, the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, and across the Oxford Tropical Medicine Network. Additionally, the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences has a paediatric research theme aimed at improving the care of children in primary care settings.
Supervisors in Paediatrics
Maternal health
Paediatrics
Primary Care, Clinical Epidemiology, and Health Care Delivery
Epidemiology
Sarah Atkinson
AtkinsonAssociate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Paediatrics and Paediatric ...
Genes, Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics
Haematology
Immunology
Adaptive immunity and autoimmune disease
Vaccines
Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine
Bacteriology
Epidemiology and population dynamics
Host-pathogen interactions
Parasitology
Vaccines
Paediatrics
Primary Care, Clinical Epidemiology, and Health Care Delivery
Neuroscience
Psychology, mental health and psychiatry
Paediatrics
Psychology and Psychiatry
Abnormal psychology and mental health
Developmental psychology
Experimental psychology
Mike English
EnglishAnti-microbial drugs
Design of patient pathways and clinical support systems
Diagnostics
Epidemiology and population dynamics
Evidence-based health care, clinical trials methodology and epidemiology
Health Experiences Research
Maternal health
Medical Statistics
Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine
Monitoring Chronic Disease
Paediatrics
Patient safety
Primary care and general practice
Psychology and Psychiatry
Reproductive, Genitourinary and Sexual Medicine
Social psychology
Surgical science and practice
Translational Medicine and Medical Technology
Adaptive immunity and autoimmune disease
Immunodeficiency, HIV and AIDS
Immunology
Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine
Paediatrics
Translational Medicine and Medical Technology
Vaccines
Virology
Adaptive immunity and autoimmune disease
Ageing, Geratology and Degenerative Diseases
Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology
Cell commitment
Cell fate specification and differentiation
Developmental Biology and Stem Cells
DNA and protein sequence analysis
Functional genomics
Genes, Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics
Immunodeficiency, HIV and AIDS
Immunology
Organogenesis
Paediatrics
Transplantation and tolerance
Lineage Commitment and Differentiation in haematopoiesis
Molecular, Cell, Systems and Structural Biology
Cell biology and microscopy
Epigenetics
Gene expression
Genetic disorders and therapies
Developmental Biology and Stem Cells
Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Immunology
Pancreatic Islets: physiology, isolation and transplantation
Surgical science and practice
Translational Medicine and Medical Technology
Transplantation and tolerance
Organogenesis
Primary Care, Epidemiology, and Health Care Delivery
Evidence-based health care, clinical trials methodology and epidemiology
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Inflammatory bowel disease
Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology
Structural biology, protein science and proteomics
Paediatrics
Biomedical engineering
Stem cells and cell therapy
Alexander Jones
JonesBritish Heart Foundation Intermediate Clinical Research Fellow in Paediatric ...