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Six new Fellowships funded by Celgene as part of a commitment to translational medicine at Oxford

August 12, 2019

Six new Oxford-Celgene Fellowships will support postdoctoral researchers and clinicians across six departments within the Medical Sciences Division, providing an opportunity for them to gain exposure to the field of commercial drug discovery and development. The new Fellowships represent an additional investment of £3M into the University. The Oxford-Celgene Fellowship Programme was established in 2015 with the […]

OUH TRUST TEAM HONOURED AT PHYSIOTHERAPY AWARDS CEREMONY

July 29, 2019

A physiotherapy team at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC) recently won a prestigious award at the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer Awards. The Enhanced Recovery Therapy Team won the Allied Health Professionals Quality Improvement Award for significantly reducing the length of patient stays in hospital. The team developed an innovative treatment plan for patients undergoing […]

Oxford Brookes #1

July 25, 2019

For the third consecutive year, Oxford Brookes has been hailed as the UK’s top university in the QS Top 50 Under 50 World University Rankings. The University is yet again the only UK institution to make the list of universities under 50 years old. Professor Alistair Fitt, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, said: “It is a […]

New Applied Research Collaborative for Oxford and Thames Valley

July 17, 2019

Oxford AHSN and Oxford AHSC welcome new applied research body July 11, 2019 The announcement today of a new national network focusing on applied health and social care research has been welcomed by the Oxford Academic Health Science Network (Oxford AHSN) and the Oxford Academic Health Science Centre. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied […]

New approach to reducing damage after a heart attack

July 17, 2019

Researchers in the Medical Sciences Division have established a key cause of micro blood vessels constricting during surgery to reopen a blocked artery, and identified a potential therapeutic target to block the mechanism behind it. Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in the UK and throughout the Western World. One of the most […]

From bugs to drugs

July 17, 2019

A new study led by Radcliffe Department of Medicine, Professor Shoumo Bhattacharya, has decoded the structure of unique proteins found in tick saliva and created new ones not found in nature, paving the way for a new generation of ‘Swiss-army knife’ anti-inflammatory drugs, with customised extensions to block different inflammatory pathways. Previous research by Professor Shoumo […]

Lords debate on AHSCs

July 04, 2019

Colleagues at King’s Health Partners updated AHSC colleagues on the important debate in House of Lords regarding AHSCs and the response from the Government from Baroness Blackwood. The full transcript via Hansard is available is available via Hansard

Great performance for OUH patients and staff in NIHR-backed research

June 28, 2019

Figures released by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Local Clinical Research Network today show that there has been a significant increase in the number of people taking part in NIHR-backed research over the past year.  In 2018/19, Oxford University Hospitals recruited 32,285 participants to 534 NIHR-supported studies, up from 20,937 in 517 studies […]

USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO LEAD THE WAY IN FRACTURE PREVENTION

June 27, 2019

The Fracture Prevention Service at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) has become the first unit in the United Kingdom to identify a bone weakening condition by using AI technology. By using a software programme produced by company Zebra Medical, our team is able to detect osteoporotic vertebral fractures from all CT scanners in our hospitals. Osteoporotic vertebral fractures […]

Clinical data project leads to potential advance in understanding of chronic hepatitis B

June 27, 2019

Researchers and clinicians in Oxford have provided fresh insights into how some people with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) can be cleared of the disease, as part of a national initiative to better use NHS patient data to tackle emerging health issues. Image courtesy of Shutterstock.com It is hoped that the research, the first study on CHB under […]