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Oxford’s OpenABM-Covid19 mathematical model helps UK and other countries to control the coronavirus epidemic

September 24, 2020

A team of mathematical modellers and epidemiologists at Oxford University’s Nuffield Department of Medicine release the latest model of a population responding to the coronavirus epidemic. The model – OpenABM-Covid19 – provides public health decision-makers with the ability to review the potential progression and outcome of the coronavirus, including fluctuations in infected individuals, hospitalisations, intensive care unit […]

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New £4m study to advance our understanding of severe coronavirus infection

September 17, 2020

The University of Liverpool is leading a major new international project to improve our understanding of severe coronavirus infection in humans, together with collaborators from the University of Oxford, Public Health England, the University of Bristol; A*STAR in Singapore; and King Fahd Medical City in Saudi Arabia. Researchers will sequence and analyse samples from humans […]

Funding received for new COVID-19 vaccine developed using insect cells

September 15, 2020

Oxford Brookes spinout company Oxford Expression Technologies has been awarded a grant from Innovate UK to support a partnership with Vaxine Pty Ltd to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. The grant will accelerate the creation of the Covax-19® vaccine, which is being developed by Vaxine, an Australian biotechnology company focussing on the development of innovative […]

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Global consortium launches new study into long-term effects of COVID-19

September 15, 2020

The International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC), based at Oxford University, in collaboration with Dr Janet Scott, of the MRC-University of Glasgow’s Centre for Virus Research, has launched a longitudinal observational study to measure prevalence and risk factors of long-term health and psycho-social consequences of COVID-19. The researchers are inviting hospitals and […]

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STUDY EXPLORES COVID-19 OUTCOMES FOR LIVER TRANSPLANT PATIENTS

September 15, 2020

A study involving Oxford researchers has found that having had a liver transplant does not increase the risk of death from COVID-19, but that other factors such as age and comorbidities among liver transplant recipients do. The researchers from the Oxford Liver Unit, based at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust, and the University of […]

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Newly published report from TheHill Oxford

September 14, 2020

TheHill has produced a report on retaining the innovation pathways shaped by the pandemic for the Oxford University Hospitals. Full details and the report can be access here.

Development of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine expands into US Phase III clinical trial

September 04, 2020

A new arm of the ongoing global clinical trials of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine led by AstraZeneca has launched in the US to assess safety, efficacy and immunogenicity of the vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19. Our vaccine work is progressing quickly. To ensure you have the latest information or to find out more about […]

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OUH’S CELLULAR PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT ACHIEVES 100% DIGITISATION OF SURGICAL HISTOLOGY SLIDES

September 04, 2020

With support from Royal Philips, Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust has become one of the earliest UK adopters of a fully digitised cellular pathology (histopathology) department. OUH is one of the first NHS trusts in the country to achieve the milestone of digitising all surgical histology and referral slides within the cellular pathology department. This […]

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GOVERNMENT BOOST FOR DIGITISATION AND AI IN PATHOLOGY SERVICES

September 04, 2020

Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) is one of the NHS trusts that will benefit from a £13.5m national funding boost to further enhance cellular pathology services and provide faster and more accurate diagnosis of deadly diseases such as cancer. The PathLAKE (Pathology Image Data Lake for Analytics Knowledge and Education) digital pathology consortium, led by University Hospital […]

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Sleepio

August 25, 2020

New study reveals the potential of digital sleep aid Sleepio Longer sleep, better health, fewer sick days – People using the online sleep improvement programme Sleepio gained wide-ranging benefits from the six-week programme, according to a new report. The study found they slept longer, spent less on sleeping pills, enjoyed better mental health and had fewer sick […]