The Oxford Biomedical Research Centre has sponsored a talk organised a talk by Oxford University Hospitals BAME network as part of Black History Month. The talk on Wednesday 12 October was by Chris Lubbe, anti-apartheid activist and former bodyguard of the late South African President Nelson ... READ MORE
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Oxford BRC gets £86.6m funding for healthcare research
Health and care research in Oxford is to receive £122 million in government funding over the next five years to improve diagnosis, treatment and care for NHS patients. The funding was awarded to the city’s two National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centres ... READ MORE
Oxford researchers to study why asthma is worse in women
A University of Oxford team has been awarded a grant to study one of the major unsolved questions about asthma – why women are more likely to have it than men and why they are twice as likely to die from it. Bioinformatician Dr Emanuele Marchi has received £98,000 from the national charity ... READ MORE
New computational technique reveals changes to lung function after COVID-19 infection
A study led by Oxford researchers has found that prior COVID-19 infection is associated with more uneven inflation of the lungs during normal breathing. There was also an association between hospitalisation with COVID-19 and smaller lung volumes, and admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) was ... READ MORE
One in eight people have undiagnosed nighttime hypertension
Around 15 percent of people aged between 40 and 75 may have a form of undiagnosed high blood pressure (hypertension) that occurs only at nighttime. Because they do not know about this, and are therefore not being treated for it, they are at a higher risk of cardiovascular disease such as ... READ MORE
Next generation of research leaders complete BRC programme
Aspiring healthcare research leaders have successfully completed the latest Oxford BRC Next Generation Leaders Programme, with the 16 course participants presenting the quality improvement projects they had been working on. This is the third edition of the Next Generation Leaders Programme, ... READ MORE
Malaria booster vaccine continues to meet WHO efficacy goal
Researchers from the University of Oxford and their partners have reported new findings from their Phase 2b trial which tested the effectiveness of a booster dose of their candidate malaria vaccine. The vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, had previously demonstrated high-level efficacy of 77 ... READ MORE
OUH clinical staff awarded funding for research skills training
OUH clinical staff awarded funding for research skills training Thirteen Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and research practitioners have received funding to develop skills that will support them to research new and improved ways of delivering ... READ MORE
OUH nurse researcher gets award to further study
A Clinical Academic Nurse Researcher at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) has been given an award by the British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG) to continue her research exploring how to improve the escalation of care for patients whose condition deteriorates in the hospital setting. Jody ... READ MORE
Study raises hope of pre-school type 1 diabetes screening programme
Researchers in Oxford have launched the first UK study in the general population to test for early markers of type 1 diabetes before children develop symptoms or need insulin. The study, which is being offered when children have their pre-school vaccination, involves a finger prick and a few ... READ MORE
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