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Paediatric IBD BioResource opens to support vital research

28 April 2022 · Listed under Gastroenterology and Mucosal Immunity

A new National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) BioResource aimed at investigating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children has opened, with the NIHR Oxford BRC playing a key role. The new Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (PIBD) BioResource will drive research into Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis in children. It aims to recruit paediatric … Read more

Unique Oxford study of vascular disease reaches 20th anniversary

13 April 2022 · Listed under Stroke and Vascular Dementia

The only project of its kind anywhere that studies patients with all types of acute vascular events – including strokes, heart attacks, aneurysms – in order to develop better diagnostic tests and treatments celebrates its 20th anniversary this month.   The Oxford Vascular Study (OxVasc) began in 2002 and involves University of Oxford staff at … Read more

New drug no more effective than current treatments for post-operative knee pain

8 April 2022 · Listed under Musculoskeletal

A new study has found that a drug recently licensed in the UK has no effect on post-operative knee replacement recovery or pain, compared to the current treatment when administered at the site of surgery. Knee replacement surgery is highly successful for treating severe arthritis; 100,000 people undergo the procedure every year in the UK, … Read more

Expansion of the Oxford Joint Research Office

8 April 2022 · Listed under Other News

Oxford’s Joint Research Office (JRO) has expanded to include teams from Oxford Health (OH) NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford Brookes University (OBU), joining the clinical research support teams from the University of Oxford (OU) and Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust. The Oxford JRO now includes both of Oxford’s NHS Foundation Trusts and both … Read more

Event highlights value of involving diverse communities in research work

30 March 2022 · Listed under Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement

The NIHR Oxford and Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centres (BRCs) have held a networking and learning event focused on the importance of diversity in research. The event took place at the Blavatnik School of Government in Oxford on 22nd March 2022 and was attended by around 60 research-focused professionals from across the city. The purpose … Read more

Study finds no increased risk of rare neurological events after COVID vaccination

17 March 2022 · Listed under COVID-19, Musculoskeletal, Neurological Conditions

A study of more than eight million people has found no increased risk of rare neurological events after COVID -19 vaccination. However, the researchers did find a higher risk of Bell’s palsy (facial weakness), encephalomyelitis (inflammation of the brain and spinal cord) and Guillain-Barré syndrome (a nerve condition) after COVID-19 infection. The study, which was … Read more

BRC researchers lead new project to help people into remission from type 2 diabetes

16 March 2022 · Listed under Diabetes and Metabolism, Obesity, Diet and Lifestyle

NIHR Oxford BRC academics are to lead a new £2.2 million project aimed at giving more people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes the chance of going into remission. Professors Susan Jebb and Paul Aveyard, from the BRC’s Obesity, Diet and Lifestyle Theme, will be joining forces with Diabetes UK on the five-year NewDAWN project, … Read more

First UK pilot study of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy launched

16 March 2022 · Listed under Genomic Medicine, Neurological Conditions

University of Oxford researchers have launched a pilot study to conduct routine testing of newborn babies for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) for the first time. Every five days a baby is born in the UK with SMA. If treatments are delivered at birth, these newborns have the best chance of living long and healthy lives. … Read more

Blog: Developing a process to monitor populations at increased risk from coronavirus

11 March 2022 · Listed under Antimicrobial Resistance and Modernising Microbiology, COVID-19

Emma Pritchard is a Medical Statistician in the Modernising Medical Microbiology team at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. She works in the Oxford BRC’s Antimicrobial Resistance and Modernising Microbiology Theme. In this blog, Emma explains how she used the ongoing Office for National Statistics COVID-19 Infection Survey to understand the spread of coronavirus in … Read more

BRC launches first senior leadership training programme

8 March 2022 · Listed under Other News

The NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) launched its first dedicated senior leadership training programme on 28 February. Fourteen senior leaders affiliated to the BRC attended the first workshop on the topic Senior Leadership Practices. Those attending came from a diverse range of fields across the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS … Read more

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