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Athena SWAN “Europe’s most comprehensive gender equality scheme”

6 March 2020 · Listed under Other News

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A study involving researchers from the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has found that institutions in the European Research Area could benefit from exploring Athena SWAN as the basis for their gender equality policies. The study found that Athena SWAN, with its ... READ MORE

New stroke research centre opens in Oxford

5 March 2020 · Listed under Preventive Neurology

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Research into strokes and vascular dementia took a major step forward on Thursday (5th March) with the official opening of the Wolfson Centre for the Prevention of Stroke and Dementia (CPSD) in Oxford, based at the new Wolfson Building at the John Radcliffe Hospital. The new centre is the only ... READ MORE

Top accolade for gestational diabetes app

28 February 2020 · Listed under Digital Health from Hospital to Home, Obesity, Diet and Lifestyle, Other News

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A smartphone application for women with gestational diabetes, developed at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) and the University of Oxford, has won a national award. GDm-Health won the MedTech, Device or Hardware Innovation Award at the HSJ Partnership Awards on Thursday (27th February). The ... READ MORE

Molecular Diagnostics theme hosts cancer genomics and immunology seminar

28 February 2020 · Listed under Molecular Diagnostics

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The Molecular Diagnostics theme hosted a very successful seminar, ‘Advanced personalised therapies in gynaecological cancers’, at St Hugh’s College in February 2020. The meeting covered the genomics and immunology of cancer along with the emerging topic of advanced therapeutic medicinal products ... READ MORE

Oxford BRC welcomes visitors to expand international links

27 February 2020 · Listed under Other News

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The Oxford BRC has recently hosted leading healthcare groups from South Korea, Brazil and Turkey to expand its international links and identify opportunities for collaboration. During their visits, the foreign guests met the BRC management team, key researchers and industry partnership managers. ... READ MORE

Gene therapy shows promise in tackling common cause of childhood blindness

26 February 2020 · Listed under Genomic Medicine, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

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The results of a first-in-human clinical trial of gene therapy to treat a common cause of genetic blindness have shown partial reversal of sight loss in some patients. X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, caused by mutations in RPGR gene, is the most common cause of blindness in young people. The ... READ MORE

Oxford professors appointed NIHR Senior Investigators

24 February 2020 · Listed under Inflammation across Tissues, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

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Four leading healthcare academics in Oxford have received a prestigious national award. The University of Oxford professors were named National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigators in recognition of being “among the most prominent and prestigious researchers ... READ MORE

Working together to find a cure to HIV

21 February 2020 · Listed under Life-saving Vaccines

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Results from a study testing a new ‘kick and kill’ method of reducing the size of the undetected HIV reservoir in people living with the virus were published in The Lancet this week. RIVER (Research in Viral Eradication of HIV Reservoirs) is the first ever randomised clinical trial to test this ... READ MORE

Critical care nurse is first from OUH to get an NIHR clinical doctoral fellowship

20 February 2020 · Listed under Other News

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A critical care research nurse based at the John Radcliffe Hospital has become the first Oxford University Hospitals nurse to receive funding for a PhD from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Jody Ede, a sister in the Adult Intensive Care Unit and a researcher in the Kadoorie ... READ MORE

Link between high cholesterol and aortic valve disease risk found

20 February 2020 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Multimorbidity and Long-Term Conditions

Oxford researchers have found that while having high cholesterol levels does not influence a person’s risk of aortic or mitral regurgitation, it does increase their risk of developing another major heart valve disease - aortic stenosis. Aortic stenosis is the most common form of heart valve ... READ MORE

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