Professor Andrew Pollard, Reader in Paediatric Infection and Immunity at the University of Oxford and Consultant in Charge of the Oxford Vaccine Group will present a talk on Tuesday, 26 January from 6-7pm (light refreshments at 5.30pm). Immunisation is one of the most cost-effective health interventions and protects our children from the threat of serious disease … Read more
Oxfordshire patients to benefit from robotic surgery
The University of Oxford and the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust have acquired the latest technology in robotic surgery, the only one of its kind in the UK. The new £2 million instrument in the recently opened Oxford Cancer Centre will benefit patients undergoing keyhole surgery to remove certain types of cancer. It will initially be used … Read more
Professor Sir John Bell appointed as Non-Executive Director
Professor Sir John Bell, FRS is Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University and is also President of the Academy of Medical Sciences. He founded the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics in Oxford which was the first to focus on the genetics of common diseases. Sir John Bell then went on to lead the … Read more
Launch of new Oxford Vaccinology Programme
In November, The Jenner Institute will be launching the new Oxford Vaccinology Programme in collaboration with the University’s Department for Continuing Education.This academic year, the Programme will offer a five-day course in ‘Human and Veterinary Vaccinology’, followed by two shorter courses in March 2010, in ‘Clinical Vaccine Development’ and ‘Vaccine Biomanufacturing’. The courses are aimed … Read more
Research Integrity Seminar Series
A series of lectures looking at different aspects of research integrity and their application in biomedical research. For more information, visit: http://www.oxfordbrc.org/files/professional/research_integrity_seminar_series_-_2009.pdf
Swine Flu Vaccine Trial
The Oxford Vaccine Group, part of the University of Oxford, would like to invite you and your child to take part in a study of 2 new vaccines aimed at providing protection against Swine Flu. For more information please visit: http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/4644569.Swine_flu_vaccine_trial/
Heart Centre sneak preview
Journalists were offered a sneak preview of the Oxford Heart Centre on Tuesday 1 September 2009. They were invited for a tour before staff and patients move in later in the Autumn. Doctors, nurses and patients were on hand to explain what this new facility means for them and the thousands of other patients across the … Read more
New contracts officer appointed
Diana Nicol has recently been appointed as a full time Biomedical Research/ORH contracts officer, embedded in the University Research Services team at the Churchill Hospital. Diana will be negotiating and securing research contracts and agreements that underwrite research work within both partners. She can be contacted on 01865 (2)87970, email diana.nicol@admin.ox.ac.uk
Patient and public involvement in research
Since 2003, the NHS has had a duty to involve and consult people about changes to health services. This duty to involve has now been strengthened with the publication of ‘Best Research for Best Health’ (2006) and the acknowledgement that engaging patients and members of the public leads to research that is more relevant to … Read more
Fellows elected – 2009
Forty of the United Kingdom’s leading doctors and medical researchers have been recognised for excellence in medical science with their election to the Academy Fellowship. The new Fellows will be formally admitted to the Academy at a ceremony on Wednesday 24 June. For a list of fellows, visit: http://www.oxfordbrc.org/files/news/elected_fellows.pdf