BBC Radio 4: Hepatitis B vaccine added to childhood national programme
Andrew Pollard explains why Hep B is now on the national programme.
Read moreThe Conversation: What's behind the sudden rise in measles deaths in Europe?
Anita Milicic, Samantha Vanderslott and Sarah Loving from the Jenner Institute and Oxford Vaccine Group write for The Conversation about the recent and deadly rise of the measles virus in Europe.
Read moreUsing pain-related brain activity to improve pain relief in infants
Researchers have developed a non-invasive means to measure pain-related brain activity, which could help to reduce pain in babies undergoing medical procedures.
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Here you can find out a bit more about how the work we do in the lab reaches the wider community and how you can influence what we do.
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Research in our Department focuses on a wide variety of aspect of children's health. We study the neuroscience of pain in infants, HIV, immunology, haematology, gastroenterology and vaccinology.
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The Department of Paediatrics is involved in medical sciences teaching in Paediatrics for Undergraduate students of the University of Oxford Medical School, as well as running a number of Postgraduate programmes.
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The research in our Department affects many children and their parents. Here you can find out what we do to reach out, from events that we have organised in the past to information about patient involvement schemes.
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Chair in Developmental Medicine
Gift of £3.3million from Mr André Hoffmann has secured future of Oxford Chair in Developmental Medicine.
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Andrew Pollard receives BRC award
Professor Pollard received the award for his leadership has had a strong impact on healthcare and research.
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World Economic Forum
Dr Rebeccah Slater has been nominated to The World Economic Forum to be elected as a 'Young Scientist'.
Read moreLatest publications
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A quantitative, multi-national and multi-stakeholder assessment of barriers to the adoption of cell therapies
Brindley DB. et al, (2017), Journal of Tissue Engineering
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An increase in Accident and Emergency presentations for Adverse Events Following Immunisation after introduction of the group B meningococcal vaccine : an observational study.
Nainani V. et al, (2017), Archives of Disease in Childhood
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Emerging clinical experience with vaccines against group B meningococcal disease
Snape MD. and Wilkins AL., (2017), Vaccine
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Burden of paediatric respiratory syncytial virus disease and potential effect of different immunisation strategies: a modelling and cost-effectiveness analysis for England.
Cromer D. et al, (2017), The Lancet. Public health, 2, e367 - e374
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An evaluation of purified Salmonella Typhi protein antigens for the serological diagnosis of acute typhoid fever.
Tran Vu Thieu N. et al, (2017), J Infect, 75, 104 - 114
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