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Towards the prevention of RSV: A major cause of infant death
16 July 2015
A vaccine study involving healthy adults
Oxford Ebola vaccine study moves to next phase
15 July 2015
Oxford University doctors and scientists are performing the second phase of clinical studies of an experimental Ebola vaccine regimen. The study is part of the EBOVAC2 project, a collaborative programme involving the University of Oxford, French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) as project coordinator, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Le Centre Muraz, Inserm Transfert (IT) and the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.
Participate in our new Ebola study
15 June 2015
We are now recruiting volunteers for Oxford Vaccine Group's new Ebola study: Evaluating Optimal Vaccine Schedules against Ebola (EVOLVE)
Professor of Paediatrics successfully defends her PhD 80 years later than originally planned
9 June 2015
The 102-year-old Ingeborg Rapoport has become the world's oldest person to be awarded a doctorate on Tuesday, almost 80 years after the Nazis prevented her from sitting her final exam
Professor Louise Richardson nominated as next Vice-Chancellor
28 May 2015
Professor Louise Richardson, currently the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews, has been nominated as the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
Fundraising campaign reaches £2 billion - and counting
12 May 2015
The University's fundraising campaign has reached the £2 billion mark in record time. The generosity of its donors is funding financial support for students, ambitious programmes of academic research and high-quality new buildings and facilities.
Babies feel pain ‘like adults’
21 April 2015
The brains of babies ‘light up’ in a very similar way to adults when exposed to the same painful stimulus, a pioneering Oxford University brain scanning study has discovered. It suggests that babies experience pain much like adults.
Investigating Meningococcal Vaccines in Adults
16 April 2015
The Oxford Vaccine Group in the Department is currently looking to recruit healthy adults aged between 18 to 60 in a study investigating how the adult immune system responds to a new meningococcal B vaccine.
Oxford secures £139m in HEFCE research funding
7 April 2015
The University of Oxford has secured over £139m in research funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for the academic year 2015-2016 - more than any other institution.
OSOP Presents: Bridging the gap between primary and secondary care services for children
15 January 2015
The Oxford Society of Paediatrics is pleased to announce a talk by Dr. Hilary Cass, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health on the 4th February 2015
Oxford Vaccine Group begins first trial of new Ebola vaccine
6 January 2015
Oxford University doctors and scientists are starting the first safety trial of an experimental preventative Ebola vaccine regimen being developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (Janssen).The Oxford Vaccine Group, part of the University of Oxford Department of Paediatrics, aims to have vaccinated all 72 healthy adult volunteers by the end of January.
Thinking Postgraduate? Think Oxford
5 January 2015
Thinking about graduate study? Over 900 fully-funded scholarships are available for new graduate students at Oxford in 2015-16 from the University, our colleges and supporters.
NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre Open Weeks 2015
22 December 2014
Two weeks of talks, tours and exhibitions at Oxford's hospitals
Oxford Medical Sciences excels in REF 2014 exercise
18 December 2014
Today’s Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) results confirm the University of Oxford’s world leading position in medical sciences research.
HIV evolving into "milder" form (CNN)
2 December 2014
Philip Goulder on the Today Programme (BBC Radio 4)
2 December 2014
Research suggests ability of HIV to cause AIDS is slowing
1 December 2014
The rapid evolution of HIV, which has allowed the virus to develop resistance to patients' natural immunity, is at the same time slowing the virus' ability to cause AIDS, according to new research Funded by the Wellcome Trust.
HIV evolving 'into milder form' (BBC Online)
1 December 2014
From the Minds of Babes: New Frontiers in Paediatric Pain
13 November 2014
Medical professionals used to believe that babies simply don’t feel pain. Building on critical work started in Oxford in the 1980s that proved them wrong, Dr Rebeccah Slater is developing new ways to see inside the minds of newborns.