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Research

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, neuromuscular diseases and vaccinology.

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Teaching

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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Human challenge trial launches to study immune response to COVID-19

Though the COVID-19 pandemic has now been active for a year, not much is known about what happens when people who have already had COVID-19 are infected for a second time.

Syringe and vaccine vial

Alternating vaccines trial expands to include two additional vaccines

Researchers running the Com-Cov study, launched in February to investigate alternating doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and the Pfizer vaccine, have today announced that the programme will be extended to include the Moderna and Novavax vaccines in a new study.

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UK and EU regulators conclude benefits of vaccination continue to outweigh the risks

Medical regulators in the UK and Europe have announced their conclusions from their reviews of very rare cases of unusual blood clots in people who have received the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine.

Oxford University researchers release cheap, quick COVID-19 antibody test

The new easy-to-produce test detects coronavirus spike-protein binding antibodies in people who have tested positive for COVID-19.

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Online Introduction to Immunisation Training - 16 June 2021

Wednesday, 16 June 2021, 9.15am to 3pm

This training is for general practice nurses and other health professionals who are new to the role of administering and promoting and / or advising about vaccines.

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IIC 2021 - The Virtual Edition. Hot Topics In Infection And Immunity In Children

Friday, 02 July 2021

IIC - The ESPID-Oxford Course is a residential training course covering topics in paediatric infection for paediatric infectious diseases trainees and trainers, and for all those who manage children with infections. This will be the 18th edition of the course. After having to cancel last year's IIC, the Organising Committee have decided to hold IIC 2021 as a one-day, intensive virtual event.

How does herd immunity work?

‘Herd immunity’ or 'herd protection' gives protection to vulnerable people such as newborn babies, elderly people and those who are too sick to be vaccinated.

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The Paediatric Neuroimaging group are measuring brain activity when babies experience pain #StartedinOxford.

How do babies feel pain?

How do vaccines work?

This short animation explains how vaccines enable the body to make the right sort of antibodies to fight a particular disease.

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Oxford-Harrington Rare Diseases Centre

ORDI helps to facilitate relationships between Oxford’s researchers, clinicians, and the wider rare disease community.

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Vaccine Knowledge Project

The Vaccine Knowledge Project provides independent. authoritative and accessible scientific information about vaccination.

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MDUK Oxford Neuromuscular Centre

We drive the development of novel experimental therapies and increase national clinical trial capacity in neuromuscular diseases.

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Paediatric Neuroimaging

The Paediatric Neuroimaging Group aims to improve understanding of human brain development, with a particular focus on improving the treatment of infant pain.

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