Oxford Vaccine Group leads meningitis vaccine trial for teenagers
Researchers are working with schools around the county to find 24,000 volunteers aged 16 to 18 years to take part in the Be on the TEAM (Teenagers Against Meningitis) trial, led by the Oxford Vaccine Group at the Oxford University's Paediatrics Department with funding and support from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
Read moreLaunching a typhoid vaccine study in Nepal
On November 20, 2017, the Typhoid Vaccine Acceleration Consortium (TyVAC) vaccinated the first of 20,000 children against typhoid, successfully launching a study to assess the impact of typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCVs) in preventing typhoid among children in Nepal.
Read moreMildred Iro wins best paediatrics paper of 2017!
Mildred Iro, a Paediatric Research Fellow working with the Oxford Vaccine Group, won the Lorber Prize for the best paediatric publication of 2017 for her work on childhood encephalitis admissions.
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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Anti-vaxxer effect on vaccination rates is exaggerated
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Crohn's Disease in Niemann-Pick Disease Type C1: Caught in the Cross-Fire of Host-Microbial Interactions.
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Cavounidis A. and Uhlig HH., (2018), Dig Dis Sci, 63, 811 - 813
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A phase III, open-label, randomised multicentre study to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of a booster dose of two different reduced antigen diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-polio vaccines, when co-administered with measles-mumps-rubella vaccine in 3 and 4-year-old healthy children in the UK.
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Marlow R. et al, (2018), Vaccine
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Artificial limb representation in amputees.
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van den Heiligenberg FMZ. et al, (2018), Brain
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Risk of nontyphoidal Salmonella bacteraemia in African children is modified by STAT4.
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Gilchrist JJ. et al, (2018), Nature communications, 9, 1014 - 1014
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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
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