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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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What's new

Children’s pain ‘swept under the carpet for too long’ – Lancet Commission

The launch of Lancet Child and Adolescent Health Commission - the first ever to address paediatric pain - aims to raise the profile of children’s pain from early years to early adulthood.

A CGI model of the Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine

Paul Riley appointed Director of Oxford’s Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine

Professor Paul Riley will lead the scientific vision of the first institute of its kind in the world to physically merge the disciplines of developmental biology and regenerative medicine in a common goal to treat some of the world’s most prolific diseases.

Vaccination

Coronavirus: the road to vaccine roll-out is always bumpy, as 20th-century pandemics show

Public trust is key to a successful immunisation programme, writes Samantha Vanderslott in a piece for The Conversation.

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Enriching Engagement (Round 2) awardees announced

The awardees for the second round of the University of Oxford’s Enriching Engagement funding scheme have now been announced, including a project from Paediatrics.

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Upcoming events

Online Introduction to Immunisation Training - 3 November 2020

Tuesday, 03 November 2020, 9.30am to 2.30pm

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.

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.

#StartedinOxford

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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