Bliss to fund the study of pain relief in newborns
9 November 2018
Awards & Appointments Neuroimaging Research
The Paediatric Neuroimaging research team from the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Oxford will receive a £145,987 grant from Bliss, over three years, to fund a project which seeks to improve the measurement and treatment of pain in premature babies.
"Did you know...?"
9 November 2018
From the Town Hall, through pubs, up to shopping centres – throughout October, teams from Paediatrics have been showcasing their work all over Oxford as part of the Ideas Festival.
Department of Paediatrics receives Athena SWAN Silver Award
28 October 2018
The Department of Paediatrics has been granted the Athena SWAN Silver Award in recognition for its contribution to advancement of equality and excellence in employment.
Halting the spread of salmonella
12 October 2018
There are between 11 and 27 million estimated cases of enteric fever worldwide every year, and 75,000–220,000 deaths. Could vaccination stop the spread of these diesases in the environment?
Paediatrics DPhil student awarded the Inez Oliver Prize
15 August 2018
Awards & Appointments Neuroimaging
Deniz Gursul won the Inez Oliver Prize for an outstanding essay on how brain imaging is used for measuring pain in babies, and how it can assist in developing pain relief measures.
Vaccinations and the fight against poverty
31 July 2018
What does it mean to be poor in the UK and around the world? Could we eliminate this kind of inequality or is it an unavoidable part of society? This needs a lot more thought...
Pregnant women invited to take part in pioneering diabetes prevention research
16 July 2018
Clinical Trials Parents & Carers Recruitment Research
Dr Matthew Snape leads a study investigating if giving small amounts of oral insulin to babies can prevent type 1 diabetes, thus allowing mothers to protect their children from injecting insulin.
NHS features the Meningitis B vaccine in its "70 years, 70 discoveries" campaign
10 July 2018
The National Health Service named Oxford Vaccine Group’s Meningitis B vaccination programme one of the 70 most transformative discoveries over the past 70 years.
OxTalent recognition for the Paediatric Neuroimaging team!
2 July 2018
A short video, "How do babies feel pain?", created by Dr Fiona Moultrie, Charlotte Moultrie and Prof. Rebeccah Slater, has received recognition in the 2018 OxTalent award ceremony.
New guidelines to monitor blood cancer in Down syndrome babies
19 June 2018
The recommendations result from research by Prof Irene Roberts (Department of Paediatrics) and Prof Paresh Vyas (Radcliffe Department of Medicine), published in the British Journal of Haematology.
Cheltenham Science Festival: Let’s talk about infant pain!
6 June 2018
Neuroimaging Public Engagement
A team from the Paediatric Neuroimaging group present their research on pain in babies at this year's Cheltenham Science Festival.
International Clinical Trials Day at the Children's Hospital
25 May 2018
Clinical Trials Public Engagement Vaccinology
Why do we celebrate the International Clinical Trials Day?
How do vaccines work?
23 May 2018
To understand how vaccines work, it helps to look first at how the immune system works, because vaccines harness the natural activity of your immune system. This short animation explains how vaccines enable the body to make the right sort of antibodies to fight a particular disease.
Rebeccah Slater at the Pint of Science festival
22 May 2018
Neuroimaging Public Engagement
At this year's event, Professor Rebeccah Slater introduced the audience to researching pain experienced in newborn babies, and the cutting edge methods she is using to understand it.
Launching a typhoid vaccine study in Nepal
18 April 2018
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.
Oxford Vaccine Group leads meningitis vaccine trial for teenagers
28 March 2018
Clinical Trials Recruitment Research Vaccinology
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).
Medical Sciences heads to the Big Bang Fair
19 March 2018
Researchers from NDORMS, the Department of Oncology and Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics attend the Big Bang Fair 2018 to inspire the next generation of scientists.
Mildred Iro wins best paediatrics paper of 2017!
28 February 2018
Awards & Appointments Research Vaccinology
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.