Research shows comforting babies eases parental stress in painful procedures
8 March 2024
Neuroimaging Parents & Carers Research
The Neuroimaging Group, at the Department of Paediatrics, in collaboration with Bliss, the charity for babies born premature or sick, has launched a new suite of information resources for parents of neo-nates, designed to make them feel more confident about being involved in the care of their babies.
New animation series to support parents of premature infants
27 February 2024
Children's Health Department Neuroimaging Parents & Carers Public Engagement Research
Professor Caroline Hartley, Principal Investigator, and Dr Marianne van der Vaart Postdoctoral Researcher, in the Paediatric Neuroimaging Group at the Department of Paediatrics, have today launched a series of animations aimed at improving parental understanding of brain development in premature infants, and the effect it has on breathing and apnoeas (the cessation of breathing).
Professor Rebeccah Slater presented with Excellent Supervisor Award
8 November 2023
Awards & Appointments Neuroimaging Teaching
Rebeccah Slater, Professor of Paediatric Neuroscience, Senior Wellcome Fellow and Chair of the Department of Paediatrics’ Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Committee, has been presented with the Excellent Supervisor Award by the Head of the Medical Sciences Division (MSD).
IET award for Paediatrics student
16 June 2023
Awards & Appointments Children's Health Neuroimaging
Simon Marchant, a DPhil student at the Paediatric Neuroimaging Group [https://neuroimaging.paediatrics.ox.ac.uk/], has been awarded the Postgraduate Research Award by the Institute of Engineering and Technology. The award, worth £2,500, was given in recognition of his outstanding engineering research in the field of paediatric neuroimaging.
Why it's so hard to treat pain in infants
12 November 2021
Children's Health Neuroimaging Research
For decades physicians believed that premature babies didn’t experience pain. Here’s what doctors know now – and the innovative solutions being embraced by today's caregivers.
Children’s pain ‘swept under the carpet for too long’ – Lancet Commission
22 October 2020
Neuroimaging Publication Research
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.
Visualising COVID-19 outbreak
2 April 2020
COVID-19 Neuroimaging Research Research Methods
Paediatric Neuroimaging researcher provides real-time case information on epidemiological data from the COVID-19 outbreak.
Sharing the benefits
20 March 2020
Athena Swan Neuroimaging Parents & Carers University
At the beginning of the year our family leave policies were updated. Employees can now take up most of our family leave schemes from the first day of employment, meaning that more parents can now enjoy the benefits of our generous provisions. Hayriye Cagnan from the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and husband Eugene Duff from the Department of Paediatrics, discuss their experience of shared parental leave following baby Ida’s arrival ten months ago.
New design of ‘bike helmet’ style brain scanner used with children for first time
7 November 2019
Neuroimaging Publication Research Methods
A new wearable ‘bike helmet’ style brain scanner, that allows natural movement during scanning, has been used in a study with young children for the first time. This marks an important step towards improving our understanding of brain development in childhood.
Blueprint Magazine features paediatric research
13 February 2019
Children's Health Clinical Trials Neuroimaging Publication
In the latest issue of the Blueprint, Shaunna Latchman meets Professor of Paediatric Neuroimaging, Rebeccah Slater to discuss the Paediatric Neuroimaging Group and find out why a gentle touch really does goes a long way.
The power of touch
18 December 2018
Neuroimaging Publication Research
Work published in Current Biology shows that lightly brushing in an infant can reduce pain-related brain activity evoked by a clinically necessary medical procedure.
Is morphine an effective and safe analgesic for premature babies?
7 December 2018
Clinical Trials Neuroimaging Research
The Lancet has published the results of the Procedural Pain in Premature Infants (Poppi) study, ran by the Paediatric Neuroimaging Group and co-ordinated by the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (Clinical Trials Unit).
Prestigious fellowship awarded to Paediatrics scholar
28 November 2018
Awards & Appointments Neuroimaging Research
Dr Caroline Hartley, a Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Paediatric Neuroimaging Group, has been awarded the highly competitive Sir Henry Dale Fellowship.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Babies' painkiller problem
18 August 2016
Neonatology Neuroimaging Publication Research
It is difficult to test whether painkillers work for very young children and we often don't know the best dose to give. But if Professor Rebeccah Slater and her research team at Oxford are successful we may find alternative ways to measure pain in babies and may eventually be able to offer babies some better options to soothe their pain.
Soapbox Science
15 June 2016
Neuroimaging Public Engagement Research
Caroline Hartley takes part in Soapbox Science this Saturday between 2-5pm on Cornmarket Street