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A preprint of ongoing work to assess effectiveness of Oxford’s ChAdOx1 coronavirus vaccine shows that the existing vaccine has similar efficacy against the B.1.1.7 ‘Kent’ coronavirus strain currently circulating in the UK to previously circulating variants.
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Innovation award for Paediatrics researcher to develop new treatments for childhood cancer
Awards & Appointments Haematology
18 March 2021
Associate Professor Andi Roy leads one of the five research teams across the UK that have been awarded the 2021 Cancer Research UK-Children with Cancer UK Innovation Award. The awards, which provide a total of £4.3 million in scientific funding, will allow leading researchers in the field to delve into the biology of children’s and young people’s cancers, with the hope of finding new ways to prevent and treat these complex cancers.
Professor Matthew Snape named NIHR Senior Investigator
Awards & Appointments Vaccinology
4 March 2021
Four academics supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre have been awarded a prestigious national award, among them Matthew Snape from the Oxford Vaccine Group.
University spinout PepGen awarded major financing to target Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Awards & Appointments Neuromuscular Diseases
9 December 2020
PepGen, a therapeutics company targeting severe neuromuscular diseases, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), has closed a $45 million Series A funding round led by RA Capital Management with participation from Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI), the company’s original seed investor.
Enriching Engagement (Round 2) awardees announced
Awards & Appointments Neuromuscular Diseases Public Engagement
25 August 2020
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.
Typhoid vaccine project wins Vice-Chancellor award
Awards & Appointments Vaccinology
27 July 2020
Congratulations to Professor Andrew Pollard who is the Winner of the Policy Engagement category in the Vice-Chancellor Innovation Awards 2020 for his work on Global policy on typhoid vaccines through research at Oxford!
Paediatrics project receives funding to assess novel coronavirus infection rates in children and teenagers across the UK
Awards & Appointments COVID-19 Vaccinology
20 April 2020
A multi-site project, called ‘What’s the STORY?’ has received funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to assess novel coronavirus infection rates in children and teenagers across the UK. Given the importance of this study to the national Covid-19 response it has been deemed a priority study for the National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR) Urgent Public Health Response.
Funding for new COVID-19 studies awarded to OVG's project on infectious disease immunity in children
Awards & Appointments COVID-19 Research Vaccinology
17 April 2020
Five projects from across Oxford University's Medical Sciences Division, including a project led by Professor Matthew Snape from the Oxford Vaccine Group, are among twenty-one new studies into the novel coronavirus which have been funded by the UK government.
A new research centre tackles neuromuscular diseases
Awards & Appointments Children's Health
19 November 2019
The launch of the MDUK Oxford Neuromuscular Centre marks an exciting new stage in the partnership between Muscular Dystrophy UK and the University of Oxford, with the goal of delivering new experimental medicines and developing enhanced clinical trial capacity in adult and paediatric neuromuscular diseases.
Professor Pollard among the world's most distinguished paediatricians
Awards & Appointments Vaccinology
9 October 2019
Congratulations to Professor Andrew Pollard, named as one of three 2019 Rosén von Rosenstein laureates.
Fellowship success for Paediatrics researcher
Awards & Appointments
27 August 2019
Many congratulations to Prof Andi Roy who was awarded a fellowship to further develop her independent research.
Professor Irene Roberts recognised for mentorship role
Awards & Appointments Haematology
19 June 2019
Many congratulations to Prof Irene Roberts, recipient of the European Hematology Association (EHA) Education & Mentoring Award 2019.
A prize-winning poster on personalised medicine
Awards & Appointments
8 April 2019
Dr Dominik Aschenbrenner from the Mucosal Immunology Group was awarded the first prize at the Falk Foundation Symposium for his poster titled “IBD: From Pathophysiology to Personalized Medicine”.
Prestigious fellowship awarded to Paediatrics scholar
Awards & Appointments Neuroimaging Research
28 November 2018
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
Awards & Appointments Neuroimaging Research
9 November 2018
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
Awards & Appointments Neuroimaging
15 August 2018
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.
Mildred Iro wins best paediatrics paper of 2017!
Awards & Appointments Research Vaccinology
28 February 2018
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.
Marta Valente Pinto receives Public Engagement Award from the University
Awards & Appointments Department General Vaccinology
16 January 2017
An international consortium, which includes the Department's Oxford Vaccine Group Receives $36.9 Million Grant to Fight Typhoid
Awards & Appointments Research Vaccinology
11 November 2016
Typhoid fever, a bacterial infection that causes high fever, headache and other symptoms, remains a serious health problem in the developing world. It kills almost a quarter of a million people annually, and infects about 21 million.
Neonatologist Dominic Wilkinson has been made Professor
Awards & Appointments Neonatology University
18 July 2016
The title of full Professor has been conferred upon Dominic Wilkinson
Dr Matthew Snape wins prize for engaging the public
Awards & Appointments General Public Engagement
1 July 2016
The 12 winners of the inaugural University of Oxford's Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Public Engagement with Research were announced on Friday 1 July by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Louise Richardson, in a ceremony at Merton College.