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« Back to NewsDr. Nicky Whiffin awarded Balfour Lecture 2025
22 November 2024
Awards & Appointments Children's Health Department Research
Nicky Whiffin, Associate Professor and Sir Henry Dale Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute and Centre for Human Genetics, has been awarded the 2025 Balfour Lecture by the Genetics Society.
New discovery renews hope for thousands with neurodevelopment disorders
12 July 2024
Children's Health Publication Research
A global collaboration led by scientists at the University of Oxford has discovered that genetic variants in a specific gene cause a rare neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD). NDD is a collective term for severe impairments in how the brain functions that impact learning, behaviour, speech, and movement. Most NDDs are thought to be genetic and caused by changes to DNA, however, to date, around 60% of individuals with these conditions do not know the specific DNA change that causes their disorder.
New trial launches for two-in-one vaccine to prevent RSV and hMPV
12 July 2024
Children's Health Clinical Trials Research Vaccinology
Scientists at the University of Oxford have launched a phase 1 study to test two investigational mRNA vaccines: one for both respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) and a second for RSV alone in infants aged five to eight months old. The vaccines are being developed by Moderna.
Research shows early life immunity increases HIV cure/remission in male infants
10 June 2024
Children's Health HIV Publication Research University
New research published by scientists at the University of Oxford, the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the Africa Health Research Institute in South Africa, and the Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT and Harvard, USA, shows that male infants are more likely to achieve HIV cure/remission than females.
GOSH Charity co-funds two data-driven projects to advance research into childhood cancers
29 May 2024
Awards & Appointments Children's Health Research
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Charity has joined forces with Cancer Research UK (CRUK) to co-fund two projects that will use data science to advance research into childhood cancers.
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).
Chancellor announces support for Rare Therapies Launch Pad
27 November 2023
Children's Health Department Public Engagement
The Chancellor's Autumn statement announced government support for the Rare Therapies Launch Pad, a new programme within the Department of Paediatrics designed to develop regulatory pathways for children with rare conditions to access individualised therapies.
The Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre Launches Pioneering Therapeutics Accelerator to Advance Innovative Treatments for Rare Diseases
3 October 2023
Children's Health Public Engagement Research University
The University of Oxford and Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio announced the launch of the Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre Therapeutics Accelerator with an official signing event at the University of Oxford. The event was hosted by the Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre (OHC), a partnership established in 2019 between the University of Oxford and Harrington Discovery Institute. Attendance at the signing included leaders from OHC, the University of Oxford, the Harrington family, University Hospitals, and Oxford Science Enterprises.
New study to test babies for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
30 August 2023
Children's Health Clinical Trials Neuromuscular Diseases Research
Scientists at the University of Oxford are running a study at participating hospitals in the Thames Valley and Wessex regions, offering parents the ability to have their newborn baby’s blood tested for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), in addition to the nine other conditions that are already tested for.
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.
Irene Roberts delivers Ham-Wasserman Lecture
13 January 2023
Awards & Appointments Children's Health Haematology
Presented at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, the award and lectureship recognises individuals from outside the United States who have made significant contributions to Haematology.
Study raises hope of pre-school type 1 diabetes screening programme
6 September 2022
Researchers in Oxford have launched the first UK study in the general population to test for early markers of type 1 diabetes before children develop symptoms or need insulin.
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.
New atlas revealed of bone marrow haematopoiesis during development
5 October 2021
Children's Health Haematology Immunology Research
A new study published this week in Nature, provides the most detailed analysis so far of the prenatal development of blood and immune cells in the bone marrow.
Coronavirus: is it safe for children to return to school?
1 June 2020
COVID-19 Children's Health General Parents & Carers
Stéphane Paulus and Else Bijker explore the topic in their article for The Conversation.
A new research centre tackles neuromuscular diseases
19 November 2019
Awards & Appointments Children's Health
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.
Childhood ALL: Same same but different!
30 September 2019
For Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Prof. Andi Roy explains current challenges in the treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia and how research is trying to tackle them.
The global value of vaccination
27 June 2019
We recently worked with Mediaplanet on the 2019 Health Awareness: Value of Vaccines campaign. The campaign features exclusive content from key thought leaders and industry voices about the critical importance of full immunisation throughout life.
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.
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.
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Michelle Fernandes
Clinical Lecturer & MRC Clinical Research Training Fellow
