Medical professionals used to believe that babies simply don\u2019t feel pain. Building on critical work started in Oxford in the 1980s that proved them wrong, Dr Rebeccah Slater is developing new ways to see inside the minds of newborns.
A new hepatitis C vaccine has shown promising results in an early clinical trial at Oxford University, generating strong and broad immune responses against the virus causing the disease.
\u00a318.5m will be invested in training the next generation of bioscience leaders at Oxford University to tackle global challenges such as food security and animal health.
For the fourth year running, Oxford Medical Sciences has been ranked #1 in the world in clinical, pre-clinical and health related subjects in The 2014-2015 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
The first OSOP event of the new term is unmissable for anyone interested in a career in paediatrics! Consultant Dr Alison Shefler and trainee Dr Peter Sidgwick will be sharing their varied experiences in this exciting speciality, and will be giving advice on how to build your career from medical school onwards!
Ruth Mitchell, a fourth year medical student at Merton College, discusses UK vaccine policy in the current edition of the Oxford Medical School Gazette
The HIV Research Group, led by Professor Philip Goulder of the Department of Paediatrics, have been awarded a multi-million pound, five year Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator award to further their work into HIV disease limitation.
The Oxford Vaccine Group, part of the University of Oxford Department of Paediatrics, have been successful in gaining funding from the European Vaccine Initiative and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for new research into Salmonella Paratyphii.
Oxford Vaccine Group director and Professor of Paediatric Infection at the Department of Paediatrics, Professor Andrew Pollard, discusses the work of the Oxford Vaccine Group
On March 21st 2014 the MenB vaccine was recommended for introduction into the UK schedule. In this short film, experts and a mother whose child was disabled by MenB infection talk about the new vaccine.
Professor Irene Roberts, Professor of Paediatric Haematology at the University of Oxford Department of Paediatrics, has been appointed as Theme Lead for Non-Malignant Haematological Disorders for the National Institute of Health Research Rare Diseases Translational Research Collaboration.
The Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine (CCVTM) marked its 10th Anniversary on Friday the 13th of September, with the unveiling of a plaque honouring Professor Richard Moxon, the founder of the Centre.
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