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Soapbox Science
15 June 2016
Caroline Hartley takes part in Soapbox Science this Saturday between 2-5pm on Cornmarket Street
Graduate Scholarship in Paediatrics
13 June 2016
Scholarship jointly offered by St Cross College and the Department of Paediatrics
We need more nurses!
12 May 2016
Our vaccine group (OVG) is looking to recruit nurses who are interested in working with researchers to help develop new vaccines.
Herd Immunity: How does it work?
26 April 2016
Dr Manish Sadarangani explains how herd immunity works and why vaccinating children is important.
It’s World Immunisation Week!
25 April 2016
During World Immunization Week 2016, held 24-30 April, WHO highlights recent gains in immunization coverage, and outlines further steps countries can take to “Close the Immunization Gap” and meet global vaccination targets by 2020.
Would you like to help develop new typhoid vaccines?
11 April 2016
You are invited to take part in a study to investigate how different vaccines prevent infection with Salmonella Typhi.
Future of Oxford Chair in Developmental Medicine secured with £3.3million gift
4 April 2016
A generous gift of £3.3million from the entrepreneur, private investor and philanthropist Mr André Hoffmann has secured the future of an Oxford Chair in Developmental Medicine.
Would you like your child to be vaccinated against chickenpox?
23 March 2016
The Oxford Vaccine Group is running a study to check whether a new vaccine helps to prevent chickenpox.
Measles and the MMR Vaccine
1 March 2016
Measles is a highly infectious viral disease which can lead to serious complications. In high income regions of the world such as Western Europe, it causes death in at least 1 in 5000 cases, but as many as 1 in 100 will die in the poorest regions of the world.
What is meningitis B – and why don’t older children get the vaccine?
24 February 2016
A petition calling for the meningitis B vaccine to be given to all children, at least up to age 11 years, has gained a record number of signatoriesfollowing the high profile case of a two-year-old child who died from the infection and whose parents believed they should have received the vaccine. So what is meningitis B and why is the vaccine for it only given to babies under the age of one?
Dr Matthew Snape on 'Pikin to Pikin Tok'
22 February 2016
Dr Matthew Snape is a guest on Sierra Leone's radio programme Pikin to Pikin Tok.
Andrew Pollard has been awarded a Principal Fellowship by the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
20 January 2016
The NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Unit in Musculoskeletal Disease (BRU) have announced the successful applicants for its first Principal Fellow Competition. A total of £675,000 has been awarded to senior Oxford researchers to support research that will have a direct benefit on NHS care.
Why Mark Zuckerberg was right to vaccinate his daughter
20 January 2016
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg recently posted a photo on the social networking site of his two-month-old daughter in the doctor’s surgery waiting to be vaccinated. It provoked a storm on social media, with millions of people commenting on the pros and cons of vaccination. So was Zuckerberg right to have his child vaccinated?
New Vice-Chancellor pledges ‘innovative, creative’ future for Oxford
4 January 2016
Professor Louise Richardson has spoken of her vision for Oxford's future as she becomes Vice-Chancellor of the University. She expressed the aim of keeping Oxford in the forefront of international education with 'ever more creativity, ever more innovation, ever more flexibility'.
Children with cancer given hope of having a family in the future
17 December 2015
More children in England and Wales, who are at high risk of being infertile after cancer treatment, will be given the chance of a family later in life thanks to a major donation to Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Nepal research has lessons for global vaccination efforts
3 December 2015
Oxford University researchers are making important progress evaluating the impact of an important new programme to save the lives of children in Nepal, which is being discussed in Geneva this week.
Nepal Earthquake - Experiences from our colleagues
25 November 2015
Shrijana Shrestha, Imran Ansari, Bibek Khadka & Sanjeev Bijukchhe talk about their experiences of the earthquakes that took place in Nepal this year. Sarah Kelly has added images to the soundtrack and originally presented it at the Oxford Vaccine Group away day. However, we wanted to share the moving stories here too for all to listen to.
Dr Manish Sadaranganis wins Communications Prize at the Academy of Medical Sciences
24 November 2015
Dr Sadarangani gave a talk on the body's immune response to novel vaccines at the Winter Science Meeting 2015 at the Academy of Medical Sciences this month. His efforts to make the talk accessible and engage with a lay audience won him the Communications Prize.