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New Public Engagement Ambassadors
10 March 2022
We're delighted to introduce our new cohort of public engagement ambassadors for 2022.
New funding awarded to study persistent pain in inflammatory arthritis
7 March 2022
The £3.9M Wellcome Collaborative Award will be used to identify the drivers of pain in people living with rheumatoid arthritis.
Brain regions related to smell show decline following mild COVID-19
7 March 2022
Researchers from the University of Oxford have used data from UK Biobank participants to look at changes to the brain on average 4.5 months after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Sir Roger Bannister Prize Winners 2022
7 March 2022
Congratulations to Alexander Hayes and Lily Watson for their success in this year's competition.
First-in-human implant of a “closed-loop” bioelectronic research system for investigating treatments for brain disorders
7 February 2022
Researchers at Oxford University have implanted a novel closed-loop research platform for investigating the role of the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) – a brainstem nucleus – in Parkinson’s-like Multiple Systems Atrophy (MSA).
Attention and memory deficits persist for months after recovery from mild COVID
19 January 2022
Researchers from Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Department of Experimental Psychology have shown that people who have had COVID but don’t complain of long COVID symptoms in daily life nevertheless can show degraded attention and memory for up to six to nine months.
New Academic Visitor from Nigeria
19 January 2022
Associate Professor of Radiology, Godwin Ogbole has arrived on a six-month visit to the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, as part of the Africa Oxford Initiative.
New spinout company: Human-Centric Drug Discovery
7 January 2022
Human-Centric Drug Discovery is a new Oxford University spinout company from Professor Zameel Cader's lab.
Funding received for research into Motor Neuron Disease
5 January 2022
A £210,000 donation from the Alan Davidson Foundation has been made to our Department to advance our world-leading research into Motor Neuron Disease. The funding will support a project manager to deliver an innovative research project using the genetic causes of MND to develop approaches to early diagnosis.
New Year's Honours for Professor Irene Tracey
4 January 2022
Professor Irene Tracey FMedSci, MAE, Professor of Anaesthetic Neuroscience and Warden of Merton College, has been appointed CBE for services to medical research.
Research finds drug may benefit some patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia
17 December 2021
A proof-of-concept trial involving Oxford researchers has identified a drug that may benefit some patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia.
Protein test could lead to earlier and better diagnosis of Parkinson’s
13 December 2021
Scientists have observed the clumping of alpha-synuclein in the cerebrospinal fluid taken from people with Parkinson's. The findings offer hope that a pioneering new clinical test could be developed to diagnose Parkinson's correctly in its early stages.
Nine new Professors
8 December 2021
Many congratulations to the following members of our Department who have been awarded the title of Professor in the recent Recognition of Distinction round.
Evaluating risk to people with epilepsy during the COVID-19 pandemic - study wins international prize
19 November 2021
In May 2020 our researchers initiated a global project to investigate how COVID-19 has affected people with epilepsy, their carers and health care workers.
Who are radiographers and what do they do?
8 November 2021
On the 8th November we celebrate World Radiography Day, but who are the people that work within radiography, and what do they do?
New European initiative to accelerate the discovery and validation of biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases
3 November 2021
Members of the European Platform for Neurodegenerative Diseases (EPND) will establish a collaborative platform for efficient sample and data sharing, linking existing European research infrastructures to accelerate the discovery of biomarkers, new diagnostics and treatments for the benefit of people with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Major research network to investigate body clock and stroke
27 October 2021
The University of Oxford is part of a new international research network to investigate the interactions between the biology of the body's internal clock and the disordered physiological processes associated with stroke.