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Motor Neuron Researchers do the Ice Bucket Challenge
4 September 2014
Researchers in our Department working on Motor Neuron Disease (MND) do the Ice Bucket Challenge, which has taken the internet by storm this week and so far raised £6 million.
Smart Glasses Win Google Impact Challenge
1 August 2014
A project in our Department is a winner of the 2014 Google Impact Challenge, and will receive £500,000.
Tom Okell wins Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship
28 July 2014
The Royal Academy of Engineering has awarded seven fellowships to engineering researchers whose projects have the potential to bring radical innovation to their fields. Dr Tom Okell is the recipient of one of the fellowships. He will benefit from financial support and mentoring for five years for his research into novel imaging techniques to visualise blood flow in the brain.
Department’s Researchers ‘Highly Cited’
27 June 2014
Several researchers in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences appear in the 2014 ‘Highly-Cited Researchers’ list published by Thompson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.
Smart glasses for people with poor vision being tested in Oxford
17 June 2014
Smart glasses for the registered blind, developed in our Department, are being trialled in public spaces for the first time.
MRI brain scans detect people with early Parkinson’s
11 June 2014
Oxford University researchers funded by Parkinson’s UK have developed a simple and quick MRI technique that offers promise for early diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease.
Martin Turner writes blog on diagnosing MND earlier
11 June 2014
The Motor Neuron Disease Association has published a blog post from Martin Turner about 'BioMOx', the Oxford Study for Biomarkers in MND.
Great British Sleep Survey Launched
11 June 2014
The survey, developed by researchers at the University of Oxford and digital sleep improvement programme, Sleepio, is the largest of its kind and will provide a snapshot of the nation’s sleep health.
Oxford Biomedical Research Centre Open Day Attracts 600
6 June 2014
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre is a £100M collaboration between Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Oxford to accelerate healthcare innovation. Renewed in 2013, with a 50% increase in funding, the BRC features major neuroscience research themes including cerebrovascular disease and dementia led by Peter Rothwell, and functional neuroscience and imaging led by Peter Brown.
'Arrogance' of ignoring need for sleep
13 May 2014
Society has become 'supremely arrogant' in ignoring the importance of sleep, Professor Russell Foster has told the BBC's Day of the Body Clock.
Russell Foster on sleep science at the 2014 Wired Health Event
7 May 2014
'Sleep disruption is so much more than the inconvenience of being able to sleep at the desired time - it is a global health disruption', said Russell Foster, Professor of Circadian Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, speaking at Wired Health in London on 6 May.
Stephen Hicks Wins Prize for Smart Glasses
7 April 2014
Stephen Hicks, Research Fellow in Neuroscience and Visual Prosthetics, has won the 2014 SET for BRITAIN Gold Award and Engineering Medal
Three of our students in boat race triumph
7 April 2014
Three students studying for DPhils in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences have contributed to Oxford's wins in the women's and men's boat races.
First UK study of ketamine for people with severe depression
3 April 2014
Andrew Farmery of the Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics has co-authored a paper on the first UK study of the use of ketamine intravenous infusions in people with treatment-resistant depression.
Sleep researchers contribute to lighting innovation
19 March 2014
The Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences is playing a major role in a new research project looking at how to develop solid-state lighting technology (SSL).
Litchfield/Thomas Willis Lecture Podcast Available
17 March 2014
The department was proud to host Professor Dennis J. Selkoe from Harvard Medical School as part of our Litchfield/Thomas Willis lecture and annual postgraduates' meeting.
Tipu Aziz awarded lectureship at Baylor College of Medicine
27 February 2014
Tipu Aziz, Professor of Neurosurgery in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, has been awarded the 6th Phillip Gildenberg lectureship in Functional Neurosurgery.
Neurosurgeon awarded Hunterian Professorship
21 February 2014
Mr Erlick Pereira, who works with the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience's Alex Green and Tipu Aziz, has been awarded a prestigious Hunterian Professorship by the Royal College of Surgeons of England for 2014 and 2015.
Landmark in stroke treatement
20 January 2014
Staff at the Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics have helped the Acute Vascular Imaging Centre to reach a major landmark that could boost care for stroke patients.
Promising first results in gene therapy trial for inherited blindness
16 January 2014
The first clinical trial of a gene therapy for an inherited cause of progressive blindness called choroideremia has shown very promising initial results, surpassing the expectations of the researchers involved.