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New research to investigate if neuroscience can improve teaching and learning in schools
9 October 2014
Can physical fitness improve academic achievement? Would teenagers do better in their exams if they could sleep in and start school later? These questions will be part of a multi-million pound research project, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), to investigate a variety of ways neuroscience might improve teaching and learning in the UK.
Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain opens its doors
Integrative Neuroimaging
16 September 2014
On Friday 12 September, the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB) invited members of the public to visit the control room of its Ultra High Field MRI scanner.
Sleep deprivation may shrink the brain
Integrative Neuroimaging
5 September 2014
Sleep difficulties may be linked to a more rapid decline in brain volume according to a new study published in Neurology.
Motor Neuron Researchers do the Ice Bucket Challenge
Clinical Neurology
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
Award
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
Award Research
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’
Award Research
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
Clinical Neurology Research
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
Clinical Neurology Research
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
Clinical Neurology Research
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
Ophthalmology
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
Event Stroke & Dementia
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
Ophthalmology Research
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
Ophthalmology Research
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
Award Clinical Neurology
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
Anaesthetics Research
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
Event Ophthalmology
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
Event
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
Award Clinical Neurology
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.