Oxford Cancer announces 2025 CRIS Cancer Clinical Career Fellows
13 October 2025
Oxford Cancer, together with the CRIS Cancer Foundation, is delighted to announce the appointment of the 2025 CRIS Cancer Postdoctoral Clinical Fellows: Dr Rebecca Ling and Dr Casmir Turnquist
Masud Husain wins 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Book Prize
9 October 2025
The prize was awarded for 'Our Brains, Our Selves: What a Neurologist's Patients Taught Him About the Brain'
NeuroMetrology Lab advance Parkinson’s Disease research with the Opal® Wearable Sensor System
6 October 2025
A partnership with Clario focuses on advancing the use of wearable sensors to enable more precise measurement of motor symptoms and disease progression in Parkinson's.
'A community within a community' - reflections of CNS co-chairs
2 September 2025
Postdoctoral researchers Danielle Hewitt and Maddalena Comini reflect on their time as Clinical Neurosciences Society (CNS) Co-Chairs.
Exceptional Oxford researchers awarded first Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowships
28 August 2025
Three pioneering Oxford researchers, including Professor Timothy Behrens from NDCN, are among the first recipients of the Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowships, prestigious long-term awards to support exceptional mid-career research leaders in the UK. Only seven academics were selected in total from more than 600 initial applications.
Chronic pain research breakthrough identifies promising drug target
21 August 2025
A new paper published in Nature shows how, in a collaborative project across diverse medical disciplines, Oxford researchers from NDCN and the Department of Biochemistry have identified a new genetic link to pain.
Prehistoric teeth used to create historic map of infectious diseases
29 July 2025
A research project led jointly by researchers from NDCN, the University of Copenhagen and University of Cambridge shows that large-scale mapping of prehistoric teeth and bones provides new knowledge of present-day infectious diseases. This may, among other things, have an impact on the development of vaccines.
Sixty Seconds with DPhil student, Claire Bergstrom Johnson
17 July 2025
Claire Bergstrom Johnson, a DPhil Clarendon Scholar at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, has been awarded the highly prestigious 2025 Benson Research Fellowship by the GBS|CIDP Foundation International - one of the most competitive fellowships for early-career researchers in peripheral nerve research. We spoke with Claire about the personal journey that inspired her to pursue this field, and how the three-year, $450,000 fellowship will support her ongoing work and future discoveries.
Alan Davidson Foundation renews funding for ground-breaking motor neuron disease research at Oxford
20 June 2025
As part of its renewed commitment, the Alan Davidson Foundation will continue to fund a full-time project manager to facilitate the ongoing coordination and growth of the ACORN study. The foundation is also contributing to the cost of a research fellow to support the next phase of the project.
First author publication for final year medical student on Parkinson’s Disease review
13 June 2025
Patrick Oliver, a final year medical student at Oxford, has worked with Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre to get a first author publication on a new review of the gut brain axis in Parkinson’s disease.
Study highlights effectiveness of neuromodulatory therapy on severe epileptic focal seizures
6 June 2025
A long-term clinical study has confirmed the effectiveness of a neuromodulatory treatment for severe focal seizures in both children and adults with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) and demonstrated the therapy’s lasting impact.
Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Teaching, Research Culture and Engagement for NDCN teams
23 May 2025
The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards, which recognise achievements and celebrate success across the collegiate University, were announced at a special ceremony hosted by the VC in the Sheldonian Theatre on 15 May 2025.
New paper explores how the immune system fails in CASPR2-antibody encephalitis
22 May 2025
The findings shed new light on how the body’s own defenses can mistakenly turn against the brain - and potentially opens the door to more targeted treatments.
New Associate Professors
22 May 2025
Three new Associate Professor were awarded the title in the most recent Recognition of Distinction round.
First participant recruited to pioneering UK trial in global effort to tackle early causes of Parkinson’s
8 May 2025
A pioneering clinical trial for people with a sleep disorder who are at higher risk of developing Parkinson’s has recruited its first UK participant from the Discovery Cohort study at the Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre (OPDC)
MRC iCASE Award for Oxford-Elasmogen research partnership
2 April 2025
Many congratulations to Zoe Williams.
In Conversation: Professor Kevin Talbot and Professor Arjune Sen
26 March 2025
Arjune Sen is Professor of Global Epilepsy at the University of Oxford and Founding Director of the Centre for Global Epilepsy. At the NCDN Newsround on 20 March, Professor Kevin Talbot interviewed Professor Sen about his career so far, the challenges of working in global health and his next steps in epilepsy research.
Dr Bjorn Vahsen wins Junior Research Prize
21 March 2025
The prize is awarded by the German Society of Muscular Diseases.