The Vice-Chancellor\u2019s 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.
The findings shed new light on how the body\u2019s own defenses can mistakenly turn against the brain - and potentially opens the door to more targeted treatments.
A pioneering clinical trial for people with a sleep disorder who are at higher risk of developing Parkinson\u2019s has recruited its first UK participant from the Discovery Cohort study at the Oxford Parkinson\u2019s Disease Centre (OPDC)
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.
The Vice-Chancellor\u2019s Awards are a University-wide celebration of our outstanding people. Four projects involving members of NDCN are included in the shortlist.
Dr David A Menassa is one of the senior authors on a new paper in Nature Communications that reports on the use of DeepCellMap - an adaptable open-source deep learning tool which studies cellular interactions in human brain tissues in an automated way.
Dr Chang will use the three-year fellowship to advance his research on macrophage-\u2018sensory neuron\u2019 interactions in the context of human neuropathic pain.
International, national and local partners have been welcomed to the launch of the world\u2019s first centre dedicated to empowering global epilepsy research and care.
A recent study from a team at University of Oxford aimed to reveal the specific roles played by APOE and Klotho genes in brain health and function, and how this varies according to age and sex.
The latest study from the Neuromusculoskeletal Health and Science Lab, featured in PAIN, shows how neuroinflammation continues to play a role in chronic neuropathic pain.
A new study from the NeuroMetrology lab demonstrates how clinicians could make data-backed predictions of falls in people with Parkinson\u2019s Disease (PD) to help improve effective longer term care planning.
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