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.
This year, thanks to a truly coordinated effort from teams across the department, NDCN has proudly received multiple Bronze, Silver and Gold LEAF awards.
Helen Higham is Director of OxSTaR (Oxford Simulation, Teaching and Research). She was awarded the prestigious Frederic Hewitt Lectureship by the Royal College of Anaesthetists in May 2025 in recognition of her sustained and innovative contributions to human factors, patient safety and simulation-based education.
An ultrasound device that can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery has been developed by researchers from NDCN and UCL, opening up new possibilities for neurological research and treatment of disorders such as Parkinson\u2019s disease.
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.
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.
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.
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.\r\n\r\nWe 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.
A new Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) aims to develop brain stimulation devices to treat conditions such as Parkinson\u2019s, dementia, stroke and childhood epilepsy.
Congratulations to the NDCN Green Impact team who have relaunched this year, earning a bronze award for their work to improve sustainability within the department.
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.
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