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Oxford TBI Research Group (OxTBI)

  • DCN
  • FMRIB
  • NDCN

OxTBI Group

Combining world-leading expertise to advance the understanding of traumatic brain injury.

The Oxford Traumatic Brain Injury (OxTBI) Research Group brings together clinicians and scientists across the University of Oxford to advance the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI).

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 See our advertised research projects here

Whether you are a researcher, clinician, student, or patient advocate, we invite you to join us. For more information about our research, collaborations, or opportunities to get involved, please contact us.

Ongoing RESEARCH

New Paper OUT

Selecting outcome measures to validate prognostic biomarkers of paediatric mild traumatic brain injury: challenges and priorities

Quote from Mr Tim Lawrence, Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon and Honorary Clinical Lecturer, NDCN: "Outcome assessments in paediatric mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) remain highly variable across studies, leading to difficulties in interpreting findings and understanding the true impact of injury on a child. In this paper, we explore these complexities and share our priorities for future research"© Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Our team (NDCN)

Selected publications

Selecting outcome measures to validate prognostic biomarkers of paediatric mild traumatic brain injury: challenges and priorities

Journal article

Attwood JE. et al, (2025), Frontiers in Neurology, 16

Traumatic Brain Injury and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Shared Neurovascular Hypothesis

Journal article

Cognacq G. et al, (2025), Neuroscience Insights, 20

Alzheimer's disease-related pathology decades after penetrating traumatic brain injury

Journal article

Attwood J. et al, (2023), Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 455, 121360 - 121360

A scoping review on the challenges, improvement programs, and relevant output metrics for neurotrauma services in major trauma centers

Journal article

Dasic D. et al, (2022), Surgical Neurology International, 13, 171 - 171

A Machine Learning Enhanced Mechanistic Simulation Framework for Functional Deficit Prediction in TBI

Journal article

Schroder A. et al, (2021), Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 9

MRS and DTI evidence of progressive posterior cingulate cortex and corpus callosum injury in the hyper-acute phase after Traumatic Brain Injury

Journal article

(2019), Brain Injury

Contribution of Fibrinogen to Inflammation and Neuronal Density in Human Traumatic Brain Injury

Journal article

Jenkins DR. et al, (2018), Journal of Neurotrauma, 35, 2259 - 2271

Cognition based bTBI mechanistic criteria; a tool for preventive and therapeutic innovations

Journal article

Garcia-Gonzalez D. et al, (2018), Scientific Reports, 8

Non-NDCN OxTBI Publications:

OUR TEAM (NHS & UNIVERSITY)

HISTORY

TBI research in Oxford spans more than 80 years, dating back to the Military Hospital for Head Injuries (MHHI) established in Oxford during World War II.

The MHHI became a centre of innovation, pioneering the use of penicillin and deploying mobile neurosurgical units to treat injuries on the battlefield.

WWII Veterans study notification

A study is being performed to understand the long-term effects of traumatic brain injuries among veterans treated at the Military Hospital for Head Injuries (MHHI) in Oxford during the Second World War.

If you or a family member received treatment at the MHHI and may appear in its historical records, please see the study notification for more information about what this involves, how your data will be protected, and instructions on how to opt out if desired. If you have any questions, please contact us.