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« Back to NewsUniversity of Oxford Launches Podium Analytics Institute for Youth Sports Medicine and Technology
23 September 2021
Biomedical engineering Medical science Physical sciences underpinning health
Oxford University has been selected as the home of the new Podium Analytics Institute for Youth Sports Medicine and Technology. This will be the world’s first academic Institute focused on young athletes’ safety and lifelong health.
Reducing children’s exposure to malaria in their early years substantially cuts the risk of hospitalisation
2 September 2021
Medical science Research Zoology
For the first time in more than two decades, a team from the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and University of Oxford (including Department of Zoology researchers) have quantified the risk of children suffering severe outcomes from malaria.
AI test screens for COVID-19 26% faster than lateral flow tests
1 September 2021
COVID-19 Engineering Medical science Research
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) test performed by the bedside in 10 minutes quickly and safely triages patients coming to hospital for COVID-19, a University of Oxford-led study has shown.
New research on preventing infant deaths due to neonatal sepsis
10 August 2021
Antimicrobial resistance Chemistry Medical science Research Zoology
Information about the most effective antibiotics to use in low and middle income countries (LMICs) for neonatal sepsis has been discovered uniquely combining epidemiological, genomic and pharmacodynamic data.
Oxford overseas research facility expands to include diagnostics and genetics testing centre
8 July 2021
Biomedical engineering COVID-19 Funding Medical science Physical sciences underpinning health Research
The Oxford-Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research, known as OSCAR, has marked another significant milestone with the launch of OSCAR-Prenetics Innovation and Technology Centre for Advanced Molecular Diagnostics (the OSCAR-Prenetics ITC).
Averting an antibiotics apocalypse: major funding announced to tackle resistance to antibiotics
9 June 2021
Antimicrobial resistance Biomedical engineering Funding Medical science
A cross-disciplinary team from the Universities of Oxford, Ulster and UCL have announced major funding from EPSRC to tackle the growing challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
COVID-19 lockdowns significantly reduced transmission of invasive bacterial diseases
3 June 2021
COVID-19 Medical science Research Zoology
A new international study involving University of Oxford researchers has conclusively demonstrated that national lockdowns and public health campaigns introduced at the start of the pandemic have reduced the transmission of bacteria that cause respiratory infections.
Oxford researchers elected to Royal Society
7 May 2021
Six scientists from the University of Oxford, including four from MPLS, have joined the Royal Society as Fellows.
Rapid evolution and host immunity drive the rise and fall of antibiotic resistance during acute infection
29 April 2021
Medical science Research Zoology
Antibiotic resistance poses a serious threat to human health, but how resistance emerges during infections remains poorly understood.
Oxford researchers create online resource to optimise NHS routes for housebound vaccinations
29 March 2021
COVID-19 Engineering Medical science
Two engineering DPhil students from the University of Oxford have created a website for GP surgeries across the UK to optimise the delivery of Covid-19 vaccinations to the UK’s 1 million housebound patients.
New machine learning system developed to identify deteriorating patients in hospital
10 February 2021
Biomedical engineering Medical science Research
Researchers in Oxford have developed a machine learning algorithm that could significantly improve clinicians’ ability to identify hospitalised patients whose condition is deteriorating to the extent that they need intensive care.
£100 million donation from Ineos to create new institute to fight antimicrobial resistance
19 January 2021
Chemistry Funding Medical science Zoology
Ineos, one of the world’s largest manufacturing companies, and the University of Oxford are launching a new world-leading institute to combat the growing global issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which currently causes an estimated 1.5 million excess deaths each year.
$10 million gift for new Nanoscience Institute in Oxford
7 December 2020
Biomedical engineering Chemistry Engineering Funding Materials science Medical science Physics
A new institute for nanoscience research is to open in Oxford thanks to a $10 million gift from The Kavli Foundation.
New partnership Between the Department of Health and Social Care, the Alan Turing Institute and the Royal Statistical Society to support Joint Biosecurity Centre COVID-19 response
21 October 2020
Professor Chris Holmes, The Alan Turing Institute’s Programme Director of Health and Medical Science, and Professor of Biostatistics at Oxford University, will co-lead a new Statistical Modelling and Machine Learning Lab.
Prof Angela Russell awarded 2021 Harrington UK Rare Disease Scholar Award
16 October 2020
Award Chemistry Funding Medical science
The Harrington Discovery Institute (HDI) in the US has announced five winners of its inaugural UK Rare Disease Scholar Award competition.
Evaluation of LamPORE rapid tests for Covid-19 show high levels of diagnostic sensitivity
28 September 2020
COVID-19 Chemistry Medical science
Scientists from the Nuffield Department of Medicine have evaluated LamPORE, a novel diagnostic platform for detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA. LamPORE was developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies, a spin-out company from the Department of Chemistry, and has the potential to analyse thousands of samples per day on a single instrument.
Scientists discover key to restricting antibiotic resistant bacteria
28 July 2020
Medical science Research Zoology
Researchers from the Department of Zoology have discovered that moderate doses of antibiotics restrict the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
New AI test identifies COVID-19 within one hour in emergency departments
28 July 2020
COVID-19 Engineering Medical science
Infectious disease and clinical machine learning experts at the University of Oxford have developed an Artificial Intelligence test that can rapidly screen for COVID-19 in patients arriving in emergency departments.
Transformational gift to support Oxford’s newest graduate college
11 June 2020
Oxford University has received a landmark £80 million donation from the Reuben Foundation that will transform Oxford’s newest college and establish a major new scholarship programme for graduate and undergraduate students.
Metal analysis of urine provides a promising potential diagnostic for pancreatic cancer
23 April 2020
Earth sciences Medical science Research
Research carried out at Oxford, in collaboration with Columbia University and Barts Cancer Institute at Queen Mary University of London, has revealed that the signature of metal ions present in urine samples is an accurate indicator of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), one of the deadliest types of cancer.