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Researchers in our Imaging Theme and the University of Oxford’s Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN) have produced videos aimed at increasing the diversity of participants taking part in brain imaging research studies. These ‘what to expect’ videos are part of a wider project, supported by the BRC, to create a range of web-based content to improve engagement with prospective participants and lower the barriers to participating in research. https://lnkd.in/e5gmpmXd Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford

Gene and cell engineering could open the door to exciting new treatments for people with many different diseases that result from defective genes. Our 🌟Gene and cell therapy team🌟 are tackling conditions as diverse as sight loss and cystic fibrosis with gene and cell therapies https://lnkd.in/gYmgRiEc We are also exploring how modifying T cells, which play an important role in the body’s immune response, could help to treat blood cancers and multiple sclerosis. Nuffield Department of Medicine Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) Robert MacLaren

🎉 We’re delighted to learn that the malaria vaccine whose development we have supported has been named one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2024 in the Social Good category 

How does age affect immune response to vaccination? Help our Oxford Vaccine Group researchers to learn more! If you are either 18 to 45 years old or 65+ years old, in good health and live in the Thames Valley area, you may be eligible to take part. Reimbursement up to £1,110. For further information please visit: https://lnkd.in/eiRthahb or contact the Oxford Vaccine Group; Email: info@ovg.ox.ac.uk Tel: 01865 611400. https://lnkd.in/eaXfe7Yv

Want to find out the latest Oxford research news? Why not sign up to our newsletter? This month: understanding the cellular causes of IBD treatment failure; developing an ovarian cancer vaccine; brainstem damage after COVID-19; funding boost for advanced drug development at OUH – and career development opportunities for NMAHPs. https://lnkd.in/ehbWVDSP

Our next three-day writing retreat for nurses, midwives & allied health professionals takes place from 25 to 27 March 2025 at the Saïd Business School’s Egrove Park in Oxford. The retreat is open to all OUH and University of Oxford NMAHPs at any career stage who need uninterrupted time and space to focus on writing. This is an ideal opportunity to work on Doctoral thesis chapter(s) Masters dissertation chapter(s) Paper for a peer-reviewed journal from a completed piece of research, service evaluation, quality improvement, audit, or literature review Development of a research proposal for future application Analysing data that will form part of a report or publication A mentor will be provided to guide you with your writing. The deadline for applications is 12pm on Monday 6 January 2025. https://lnkd.in/e9hM7bdb Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Helen Walthall

Are you a clinical care delivery nurse or midwife wanting to advance your research career? Our new Preparatory Award for a Research Career might be the thing for you – it allows you to devote two months part-time to research, while continuing a proportion of your clinical role. The award will take place between February and March 2025. Closing date for applications: 12pm Wednesday 20 November 2024 Find out more and apply: https://lnkd.in/eARCWWeN Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Helen Walthall

Researchers in Oxford and Birmingham have mapped what happens to cells after treatment with the most common therapy in autoimmune disease, anti-TNFs. For the first time, they used single-cell RNA-sequencing to characterise gut samples collected before and after anti-TNF treatment, creating the largest cell atlas of IBD to date. Understanding the cellular reasons why 40% of people with conditions like inflammatory bowel diseases don’t respond to treatment could pave the way for new therapies. https://lnkd.in/esEAK75R   #IBD #Crohns Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford University of Oxford, NDORMS NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) University of Birmingham Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Our 🌟Digital Health from Hospital to Home team🌟 is researching how digital innovations can be deployed in homes and care homes for the benefit of patients https://lnkd.in/e5Cd3Xvd 🎯Our main aim is to deliver hospital-levels of care in the community to deliver safer, more effective individualised care pathways. NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust University of Oxford NIHR CRN Thames Valley and South Midlands NIHR ARC Oxford and Thames Valley (OxTV) Oxford Population Health Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford

It’s Allied Health Professionals Day 2024 – an opportunity to remind AHPs about the many opportunities we offer to them along the clinical academic pathway – from internships to senior fellowships. https://lnkd.in/easZXrXR Take a look at the experiences of some of our recent interns and why them decided to give research a try alongside their clinical work: https://lnkd.in/eKYA_dXm Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust