Ariel Lanada, Divisional Educational Lead for the Neurosciences, Orthopaedics, Trauma, Specialist Surgery, Children’s and Neonates Division of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is the joint winner of BAME Nurse of the Year in the National BAME Health and Care Awards. Ariel, who is also Chair of our Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network, […]
Professor Ashok ‘Ash’ Soni OBE has been appointed as a Non-executive Director of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for an initial term of three years – he took up his new role on Tuesday 6 April 2021. The Trust’s Council of Governors, which includes elected representatives of the public and staff, made the appointment at […]
Six scientists from the University of Oxford, including Professor Adrian Hill and Professor Frances Platt from the Medical Sciences Division, have joined the Royal Society as Fellows. All were selected for their outstanding contributions in various scientific fields. See details of the scientists and their research.
Investigators at the University of Oxford, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), Brown University and the Mayo Clinic have joined forces to develop open-source technology platforms for a new generation of neurostimulation devices that not only provide stimulation to the brain but also sense, record, and stream brain activity. The new ‘OpenMind’ consortium is led […]
Seven exceptional individuals and teams from Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) have been named as finalists at the Oxfordshire Health & Social Care Awards. The inaugural awards, run by the Oxford Mail and Oxford Times, will celebrate the very best of Oxfordshire’s healthcare heroes and how they have gone above and beyond during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
The Oxford Brookes Global MBA programme has risen three places in the 2021 QS Online MBA Rankings to 12th in the world, and 5th in the UK. The rankings were issued this week by higher and business education analysts QS Quacquarelli Symonds. Oxford Brookes University’s MBA is a flexible programme which can be completed via distance […]
A project to test how effective smart devices are at detecting heart rhythm problems has received a grant of almost £150,000 from national charity Heart Research UK. The project, which will recruit 50 patients at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust, will assess whether smart rings and watches can offer an accurate and reliable way […]
An Oxfordshire NHS diabetes team has been shortlisted for a Health Service Journal (HSJ) Value Award in the ‘Diabetes Care Initiative of the Year’ category. The shortlisted team includes senior clinicians and managers from: Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust South Central and West Commissioning […]
A new national study will investigate the long-term effects of lung inflammation and scarring from COVID-19. The study, launched with £2 million of funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), aims to develop treatment strategies and prevent disability. Many people recovering from COVID-19 suffer from long-term symptoms of lung damage, including breathlessness, coughing, fatigue and […]
Oxford Brookes University’s successful work in commercialising its intellectual property (IP), predominantly through IP licensing but also through spinouts, has been ranked in the top 10% of English universities in the first Knowledge Exchange Framework results published today [Wednesday 31 March] by Research England. Oxford Brookes was placed in the top 40% for its research […]