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\n \n 28 February 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nInternational recognition is key to many successful academic careers, but research published today shows female scientific researchers are less internationally mobile than their male counterparts, although the gender gap has shrunk.
\n \n\n\n \n 23 February 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford have contributed to a global Coronavirus Vaccines Research and Development Roadmap, a comprehensive plan to galvanize efforts around the world to protect people from the effects of this large and dangerous family of viruses.
\n \n\n\n \n 23 February 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nA team of experts at the Pandemic Sciences Institute at the University of Oxford and Department of Statistics at the University of Warwick estimate the NHS COVID-19 app prevented around 1 million cases, 44,000 hospitalisations and 9,600 deaths during its first year.
\n \n\n\n \n 10 February 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nScientists have developed a world-first diagnostic test, powered by artificial intelligence, that can identify known respiratory viruses within five minutes from just one nasal or throat swab.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 February 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nDART (Dengue Advanced Readiness Tools), a new project led by Oxford University, has received funding from Wellcome to use climate data to better predict and prepare for infectious diseases outbreaks.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 February 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nThe first participants in a clinical trial of a bioelectrical therapy to treat incontinence have received their \u201csmart\u201d bioelectronic implants.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 February 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nExperiencing three or more concussions is linked with worsened brain function in later life, according to new research.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 February 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nA new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford\u2019s Department of Computer Science has found that, between 2021 and 2022, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in children and young people in the United States, ranking eighth overall. The results demonstrate that pharmaceutical and public health interventions should continue to be applied to limit the spread of the coronavirus and protect again severe disease in this age group.
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Herring group in Oxford's Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics have developed a blood test that measures stress hormone levels after heart attacks. The test \u2013 costing just \u00a310 \u2013 could ensure patients receive timely life-saving treatment.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 February 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nA survey of over 2000 British adults has found that public trust in science, particularly genetics, increased significantly during the pandemic. However, those with extremely negative attitudes towards science tend to have high self-belief in their own understanding despite low textbook knowledge.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 February 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nCancer Research UK and the National Institute for Health and Care Research are investing over \u00a33 million across the next five years into The University of Oxford\u2019s Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC). The investment will enable Oxford to expand its portfolio of precision prevention and early detection cancer trials.
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Gero Miesenb\u00f6ck, The Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics' (DPAG) Waynflete Professor of Physiology and Director of the Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, is one of two scientists to be awarded the 2023 Japan Prize \"for their development of methods that use genetically addressable light-sensitive membrane proteins to unravel neural circuit function.\"
\n \n\n\n \n 3 February 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nA consortium led by Matthew Wood, Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Paediatrics and Director of the Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre, has been awarded \u00a38m of funding from UKRI, LifeArc and the Nucleic Acid Therapy Accelerator (NATA) via the Nucleic Acid Therapies (NAT) Delivery Research Challenge.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 February 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nThe global network led by the Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute (OMPHI) at the University of Oxford has today published, in The Lancet, the results of the \u20182022 INTERCOVID Study\u2019 conducted in 41 hospitals across 18 countries.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 February 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nIt was previously assumed that bones lacked lymphatic vessels, but new research from the MRC Human Immunology Unit at Oxford's MRC Weatherall Institute for Molecular Medicine not only locates them within bone tissue, but demonstrates their role in bone and blood cell regeneration and reveals changes associated with aging.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 February 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford released findings from a clinical trial investigating the effectiveness of the antiviral treatment molnupiravir against COVID-19 \u2013 the first treatment tested in the ongoing PANORAMIC trial. In their paper published in The Lancet, they reported that molnupiravir did not reduce hospitalisations or deaths among higher risk, vaccinated adults with COVID-19 in the community.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 February 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nThe New Year Honours 2023 Lists have been published, marking the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK, including members of the University of Oxford.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 February 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Irene Tracey CBE, FMedSci. has set out her vision for Oxford\u2019s future as she is formally admitted as the University\u2019s 273rd Vice-Chancellor, expressing her ambition \u2018to be an advocate for Oxford like no other.\u2019
\n \n\n\n \n 3 February 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nBelow is a transcript of an address from the 273rd Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Professor Irene Tracey CBE, FMedSci., at her Admission Ceremony on Tuesday 10 January, 2023.
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nThree University of Oxford spinouts have raised significant investment to scale their companies in vehicle automation, quantum computing and medical imaging respectively.
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