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Translational research in NDM has a truly worldwide impact, with scientists and clinicians investigating epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of disease on a global scale. Our podcasts on Global Health illuminate this work, and discuss research conducted in Oxford and around the world to better understand and manage emerging and endemic diseases.
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57 | Creative Commons | Nursing research in a global context | Professor Sharon Brownie explains her research on nursing in LMICs | Sharon Brownie | 16 Jul 2019 |
56 | Creative Commons | The treatment and outcomes of care for sick newborns | Researcher Jalemba Aluvaala tells us about his work concerning newborn care in LMICs. | Jalemba Aluvaala | 16 Jul 2019 |
55 | Creative Commons | Under pressure, the challenges of neonatal nursing | Jacob McKnight tells us about the challenges faced by nurses caring for newborns in Kenya. | Jacob McKnight | 16 Jul 2019 |
54 | Creative Commons | Quantifying nursing care done (or left undone) | David Gathara tells us about his work leading nursing research | David Gathara | 16 Jul 2019 |
53 | Creative Commons | Understanding nurses' work to care for sick newborns | Social Scientist Jacinta Nzinga tell us about her research on the care of sick newborns. | Jacinta Nzinga | 16 Jul 2019 |
52 | Creative Commons | Health services that deliver for newborns. | Professor Mike English tells us about the research project Health Services that Deliver for Newborns. | Mike English | 16 Jul 2019 |
51 | Creative Commons | Infectious diseases in the tropics | Professor Tran Hien, founder member of our OUCRU unit in Vietnam tells us about the development of this very successful Clinical Research Unit. | Tran Hien | 16 Jul 2019 |
50 | Creative Commons | Sophisticated biostatistics for complex clinical research | Professor Ronald Geskus from our OUCRU unit in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, tells us about the contribution of biostatisticians to complex clinical research. | Ronald Geskus | 16 Jul 2019 |
49 | Creative Commons | Viral infections in Laos | Dr Audrey Dubot-Peres from our LOMWRU unit in Laos and IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Marseille, France) tells us about her research on viral infections in Laos. | Audrey Dubot-Peres | 16 Jul 2019 |
48 | Creative Commons | Antimicrobial resistance in poultry production | Dr Juan Carrique-Mas from OUCRU, our Clinical Research Unit in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, tell us about his research in the development of antimicrobial resistance in small-scale poultry production. | Juan Carrique-Mas | 16 Jul 2019 |
47 | Creative Commons | Scrub typhus in northern Thailand | Dr Tri Wangrangsimakul from our MORU unit and based in Chiangrai, northern Thailand, tells us about his research on scrub typhus. | Tri Wangrangsimakul | 16 Jul 2019 |
46 | Creative Commons | Research at OUCRU Hanoi | Professor Rogier van Doorn, director of our OUCRU unit in Hanoi, Vietnam, tells us about his research on antimicrobial resistance and avian influenza. | Rogier van Doorn | 12 Jul 2019 |
45 | Creative Commons | Clinical research in low and middle-income countries | Professor Heiman Wertheim from our OUCRU unit in Hanoi, Vietnam, tells us about his research on drug resistant infections in low and middle-income countries. | Heiman Wertheim | 12 Jul 2019 |
44 | Creative Commons | Tuberculosis meningitis | Professor Guy Thwaites, director of our OUCRU unit in Vietnam, tells us about his research on tuberculosis meningitis. | Guy Thwaites | 12 Jul 2019 |
43 | Creative Commons | OUCRU laboratory management | Dr Motiur Rahman from our OUCRU unit in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, tells us about his responsibilities in laboratory management. | Motiur Rahman | 12 Jul 2019 |
42 | Creative Commons | Developing collaborative clinical trials in Indonesia | Dr Raph Hamers from our EOCRU unit in Jakarta, Indonesia, tells us how he developed collaborative clinical trials. | Raph Hamers | 12 Jul 2019 |
41 | Creative Commons | Central nervous system and HIV infections in Vietnam | Professor Jeremy Day from our OUCRU unit in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, tells us about his research on central nervous system and HIV infections in Vietnam. | Jeremy Day | 12 Jul 2019 |
40 | Creative Commons | Connecting research with communities in Nepal | Dr Abhilasha Karkey from our Clinical Research Unit in Kathmandu, Nepal, tells us how research is brought to local communities in Nepal. | Abhilasha Karkey | 12 Jul 2019 |
39 | Creative Commons | Health policy and systems | Dr Marco Haenssgen tells us about his research on Health policy and systems. | Marco Haenssgen | 12 Jul 2019 |
38 | Creative Commons | Transmission dynamics of hospital acquired infections | Dr Tom Crellen from MORU (Mahidol Oxford Research Unit) in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about his research on transmission dynamics of infections aquired in hospitals. | Tom Crellen | 12 Jul 2019 |
37 | Creative Commons | Antibiotic prescription in primary care | Dr Thomas Althaus from MORU (Mahidol Oxford Research Unit) in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about his research on antibiotic prescription at the point of primary care. | Thomas Althaus | 12 Jul 2019 |
36 | Creative Commons | Molecular diagnosis and bacterial genotyping | Dr Janjira Thaipadungpanit from our MORU unit in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about her research on molecular diagnosis and bacterial genotyping | Janjira Thaipadungpanit | 12 Apr 2017 |
35 | Creative Commons | Biomarkers for tropical diseases | Dr Markus Winterbert from our MORU unit in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about his research on biomarkers for tropical diseases | Markus Winterberg | 12 Apr 2017 |
34 | Creative Commons | MORU Biosafety Level 3 and melioidosis in Thailand | Premjit Amornchai from our MORU unit in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about her work as biosafety level 3 lab manager and microbioogy safety officer | Premjit Amornchai | 12 Apr 2017 |
33 | Creative Commons | Mapping bacterial antibiotic resistance | Dr Olga Tosas-Auguet from our unit in Kenya tells us about her research on mapping bacterial antibiotic resistance | Olga Tosas-Auguet | 17 Feb 2017 |
32 | Creative Commons | Bacterial infections in Laos | David Dance from our LOMWRU unit in Laos tells us about his research on bacterial infections in Laos, particularly melioidosis | David Dance | 10 Feb 2017 |
31 | Creative Commons | Outbreak, the clinical research response | Dr Gail Carson is Head of ISARIC Coordinating Centre (International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium), a network of networks established in 2011 to ensure a rapid research response to outbreaks of pandemic potential. | Gail Carson | 14 Dec 2016 |
30 | Creative Commons | Fighting malaria in Myanmar | Professor Frank Smithuis is the director of MOCRU, Myanmar Oxford Clinical Research Unit. MOCRU involves a network of 6 clinics and 650 community health workers in remote areas. | Frank Smithuis | 14 Dec 2016 |
29 | Creative Commons | Poor quality medicines | LOMWRU researchers conduct clinical research to help improve global, regional and Lao public health. They focus on infectious diseases, and also investigate diseases of nutrition and poverty. | Paul Newton | 30 Nov 2016 |
28 | Creative Commons | High altitude illness | Director of OUCRU-Nepal, Dr Buddha Basnyat studies high altitude illness as well as undifferentiated febrile illness in the tropics, both common but neglected problems in Nepal. | Buddha Basnyat | 02 Nov 2016 |
27 | Creative Commons | Infectious diseases in Indonesia | Professor Kevin Baird leads our Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit (EOCRU) in Jakarta, Indonesia. | Kevin Baird | 02 Nov 2016 |
26 | Creative Commons | Introducing Mesh: The Global Health Network's Community Engagement Webspace | This webinar features introductions from Francois Van Loggerenberg, scientific lead at the Global Health Network, and community engagement consultant Georgia Bladon to the community engagement platform Mesh. | Francois van Loggerenberg, Georgia Blazon | 31 Oct 2016 |
25 | Creative Commons | Modelling bacterial drug resistance | Professor Ben Cooper from MORU in Thailand uses mathematical modelling and statistical techniques to help understand the dynamics of infectious disease and evaluate potential control measures. | Ben Cooper | 01 Jul 2016 |
24 | Creative Commons | Epidemiology and malaria elimination | Dr Richard Maude's work combines clinical studies, descriptive epidemiology and mathematical modelling of malaria in South and Southeast Asia. | Richard Maude | 01 Jul 2016 |
23 | Creative Commons | Why data management matters | Naomi’s work focuses on supporting researchers to collect, clean and store research data. | Naomi Waithira | 02 Jun 2016 |
22 | Creative Commons | Malaria laboratory at MORU | Dr Kesinee Chotivanich's laboratory provides facilities and resources to researchers, students, and collaborators who are interested in tropical diseases, with the aim to improve patients’ care. | Kesinee Chotivanich | 02 Jun 2016 |
21 | Creative Commons | Microbiology in the tropics | The Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit (COMRU) is based in Siem Reap, northern Cambodia, which remains one of the poorest countries in South East Asia with extremely limited health services. | Paul Turner | 28 Apr 2016 |
20 | Creative Commons | Microbiology research in SE Asia | Dr Direk Limmathurotsakul's research focuses on the epidemiology of melioidosis, a bacterial infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. | Direk Limmathurotsakul | 28 Apr 2016 |
19 | Creative Commons | Tropical neonatology | Dr Claudia Turner heads the clinical research program at the Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit (COMRU), in collaboration with the Angkor Hospital for Children. | Claudia Turner | 27 Apr 2016 |
18 | Creative Commons | Global health informatics | Dr Chris Paton studies the use of open-source Electronic Health Records (EHR) software, online learning and mobile technology to improve healthcare delivery in low-resource settings. | Chris Paton | 27 Apr 2016 |
17 | Creative Commons | Dengue diagnosis and management | With 390 million infections occuring each year, dengue is the most important mosquito-borne viral infection, and no vaccine is currently available. | Bridget Wills | 27 Apr 2016 |
16 | Creative Commons | The ethics of research | Identifying and addressing ethical issues are key to the success of any clinical trials, particularly when working with vulnerable populations. | Phaik Yeong Cheah | 05 Oct 2015 |
15 | Creative Commons | Science and Society | In settings with high level of poverty and over-stretched health services, researchers have even greater responsibilities to the communities and study participants. | Vicki Marsh | 05 Oct 2015 |
14 | Creative Commons | The economics of tropical diseases | Economics and health are interlinked in many ways, as seen in the vicious cycle between poverty and ill health. | Yoel Lubell | 28 Jul 2015 |
13 | Creative Commons | Enteric fever | Dr Christiane Dolecek speaks about the research on enteric fever she conducted in Vietman and Nepal | Christiane Dolecek | 20 May 2015 |
12 | Pneumococcal diseases | Genetics and genomics of Streptococcus pneumoniae | Angela Brueggemann | 10 Dec 2014 | |
11 | Creative Commons | Better hospitals for children | Oxford Health Systems Research Collaboration (OHSCAR) | Mike English | 10 Dec 2014 |
10 | Creative Commons | Health systems research | Governance in practice | Sassy Molyneux | 10 Dec 2014 |
9 | Creative Commons | Childhood Nutrition and Immunity | Dr Jay Berkley tells us about his work on childhood nutrition and immunity in East Africa. | Jay Berkley | 25 Sep 2012 |
8 | Creative Commons | Genomics and Global Health | Professor Dominic Kwiatkowski talks about his work on global health, how genomics can help us fight infections such as malaria. | Dominic Kwiatkowski | 24 Nov 2011 |
7 | Creative Commons | Infectious diseases in China | Dr Tao Dong tells us about her collaborations in China on infections such as HIV, flu and Hepatitis B. | Tao Dong | 06 Mar 2012 |
6 | Creative Commons | Rift Valley Fever | Dr George Warimwe talks about his research on Rift Valley Fever. | George Warimwe | 31 Jul 2012 |
5 | Creative Commons | MedicineAfrica | Dr Alexander Finlayson tells us how MedicineAfrica aims to bring healthcare professionals around the world in a global expert network. | Alexander Finlayson | 29 Apr 2013 |
4 | Dengue Infection | Dr Kerstin Luhn talks about her research on Dengue infection. | Kerstin Luhn | 29 May 2012 | |
3 | Rickettsial Disease | Rickettsial Disease | Daniel Paris | 10 Dec 2014 | |
2 | Infectious diseases in South East Asia | Infectious diseases in South East Asia | Nick Day | 10 Dec 2014 | |
1 | Microbiology in Thailand | Microbiology in Thailand | Stuart Blacksell | 10 Dec 2014 |