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The Division comprises over 2200 academics and staff, 800 graduate students and 900 undergraduates; about 350 NHS Clinicians and GPs contribute to our teaching activities. In total over 2500 individuals are involved in research.
Medical sciences research at Oxford has maintained its pre-eminent standing, as demonstrated by the results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). Analysis of the preliminary results published in December 2008 places Oxford medical sciences research as being of the highest quality in the UK in four separate medical science disciplines.
Series associated with Medical Sciences Division
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| 116 | Creative Commons | Introduction to Mindfulness | Professor Mark Williams introduces Mindfulness in the first of four short videos in this series. | Mark Williams | 06 Dec 2011 |
| 115 | Creative Commons | Mindfulness and the brain | In this final episode Professor Mark Williams and Danny Penman discuss how imaging studies show that Mindfulness may have numerous profoundly positive effects on the brain. | Mark Williams, Danny Penman | 05 Dec 2011 |
| 114 | Creative Commons | Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on trial | Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is especially good for people who have suffered the most debilitating forms of depression. The evidence for its effectiveness is overwhelming and continues to grow. | Mark Williams, Danny Penman | 28 Nov 2011 |
| 113 | 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 |
| 112 | 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 |
| 111 | Creative Commons | Annette Böhmer | Annette Böhmer joined Oxford in 2010 after completing an undergraduate degree in Medicine at the University of Leipzig. She is working on Defining Hepatitis C genotype 3 immune responses under the supervision of Dr Ellie Barnes. | Annette Böhmer | 23 Nov 2011 |
| 110 | Creative Commons | Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: A new approach to treating depression | Mindfulness therapy is an extremely effective treatment preventing relapse in depression. But what does it entail and how does it work? | Mark Williams, Danny Penman | 14 Nov 2011 |
| 109 | Creative Commons | Specific Language Impairment | Dr Dianne Newbury talks about the contribution of genetics to specific language impairment. | Dianne Newbury | 14 Nov 2011 |
| 108 | Creative Commons | Specific Language Impairment | Dr Dianne Newbury talks about the contribution of genetics to specific language impairment. | Dianne Newbury | 14 Nov 2011 |
| 107 | Creative Commons | Can treatments such as Cognitive Therapy help? | Depression tends to return even if it has been successfully treated. Scientists now understand why this happens and have developed therapies that reduce the risks of relapse and help lift the burden of depression should it return. | Mark Williams, Danny Penman | 07 Nov 2011 |
| 106 | Creative Commons | HIV immunology for Vaccine Design | Dr Seph Borrow tells us how her research on HIV Immunology helps design better vaccines. | Seph Borrow | 01 Nov 2011 |
| 105 | Creative Commons | HIV immunology for Vaccine Design | Dr Seph Borrow tells us how her research on HIV Immunology helps design better vaccines. | Seph Borrow | 01 Nov 2011 |
| 104 | Creative Commons | How is depression treated? | Doctors and psychiatrists once believed that patterns of thinking played little or no role in depression, but this is now known to be wrong. Professor Williams and Dr Danny Penman discuss how the treatment of depression has evolved in recent years. | Mark Williams, Danny Penman | 21 Oct 2011 |
| 103 | Creative Commons | What is depression? | Depression is expected to impose the second biggest health burden globally by 2020; greater even than heart disease, arthritis and many forms of cancer. Professor Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman discuss the driving forces behind this startling trend. | Mark Williams, Danny Penman | 21 Oct 2011 |
| 102 | Creative Commons | Renal Disease | Professor Chris Pugh tells us about the links between genetics, renal disease and oxygen sensing. | Chris Pugh | 11 Oct 2011 |
| 101 | Creative Commons | Renal Disease | Professor Chris Pugh tells us about the links between genetics, renal disease and oxygen sensing. | Chris Pugh | 11 Oct 2011 |
| 100 | Creative Commons | Dyslexia and Genetics | Dr Silvia Paracchini talks about the influence of genetics in dyslexia. | Silvia Paracchini | 27 Sep 2011 |
| 99 | Creative Commons | Dyslexia and Genetics | Dr Silvia Paracchini talks about the influence of Genetics in Dyslexia. | Silvia Paracchini | 27 Sep 2011 |
| 98 | Creative Commons | Aiming for a HIV vaccine | Professor Sir Andrew McMichael tells us about recent developments in the search for a vaccine against HIV. | Andrew McMichael | 13 Sep 2011 |
| 97 | Creative Commons | Aiming for a HIV vaccine | Professor Sir Andrew McMichael tells us about recent developments in the search for a vaccine against HIV. | Andrew McMichael | 13 Sep 2011 |
| 96 | Creative Commons | Palliative Care | Dr Bee Wee tells us about Palliative Care in Oxford and her research on end of life care and fatigue. | Bee Wee | 30 Aug 2011 |
| 95 | Creative Commons | Palliative Care | Dr Bee Wee tells us about Palliative Care in Oxford and her research on end of life care and fatigue. | Bee Wee | 30 Aug 2011 |
| 94 | Creative Commons | Tropical Medicine in Kenya | Professor Kevin Marsh tells us about his research on Tropical Medicine in Kenya. | Kevin Marsh | 19 Jul 2011 |
| 93 | Creative Commons | Tropical Medicine in Kenya | Professor Kevin Marsh tells us about his research on Tropical Medicine in Kenya. | Kevin Marsh | 19 Jul 2011 |
| 92 | Creative Commons | History of Oxford's Experimental Psychology Department | Professors Oliver Braddick and Larry Weiskrantz give a talk on the history of Oxford University's Experimental Psychology Department as part the department's 113th anniversary. | Larry Weiskrantz, Oliver Braddick | 13 Jul 2011 |
| 91 | Creative Commons | Cancer and Protein Crystallography | Professor Yvonne Jones talks about cell-cell communication and how this can help us develop new drugs. | Yvonne Jones | 06 Jul 2011 |
| 90 | Creative Commons | Cancer and Protein Crystallography | Professor Yvonne Jones talks about cell-cell communication and how this can help us develop new drugs. | Yvonne Jones | 06 Jul 2011 |
| 89 | Creative Commons | Improving, Expediting and Tracking Informed Consent: University of Michigan and US National Initiatives | Professor Nicholas Steneck, University of Michigan and Office of Research Integrity, gives a talk for the Research Integrity seminar series. | Nick Steneck | 05 Jul 2011 |
| 88 | Obesity and Diabetes | Professor Fredrik Karpe explores the links between obesity and diabetes. | Fredrik Karpe | 21 Jun 2011 | |
| 87 | Obesity and Diabetes | Professor Fredrik Karpe explores the links between obesity and diabetes. | Fredrik Karpe | 21 Jun 2011 | |
| 86 | Creative Commons | Proteomics and Biomarkers | Dr Benedikt Kessler tells us how proteomics helps find biomarkers. | Benedikt Kessler | 07 Jun 2011 |
| 85 | Creative Commons | Proteomics and Biomarkers | Dr Benedikt Kessler tells us how proteomics helps find biomarkers. | Benedikt Kessler | 07 Jun 2011 |
| 84 | preDICT: Cardiac Electrophysiology Modeling | preDiCT is a major EU-funded project. It's purpose is to make computer models of cardiac electrophysiology, to help predict drug safety. | Arthur Thomas, Denis Noble, Gary Mirams, Lucía Romero | 06 Jun 2011 | |
| 83 | Creative Commons | Role of Lifestyle and Diet in Cancer | Professor Tim Key tells us about the role of life style and diet in the development of cancer. | Tim Key | 10 May 2011 |
| 82 | Creative Commons | Role of Lifestyle and Diet in Cancer | Professor Tim Key tells us about the role of life style and diet in the development of cancer. | Tim Key | 10 May 2011 |
| 81 | Creative Commons | Autophagy | Dr Katja Simon tells us about her research on autophagy in red blood cells. | Katja Simon | 26 Apr 2011 |
| 80 | Creative Commons | Autophagy | Dr Katja Simon tells us about her research on autophagy in red blood cells. | Katja Simon | 26 Apr 2011 |
| 79 | Creative Commons | Spondyloarthritis | Professor Paul Bowness tells us about his work on spondyloarthritis. | Paul Bowness | 12 Apr 2011 |
| 78 | Creative Commons | Spondyloarthritis | Dr Paul Bowness tells us about his work on spondyloarthritis. | Paul Bowness | 12 Apr 2011 |
| 77 | Obesity and Genetics | Dr Cecilia Lindgren explores the links between obesity and genetics. | Cecilia Lindgren | 29 Mar 2011 | |
| 76 | Obesity and Genetics | Dr Cecilia Lindgren explores the links between obesity and genetics. | Cecilia Lindgren | 29 Mar 2011 | |
| 75 | Creative Commons | Iron Metabolism | Dr Hal Drakesmith tells us how his work on iron availability can help us fight infections. | Hal Drakesmith | 15 Mar 2011 |
| 74 | Creative Commons | Iron Metabolism | Dr Hal Drakesmith tells us how his work on iron availability can help us fight infections. | Hal Drakesmith | 15 Mar 2011 |
| 73 | Creative Commons | Tuberculosis | Professor Helen McShane talks about her work on a new vaccine against tuberculosis. | Helen McShane | 01 Mar 2011 |
| 72 | Creative Commons | Tuberculosis | Dr Helen McShane has been working on a new TB vaccine for 10 years. She explains why developing countries are especially in need of a new vaccine since HIV and TB epidemics overlap and show a devastating synergy. | Helen McShane | 01 Mar 2011 |
| 71 | Creative Commons | Know4Go - EBM lecture | Dr Janet Martin, Director of Health Technology Assessment, London Health Services Centre gives a special lecture for EBM entitled; Know4Go: An Instrument for decision-making when resources are limited and demands are relentless. | Janet Martin | 24 Feb 2011 |
| 70 | Creative Commons | The Information Revolution | Sir Muir Gray, Chief Knowledge Office, NHS, gives a special guest lecture for the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine. | Sir Muir Gray | 24 Feb 2011 |
| 69 | Creative Commons | The Future of Evidence Based Medicine | Professor Paul Glasziou, Director of the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, gives a special lecture on the future of EBM. | Paul Glasziou | 24 Feb 2011 |
| 68 | Creative Commons | Interpreting Results - Stats in Small Doses | Dr Amanda Burls delivers a talk for the Centre for Evidenced Based Medicine. | Amanda Burls | 24 Feb 2011 |
| 67 | Creative Commons | Diagnostic Tests | Dr Carl Heneghan delivers a talk for the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine. | Carl Heneghan | 24 Feb 2011 |
| 66 | Creative Commons | Appraisal of Clinical Trials | Dr Rafael Perera delivers a talk for the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine. | Rafael Perera | 24 Feb 2011 |
| 65 | Creative Commons | Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine | Professor Paul Glasziou gives an introduction to evidence-based medicine and healthcare. | Paul Glasziou | 24 Feb 2011 |
| 64 | Creative Commons | Drug Discovery | Professor Chas Bountra explains how new drugs can offer novel treatments for neurodegenerative and gastrointestinal diseases, as well as pain disorders. | Chas Bountra | 20 Dec 2010 |
| 63 | Creative Commons | Drug Discovery | Professor Chas Bountra explains how new drugs can offer novel treatments for neurodegenerative and gastrointestinal diseases, as well as pain disorders. | Chas Bountra | 20 Dec 2010 |
| 62 | Creative Commons | Research integrity and publication ethics [2010 lecture] | Dr Sabine Kleinert Senior Executive Editor, The Lancet and Vice-Chair of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), gives the fourth 2010 Research Integrity Seminar. | Sabine Kleinert | 15 Dec 2010 |
| 61 | Creative Commons | Good practice in research collections and biobanking | Dr Jane Kaye, Director of HeLEX-Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies, University of Oxford, gives the third 2010 Research Integrity Seminar. | Jane Kaye | 15 Dec 2010 |
| 60 | Genetic Variation in Inflammation and Immunity | Dr Julian Knight explains how genetic variants modulate gene expression and influence the susceptibility to commom diseases. | Julian Knight | 29 Nov 2010 | |
| 59 | Genetic Variation in Inflammation and Immunity | Dr Julian Knight explains how new insights into genetic variants which modulate gene expression allow us to better understand why people develop these diseases, and allow us to target treatments more effectively. | Julian Knight | 29 Nov 2010 | |
| 58 | International research collaborations: much to be gained, many ways to get into trouble | Melissa Anderson, professor of higher Education and Affiliate Faculty, Centre of Bioethics, University of Minnesota, gives the second 2010 Research Integrity seminar. | Melissa Anderson | 22 Nov 2010 | |
| 57 | EQUATOR Network: promoting transparent and accurate reporting of research studies | Professor Douglas Altman of the centre for Statistics in Medicine (Oxford) gives the first in the 2010 Research Integrity seminar series, looking at the ways in which transparent and accurate rporting in medical research can be accomplished. | Douglas Altman | 22 Nov 2010 | |
| 56 | Creative Commons | Chromatin Remodelling | Dr Erika Mancini explains the role of chromatin in the regulation of gene transcription. | Erika Mancini | 15 Nov 2010 |
| 55 | Creative Commons | Chromatin Remodelling | Dr Erika Mancini explains how malfunctions in the regulation of chromatin structure often leads to complex multi-system diseases and cancer, notably leukemia. | Erika Mancini | 15 Nov 2010 |
| 54 | Creative Commons | Malaria and Global Health | Dr Climent Casals-Pascual tells us how new tools can help us diagnose and manage malaria more effectively. | Climent Casals-Pascual | 02 Nov 2010 |
| 53 | Creative Commons | Malaria and Global Health | Dr Climent Casals-Pascual explains how the development of new tools to diagnose and manage malaria more effectively will allow us to decrease the mortality of this condition. | Climent Casals-Pascual | 02 Nov 2010 |
| 52 | Creative Commons | Malaria Vaccines | Professor Adrian Hill talks about recent developments of vaccines against malaria. | Adrian Hill | 18 Oct 2010 |
| 51 | Creative Commons | Malaria Vaccines | Professor Adrian Hill has been studying the immune system and malaria susceptibility in African children for years. We asked him about his latest findings in the development of vaccines against malaria. | Adrian Hill | 18 Oct 2010 |
| 50 | Women's Health | Dr Krina Zondervan talks about endometriosis, an incapacitating women's health condition. | Krina Zondervan | 30 Sep 2010 | |
| 49 | Women's Health | Dr Krina Zondervan is interested is women's health conditions, particularly endometriosis. Dr Zondervan studies genetic, molecular and environmental factors influencing this complex disorder. | Krina Zondervan | 30 Sep 2010 | |
| 48 | Creative Commons | Dr. Brian Angus on Tropical Medicine | Writer and medical historian Conrad Keating talks to Dr. Brian Angus, Director of the Wellcome Trust UK Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine in Oxford, about his interest in science and how this inspired him to work with infectious diseases in Africa. | Brain Angus, Conrad Keating | 14 Sep 2010 |
| 47 | Creative Commons | Sarah Rowland-Jones on HIV/AIDS | Conrad Keating interviews Sarah Rowland-Jones, Professor of Immunology and Consultant Physician. The theme of her work is anti-viral immunity with a particular focus on how immune responses modify the outcome of HIV and other viral infections. | Sarah Rowland-Jones, Conrad Keating | 16 Aug 2010 |
| 46 | Creative Commons | Talking Law and Ethics - Feeding Results Back to Participants | Nadja Kanellopoulou gives a talk for the Helex Centre where she talks about the issues involved in giving results of medical research back to participants. | Nadja Kanellopoulou | 21 Jun 2010 |
| 45 | Creative Commons | Medicine without Frontiers: An Oxford physician-scientist working in Kenya. | On one of Kevin Marsh's regular visits to Oxford, the historian Conrad Keating caught up with the world-renowned malariologist and asked him what initially drew him to tropical medicine... | Kevin Marsh, Conrad Keating | 04 Jun 2010 |
| 44 | Creative Commons | Introduction to Ethics: Judgment, Motivation, Action | Paula Boddington gives a talk introducing the concept of ethics in business as part of the Said Business School's Seminar - The ethics of reputation and the reputation of ethics: oxymoron or research subject? | Paula Boddington | 27 May 2010 |
| 43 | Creative Commons | In Defense of Business Ethics - Said Business School Centre for Corporate Reputation | Roger Crisp gives a talk on business ethics as part of the Said Business School's Seminar - The ethics of reputation and the reputation of ethics: oxymoron or research subject? | Roger Crisp | 27 May 2010 |
| 42 | Creative Commons | The Science of Ethics: What Counts as Good Research? | Mark Sheehan gives a talk on research ethics and asks what counts as good research. Part of the Oxford Bioethics Network series on Issues in Research Ethics. | Mark Sheehan | 27 May 2010 |
| 41 | Creative Commons | Procardis Study; Genome wide associations with Disease | Paula Boddington gives a talk on the Procardis study as part of the Oxford Bioethics Network series on Issues in Research Ethics. | Paula Boddington | 27 May 2010 |
| 40 | Creative Commons | Dealing in Pieces of Silver: Financial Inducements in Research | Mark Sheehan gives a talk on the ethics of offering money or financial incentives to research participants as part of the Oxford Bioethics Network series on Issues in Research Ethics. | Mark Sheehan | 27 May 2010 |
| 39 | Creative Commons | Good Practice for Research Collection and Biobanks | Jane Kaye, Director of the HeLEX centre in Oxford, gives a talk on good practice in collecting research data and biobanks as part of the Oxford Bioethics Network series on Issues in Research Ethics. | Jane Kaye | 27 May 2010 |
| 38 | Creative Commons | Genomics Research: Individuals and Families | Paula Boddington gives a talk on the ethics of individuals and families as part of the Oxford Bioethics Network series on Issues in Research Ethics. | Paula Boddington | 27 May 2010 |
| 37 | Creative Commons | Altruism and Reciprocity in the Governance of Human Genetic Databases | Nadja Kanellopoulou gives a talk as part of the Oxford Bioethics Network series on Issues in research Ethics. | Nadja Kanellopoulou | 27 May 2010 |
| 36 | Creative Commons | Research involving adults lacking the capacity to consent: The Mental Capacity Act 2005 | Michael Dunn gives a talk on the legal and ethical issues surrounding research involving adults who lack the capacity to give consent. Part of the Oxford Bioethics Network series on Issues in Research Ethics. | Michael Dunn | 27 May 2010 |
| 35 | Creative Commons | Ethics and Genomic Research | Paula Boddington gives a talk on ethical issues within genomics research as part of the Oxford Bioethics Network series on Issues in Research Ethics. | Paula Boddington | 27 May 2010 |
| 34 | Creative Commons | Translating genomic research into clinical applications HeLEX | Naomi Hawkins gives a talk as part of the Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX) at Oxford series on Talking Law and Ethics. | Naomi Hawkins | 27 May 2010 |
| 33 | Creative Commons | What researchers should know about confidentiality and privacy HeLEX | Liam Curren gives a talk on the legal issues surrounding privacy in medical research as part of the Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX) at Oxford series. | Liam Curren | 27 May 2010 |
| 32 | Creative Commons | Who owns your research samples and information? HeLEX | Jane Kaye gives a talk as part of the HeLEX: Talking Law and Ethics series from the Bioethics network series on Talking Law and Ethics (TLE). | Jane Kaye | 27 May 2010 |
| 31 | Creative Commons | Forging a New Frontier in Oxford Medicine | The historian Conrad Keating continues his history of Oxford's groundbreaking contribution to health in the tropics by asking David Warrell what motivated him to work in Africa... | David Warrell, Conrad Keating | 12 May 2010 |
| 30 | Creative Commons | Sir David Weatherall on Malaria | Conrad Keating, the medical historian, opens his series with an interview with Sir David Weatherall to mark World Malaria Day on April 25th 2010. | Sir David Weatherall, Conrad Keating | 23 Apr 2010 |
| 29 | Creative Commons | An international perspective on promoting the responsible conduct of research | Paul Taylor gives a talk as part of the Research Integrity Seminar Series held at the John Radcliffe hospital. | Paul Taylor | 04 Mar 2010 |
| 28 | Creative Commons | Adrian Hill on Vaccination Research | Interview with Professor Adrian Hill, Director of the Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research in which he and student Richard Morton talk about the history of the Jenner Institute and the work currently being done to find TB, HIV and Malaria vaccines. | Adrian Hill, Richard Morton | 18 Feb 2010 |
| 27 | Cervical Cancer in Africa | This podcast features interviews with three of the delegates at the conference on cervical cancer in Africa. They share their views about the problem of cervical cancer in Africa and discuss what the international community can do to help. | Princess Nikky Onyeri, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayan, Julian Lob-Levyt | 12 Feb 2010 | |
| 26 | Cancer Research in India Part 2 | Dr Vinod Raina, co-founder of the INDOX Cancer Research Network, discusses the key achievements of INDOX and the challenges involved in doing clinical trials in India. | Vinod Raina, Vanita Sharma | 17 Dec 2009 | |
| 25 | Creative Commons | Questionable research practices and how to respond to them | Seminar looking at questionable research practices, particularly within medical research and why we as scientists, we need to pay more attention to questionable research practices. | Nick Steneck | 30 Nov 2009 |
| 24 | Creative Commons | Who Cares About Research Integrity? | Seminar looking at the importance of integrity within medical research. Part of the Research Integrity Seminar Series organised by Research Services, in collaboration with the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. | Mark Sheehan | 30 Nov 2009 |
| 23 | Creative Commons | Research integrity and publication ethics | Part one of a series of lectures looking at different aspects of research integrity and their application in biomedical research. | Harvey Marcovitch | 25 Nov 2009 |
| 22 | Creative Commons | Developing an improved TB vaccine | Dr McShane talks about the University's work in creating an improved vaccine against tuberculosis and she also talks about the urgency of this research. | Helen McShane | 10 Nov 2009 |
| 21 | Creative Commons | HIV: Will there ever be a vaccine? | A talk about the University's work in China and Africa and its attempts to identify the key determinants of protective immunology against HIV infection that should guide future vaccine design. | Sarah Rowland-Jones | 10 Nov 2009 |
| 20 | Creative Commons | Fighting to end Tuberculosis | Helen McShane and Dr Helen Fletcher talk about a new TB vaccine currently being developed at Oxford's Wellcome Trust Centre that could become a more effective vaccine against Tuberculosis. | Helen McShane, Helen Fletcher | 10 Nov 2009 |
| 19 | Creative Commons | Understanding human pain, suffering and relief through brain imaging | Professor Irene Tracey talks about her research into pain through using brain imaging technology to see exactly how the brain is affected by pain while discussing its implications to how we understand pain in society. | Irene Tracey | 09 Nov 2009 |
| 18 | Creative Commons | Language disorders in children: What can they tell us about genes and brains? | Recent studies have shown that genes are strongly implicated in determining if children will develop language disorders. In this talk, Professor Bishop examines the role genetics play in language development and language disorders. | Dorothy Bishop | 28 Oct 2009 |
| 17 | David Smith on Dementia | Professor Smith talks about his research at OPTIMA (Oxford Project To Investigate Memory and Ageing) on dementia, particularly Alzheimer's and the relation between diet and blood pressure in younger life and dementia in older life. | David Smith, Oliver Lewis | 17 Aug 2009 |
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