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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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| 816 | Research Behind... Mars Quakes | The research behind a song about the quest to hear Marsquakes based on research by Dr Neil Bowles at the University of Oxford. | Neil Bowles | 08 Jan 2018 | |
| 815 | Life as a trial statistician – the good, the bad and the ugly | Professor Jonathan Cook is a Senior Medical Statistician at the Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit. | Jonathan Cook | 06 Dec 2017 | |
| 814 | Creative Commons | How we change behaviour and what to do to support it: lessons from randomised controlled trials and other research | Professor Paul Aveyard, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences gives a talk on behavioural change in evidence based medicine. | Paul Aveyard | 28 Nov 2017 |
| 813 | Where have all the cicada’s gone? | In this episode for the Big Questions podcast we went to the New Forest and met up with Professor Alex Rogers, from the department of Computer Sciences from the University of Oxford, to ask: Where have all the cicada’s gone? | Alex Rogers | 27 Nov 2017 | |
| 812 | And then the magic happens! Can realist synthesis really be systematic? | Dr Andrew Booth gives a talk for the Realist Reviews and Realist Evaluations short course. | Andrew Booth | 24 Nov 2017 | |
| 811 | Creative Commons | Working 'up' and 'out': how qualitative researchers approach analysis | Dr John MacArtney gives a talk for the Evidence Based Healthcare seminar series. | John MacArtney | 15 Nov 2017 |
| 810 | How do you run a marathon with two kids? | Last month Jessica attempted to break a world record for pushing a double buggy, with two children inside, while running a marathon! | Jessica Bruce | 08 Nov 2017 | |
| 809 | Creative Commons | It's no longer OK to say I practise differently than everyone else | Professor James Wright asks what is the next fundamental change to orthopaedic surgical practice and wonders if it is using best evidence to direct us to do the same for the same condition. | James Wright | 31 Oct 2017 |
| 808 | A little known law of numbers | Professor Jeffrey Aronson, Consultant Physician and Clinical Pharmacologist, gives a talk for the Evidence Based Healthcare lecture series, | Jeffrey Aronson | 20 Oct 2017 | |
| 807 | Growing up as a Pharmacologist - during more than half a century in the Department | David Smith, Professor of Pharmacology, looks back on over 50 years of research and work within the department of pharmacology. | David Smith | 20 Oct 2017 | |
| 806 | Creative Commons | The Future of Science Communication | A look at the past and future of public engagement for scientific information. | Roger Highfield | 20 Oct 2017 |
| 805 | Creative Commons | What Makes a Scientist? | A look back at historical scientists and their contribution to science. | Staffan Normark | 20 Oct 2017 |
| 804 | Creative Commons | The Future of Artificial Intelligence | How modern neuroscience is researching the way the human brain can comprehend a working environment. | Simon Stringer | 19 Oct 2017 |
| 803 | Creative Commons | The Future of Publishing | A talk that focuses on promoting and championing scientific literature. | Ritu Dhand | 19 Oct 2017 |
| 802 | Creative Commons | The Future of Policy and Health Research | The role of MSD in driving innovation and expanding access to global vaccines. | Ruxandra Draghia-Akli | 19 Oct 2017 |
| 801 | Creative Commons | The Future of the Scientific Community: Challenges and Opportunities | A scientific discussion with the speakers about the industry and the future of the scientific community. | John Walker, Story Sylwester, Jo Dally, Ben Goldacre | 19 Oct 2017 |
| 800 | Creative Commons | The future of Innovation and Government. | Creating the future of science by driving innovation in health and life sciences. | Ruth McKernan | 19 Oct 2017 |
| 799 | Creative Commons | The Future of Biotechnology | Immunocore talk about important issues in oncology and infectious diseases. | Eliot Forster | 19 Oct 2017 |
| 798 | Creative Commons | The Future Of Research | A look into fundamental discovery and the use of existing scientific knowledge for the benefit of mankind. | John Walker | 19 Oct 2017 |
| 797 | Should surgical innovation be taught and encouraged? | Mr Henk Giele asks should surgical innovation be taught and encouraged. We are all creative and we are all innovative, and we don’t have to be a genius or a special type of person to invent something. | Henk Giele | 17 Oct 2017 | |
| 796 | Marsquakes | A song about the quest to hear Marsquakes based on research by Dr Neil Bowles at the University of Oxford | Neil Bowles | 16 Oct 2017 | |
| 795 | Understanding Misunderstanding | A song about the parallels of fake news today and satire in the 18th Century based on research by Prof Abigail Williams at the University of Oxford | Abigail Williams | 16 Oct 2017 | |
| 794 | The Great Vape Debate | A song about vaping based on the latest evidence from research, from Dr Jamie Hartmann-Boyce at the University of Oxford | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce | 16 Oct 2017 | |
| 793 | Stomach is the Monarch | A song about how Victorians saw the conversation between the gut and mood, based on research by Dr Emilie Taylor-Brown at the University of Oxford | Emilie Taylor-Brown | 16 Oct 2017 | |
| 792 | Use the Digital to Make the World you Want to See | A song about mapping the internet and how it links to our physical world, based on research by Prof Mark Graham at the University of Oxford. | Mark Graham | 16 Oct 2017 | |
| 791 | Creative Commons | Critical Appraisal and EBM in the Real World | The overwhelming volume of evidence and its lack of relevance to patient care and decisions means health professionals require skills to sift evidence more efficiently: discarding what doesn't make a difference to focus on evidence that matters for health | Carl Heneghan | 13 Oct 2017 |
| 790 | Creative Commons | 115 years of malaria in Africa | 115 years of malaria data collected in Africa gives the most detailed picture yet of where efforts to control malaria infection are being won and lost across the continent. | Bob Snow | 11 Oct 2017 |
| 789 | Establishing a microsurgery center at Chang Gung and advances in mandibular reconstruction | Professor Fu-Chan Wei talks about how he established a comprehensive reconstructive microsurgery center at Chang Gung University Medical Center, and discusses the advances in mandibular reconstruction using microsurgical skills. | Fu-Chan Wei | 04 Oct 2017 | |
| 788 | Eye movements and cognitive function in Parkinson’s disease | NDCN Seminar | Chrystalina Antoniades | 29 Sep 2017 | |
| 787 | Creative Commons | Keyhole implantation of a new aortic valve in the conscious patient: TAVI in 2017 | Professor Adrian Banning, Dr Kate Grebenik and Professor Rajesh Kharbanda give a talk for the Surgical Grand Rounds series. | Adrian Banning, Kate Grebenik, Rajesh Kharbanda | 20 Sep 2017 |
| 786 | How fast is Greenland moving? | Greenland has some many fascinating facts like it’s the world's largest island, it belongs to Denmark, it actually isn’t that green but mostly covered in ice. But did you know that Greenland is actually on the move? | Ian Hewitt | 31 Aug 2017 | |
| 785 | Kate Binnie: First and Last Breath soundscape | A soundscape about breathing as a barometer of our state of mind and physical health. | Kate Binnie | 04 Aug 2017 | |
| 784 | Saturday Scientist, BBC Radio Oxford | Sarah Finnegan talks about Breathe Oxford | Sarah Finnegan | 03 Aug 2017 | |
| 783 | Early Intervention: What do we know about what works | Tom McBride (Early Intervention Foundation) gives the final presentation in the fourth panel; Research for Change. | Tom McBride | 25 Jul 2017 | |
| 782 | Mobilising research to address our mental health crisis. | Cynthia Joyce (MQ, Mental Health Research Charity), gives the this talk in he fourth panel, Research for Change. | Cynthia Joyce | 25 Jul 2017 | |
| 781 | Young people’s involvement in research: The NEUROSEC Young People’s Advisory Group Initiative | Members of Oxford YPAG talk about their work and experiences in the Young People’s Advisory Group Initiative. Part of the fourth panel; Research for Change. | Members of Oxford YPAG | 25 Jul 2017 | |
| 780 | Introduction to fourth panel | Prof. Ilina Singh (BeGOOD PI, University of Oxford), introduces the fourth panel in the conference. | Ilina Singh | 25 Jul 2017 | |
| 779 | Response to third panel | Prof. Essi Viding (University College London) responds to the third panel; Young People’s Voices, Young People’s Citizenship. | Essi Viding | 25 Jul 2017 | |
| 778 | Psychosis, biomarkers, and young people’s moral perspectives | Arianna Manzini (BeGOOD team, Psychiatry, University of Oxford), gives the second talk in the third panel, Young People’s Voices, Young People’s Citizenship. | Arianna Manzini | 25 Jul 2017 | |
| 777 | vVirtual ethics: Developing e-tools to assess young people’s moral attitudes | Dr. Gabriela Pavarini (BeGOOD team, Psychiatry, University of Oxford) gives the first presentation in the third panel; Young People’s Voices, Young People’s Citizenship. | Gabriela Pavarini | 25 Jul 2017 | |
| 776 | Second response to second panel | Dr. Dorothee Horstkötter (Maastricht University) gives the second response to the second panel, Psychosis Risk: From Research to Practice. | Dorothee Horstkötter | 25 Jul 2017 | |
| 775 | First response to second panel | Respondent: Prof. Matthew Broome (Psychiatry, University of Oxford) gives the first response to the second panel. | Matthew Broome | 25 Jul 2017 | |
| 774 | The ethics of early intervention in psychosis: (Preliminary) findings from a qualitative study in England | Paolo Corsico (BeGOOD team, Psychiatry, University of Oxford) gives the second talk in the second panel, Psychosis Risk: From Research to Practice. | Paolo Corsico | 25 Jul 2017 | |
| 773 | Early Intervention in Psychosis services: 15 years of implementation | Prof. Belinda Lennox (Psychiatry, University of Oxford) gives the first talk in the second panel, Psychosis Risk: From Research to Practice. | Belinda Lennox | 25 Jul 2017 | |
| 772 | Response to first panel | Prof. Maureen Kelley (NDPH, University of Oxford) responds to the presentations in panel 1. | Maureen Kelley | 25 Jul 2017 | |
| 771 | Knowledge translation and pathways to impact | Dr. João Rangel de Almeida (Wellcome Trust) gives the second talk in the Ethics and Early Intervention in Mental Health: Promoting Change through Research conference, | João Rangel de Almeida | 25 Jul 2017 | |
| 770 | Vision of the BeGOOD project | Prof. Ilina Singh (BeGOOD PI, University of Oxford), introduces the conference and gives a brief talk on the BeGOOD project. | Ilina Singh | 25 Jul 2017 | |
| 769 | Bad Beginnings? Early intervention for mums and babies in prison | Rose Mortimer (BeGOOD team, Psychiatry, University of Oxford) gives the third presentation in the first panel; Researching Families, Transforming Communities. | Rose Mortimer | 25 Jul 2017 | |
| 768 | Preparing For Life: An ethnographic study of early intervention in Northside Dublin, Ireland | Dr. Rodolfo Maggio (BeGOOD team, Psychiatry, University of Oxford) gives the second presentation in the first panel; Researching Families, Transforming Communities. | Rodolfo Maggio | 25 Jul 2017 | |
| 767 | The risks of pathologising normal family life | Dr. Jan Macvarish (Kent University) gives the first talk in the first panel; Researching Families, Transforming Communities. | Jan Macvarish | 25 Jul 2017 | |
| 766 | Making trials more efficient: Trial Forge and how you can help | Trials are important; very often they are also inefficient. Trial Forge aims to improve trial efficacy by identifying and then filling gaps in trial methods research. | Shaun Treweek | 10 Jul 2017 | |
| 765 | Using mixed methods in health psychology: Reflections on research design, epistemology, and practicalities | In this talk, Dr Felicity Bishop will critically reflect on mixed methods research that she has conducted and discuss the philosophical and technical challenges of mixed methods. | Felicity Bishop | 10 Jul 2017 | |
| 764 | Emerging and Future Treatments: Studying asymptomatic genetic carriers in MND | Professor Martin Turner, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, gives the final talk in the FATHOM meeting. | Martin Turner | 27 Jun 2017 | |
| 763 | Emerging and Future Treatments | Professor Kevin Talbot, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, gives the third talk for the FATHOM meeting. | Kevin Talbot | 27 Jun 2017 | |
| 762 | Genetic Testing | Christopher Shaw, King's College London, gives the second talk for the FATHOM meeting. | Christopher Shaw | 27 Jun 2017 | |
| 761 | The Genetics of Motor Neuron Disease | Professor Kevin Talbot gives the first presentation in the FATHOM meeting. Introduction by Professor Martin Turner. | Kevin Talbot | 27 Jun 2017 | |
| 760 | William Osler and his legacy to medicine | Professor David Cranston tells the story of William Osler's life and career. | David Cranston | 14 Jun 2017 | |
| 759 | Creative Commons | MORU Students | Studentships at the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit in Bangkok, Thailand | Stije Leopold, Stuart Blacksell, Sharanjeet Atwal, Viriya Hantrakun | 13 Jun 2017 |
| 758 | Should I take a selfie with a wild animal? | Travel companies around the world profit from some of the cruellest types of wildlife tourist attractions on earth. | Tom Moorhouse | 02 Jun 2017 | |
| 757 | What does Hollywood get right and wrong when science is in the storyline? | What does hollywood get right? | Neil Ashton, Colin Wilson, Eleanor Stride, Jason Nurse | 02 Jun 2017 | |
| 756 | How open should open data be? | Open data impacts everybody. Through it we can access healthcare services, understand our governments better and, of course, travel to places more easily. But, how open should open data be? | Sir Nigel Shadbolt | 02 Jun 2017 | |
| 755 | Creative Commons | When surgeons become patients: occupational health and wellbeing for doctors | Dr Evie Kemp talks about the issues that can arise when surgeons become patients, and the importance of doctors maintaining their own health (mental and physical) and wellbeing. | Evie Kemp | 24 May 2017 |
| 754 | Professor Richard Hobbs | Dr. Kamal R. Mahtani, Deputy Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, in conversation with Professor Richard Hobbs, Head of Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford. | Richard Hobbs, Kamal R Mahtani | 18 May 2017 | |
| 753 | Professor John Brodersen | Professor Carl Heneghan, Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, in conversation with Professor John Brodersen, General Practitioner and associate research professor in the area of medical screening at University of Copenhagen. | John Brodersen, Carl Heneghan | 15 May 2017 | |
| 752 | Innovations in access surgery | James Gilbert and Dr Simon Knight give an update on vascular access and some of the innovations that are going on in vascular access surgery. | James Gilbert, Simon Knight | 15 May 2017 | |
| 751 | What happened to the first soviet scientist to solve a fundamental problem in mathematics? | New episode for the Oxford Sparks Big questions series. | Christopher Hollings | 08 May 2017 | |
| 750 | How open should open data be? | Open data impacts everybody. Through it we can access healthcare services, understand our governments better and, of course, travel to places more easily. But, how open should open data be? | Sir Nigel Shadbolt | 04 May 2017 | |
| 749 | Dr Lisa Schwartz and Dr Steven Woloshin | Professor Carl Heneghan in conversation with Steven Woloshin, MD, MS, and Lisa M. Schwartz, MD, MS, Professors of Medicine, of Community and Family Medicine, and Co-Directors of Medicine and the Media Programs at The Dartmouth Institute. | Lisa Schwartz, Steven Woloshin, Carl Heneghan | 03 May 2017 | |
| 748 | Statistical methods used to map malaria and other infectious diseases | Ewan Cameron and Sam Bhatt from the Nuffield Department of Population Health discuss statistical methods used to map malaria and other infectious diseases. | Ewan Cameron, Sam Bhatt | 28 Apr 2017 | |
| 747 | Dr Jeffrey Aronson | Professor Carl Heneghan, Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, in conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Aronson, President Emeritus and Honorary Fellow, British Pharmacological Society, and Consultant Physician. | Carl Heneghan, Jeffrey Aronson | 28 Apr 2017 | |
| 746 | Professor Trish Greenhalgh | Professor Trish Greenhalgh and Kamal R. Mahtani in conversation in the third episode of Trust The Evidence. | Kamal R. Mahtani, Trish Greenhalgh | 20 Apr 2017 | |
| 745 | What does Hollywood get right and wrong when science is in the storyline? | What does hollywood get right? | Neil Ashton, Colin Wilson, Eleanor Stride, Jason Nurse | 19 Apr 2017 | |
| 744 | Better evidence for better healthcare manifesto | The integration of evidence with clinical expertise and patient values which underpins the delivery of high quality evidence-based medicine. | Carl Heneghan | 12 Apr 2017 | |
| 743 | 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 |
| 742 | 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 |
| 741 | 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 |
| 740 | 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 |
| 739 | 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 |
| 738 | 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 |
| 737 | Creative Commons | Malaria control in Africa | Professor Bob Snow from our KEMRI-Wellcome programme in Nairobi, Kenya, tells us how his research brings together epidemiological profiles and government policies to maximise malaria control programmes in Africa | Bob Snow | 12 Apr 2017 |
| 736 | Creative Commons | Malaria control in Africa | Professor Bob Snow from our KEMRI-Wellcome programme in Nairobi, Kenya, tells us how his research brings together epidemiological profiles and government policies to maximise malaria control programmes in Africa | Bob Snow | 12 Apr 2017 |
| 735 | Creative Commons | Malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong sub-region | Dr Lorenz von Seidlein from our MORU unit in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about his research on malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong sub-region | Lorenz von Seidlein | 12 Apr 2017 |
| 734 | Creative Commons | Malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong sub-region | Dr Lorenz von Seidlein from our MORU unit in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about his research on malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong sub-region | Lorenz von Seidlein | 12 Apr 2017 |
| 733 | Should I take a selfie with a wild animal? | Travel companies around the world profit from some of the cruellest types of wildlife tourist attractions on earth. | Tom Moorhouse | 11 Apr 2017 | |
| 732 | Cell transplants to treat the 'disease' of chronic pain | Thomas Willis Lecture (Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences) | Allan Basbaum | 10 Apr 2017 | |
| 731 | The 100,000 Genomes Project | Ms Jennifer Whitfield talks about the 100,000 Genomes Project, which aims to establish a new genomic medicine service through the NHS by sequencing the entire genomes of around 70,000 people with rare inherited diseases or cancer. | Jennifer Whitfield | 10 Apr 2017 | |
| 730 | Dr Fiona Godlee | Professor Carl Heneghan, Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, in conversation with Dr Fiona Godlee, Editor-in-Chief of The British Medical Journal (BMJ). | Fiona Godlee, Carl Heneghan | 05 Apr 2017 | |
| 729 | Wye speling matturs | Jeffrey Aronson presents a light-hearted talk on spelling in systematic reviewing. Jeff is a Consultant Physician and Clinical Pharmacologist at the Oxford University Department for Primary Health Care. | Jeffrey Aronson | 29 Mar 2017 | |
| 728 | Creative Commons | Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter | Professor Carl Heneghan, Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, speaks to Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge, about the importance of medical statistics. | David Spiegelhalter, Carl Heneghan | 28 Mar 2017 |
| 727 | Creative Commons | How do you teach a machine to a drive a car? | Autonomous cars have been a staple of science fiction for years featuring in films like Minority Report and I Robot. But how far away are we really from enjoying a hassle-free driving journey? To find out the answer we visited Dr Ingmar Posner, Associate | Ingmar Posner | 28 Mar 2017 |
| 726 | Jam tomorrow? Prospects for the 'just about managing' in Britain | In the Medical Sciences Division Litchfield Lecture 2017, he explores the prospects for the just about managing in Britain in light of Brexit. | Martin McKee | 23 Mar 2017 | |
| 725 | Dementia, future treatments and research | Prof. Klaus Ebmeier is the Foundation Chair of Old Age Psychiatry. In this interview he gives his point of view on dementia, normal aging and why new treatments are not yet effective. | Klaus Ebmeier | 21 Mar 2017 | |
| 724 | Will supersonic transport ever make a comeback? | The Concord is seen as an iconic aircraft and a technological breakthrough – so why can we only see them in museums? In our episode of The Big Questions podcast series we visited Dr Neil Ashton from the E-Research Centre at the University of Oxford to ask | Neil Ashton | 13 Mar 2017 | |
| 723 | Prostate artery embolisation in the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia and beyond | Dr Mark Little discusses his ongoing research into the role of prostate artery embolisation within the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). | Mark Little | 10 Mar 2017 | |
| 722 | Detecting, tracking, and predicting motor neuron disease | NDCN Departmental Seminar. | Martin Turner | 06 Mar 2017 | |
| 721 | How do you turn an orange into a grapefruit? | Flavouring. It’s a global industry and here in Oxford a group of scientists are getting a ‘taste’ of the action by making natural flavours by manipulating enzymes. | Alize Pennec | 27 Feb 2017 | |
| 720 | The mesentery: congenital and acquired disorders of a new organ | The finding of the mesentery opens up a whole new area of science. The colorectal surgery team talk about the importance of the mesentery and the disorders associated with it. | Pamela Sivathondan, Kalle Landerholm, Diederik Meylemans, Bruce George | 24 Feb 2017 | |
| 719 | 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 |
| 718 | Creative Commons | Human factors based investigation of serious surgical mishaps | Professor Peter McCulloch and Dr Lauren Morgan talk about investigating serious surgical incidents and how human factors science can help us. | Peter McCulloch, Lauren Morgan | 13 Feb 2017 |
| 717 | Creative Commons | The challenge of aortic therapy: stimulus to break new paths | Professor Sebastian Debus introduces the variety of projects in his Department of Vascular Medicine, discussing the challenge of aortic therapy and the search for new solutions. | Sebastian Debus | 13 Feb 2017 |
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