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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
| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
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| 716 | Creative Commons | Tracking infections | Professor Derrick Crook from our Experimental Medicine division tells us about his research on tracking infections | Derek Crook | 10 Feb 2017 |
| 715 | 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 |
| 714 | Flow disruptors for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms unsuitable for endosaccular coiling | Professor Byrne showcases the work of the Oxford Neurovascular and Neuroradiology Research Unit. Professor James Byrne is Professor of Neuroradiology at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford University. | James Byrne | 10 Feb 2017 | |
| 713 | Earthquakes, can we make smarter buildings? | Major earthquakes across the world have damaged or destroyed numerous buildings, bridges, and other structures. But is there a way of monitoring the building structures to see if it is at risk of falling after an earthquake has struck? | Orfeas Kypris | 09 Feb 2017 | |
| 712 | Creative Commons | Tracking infections | Professor Derrick Crook from our Experimental Medicine division tells us about his research on tracking infections | Derrick Crook | 08 Feb 2017 |
| 711 | 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 | 08 Feb 2017 |
| 710 | 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 | 08 Feb 2017 |
| 709 | The impact of complications and errors on surgeons | Mr Kevin Turner and Catherine Johnson talk about their national research study which aims to examine the nature of the impact that adverse events have on the professional and personal lives of surgeons. | Kevin Turner, Catherine Johnson | 31 Jan 2017 | |
| 708 | The Microbiome and the Brain | An interview with Professor Phil Burnet, who discusses his research into the influence of the gut microbiome on brain health. He talks about novel findings, potential future work, and takes questions from trainee psychiatrists and researchers. | Phil Burnet | 30 Jan 2017 | |
| 707 | Rethinking the epidemic of overdiagnosis | Overdiagnosis is the diagnosis of "disease" that will never cause symptoms or death during a patient's lifetime. Newer, more accurate technologies, and the desire to detect disease even earlier means Overdiagnosis is on the rise. | Carl Heneghan | 27 Jan 2017 | |
| 706 | What can a power ballad can teach us about the sex life of a fruit flies? | Music provides the soundtrack to our lives. The highs, the lows and the heartache. So why wouldn’t it be the same for a fruit fly? On this episode of the Oxford Sparks Big Questions podcast, we mix music with sex education of fruit flies! | Stuart Wigby, Sally Le Page, Eleanor Bath | 27 Jan 2017 | |
| 705 | Creative Commons | Resuscitating poor quality research | Healthcare research is all too often plagued by biases that are rooted in poor methods, leading to the wrong result and conclusions and preventing uptake into practice. | Carl Heneghan | 17 Jan 2017 |
| 704 | How do we stop our social media obsession from making us a target for crime? | How vulnerable are we to crime by the statuses we post on our social accounts? | Jason Nurse | 17 Jan 2017 | |
| 703 | How do you make scientific equipment space proof? | Since the 1960’s man has been sending missions to Mars. Some successes, some failures. This hasn’t stopped scientists trying to explore this incredible red planet. | Colin Wilson | 21 Dec 2016 | |
| 702 | Creative Commons | Optimising malaria treatment | Dr Georgina Humphreys coordinates the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) study groups by encouraging partner engagement and managing the data curation and development of publications. | Georgina Humphreys | 14 Dec 2016 |
| 701 | 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 |
| 700 | Creative Commons | Epigenetic modifications and cancer | Professor Skirmantas Kriaucionis aims to to elucidate the molecular function of DNA modifications in normal cells and cancer. | Skirmantas Kriaucionis | 14 Dec 2016 |
| 699 | 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 |
| 698 | Creative Commons | Optimising malaria treatment | Dr Georgina Humphreys coordinates the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) study groups by encouraging partner engagement and managing the data curation and development of publications. | Georgina Humphreys | 14 Dec 2016 |
| 697 | 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 |
| 696 | Creative Commons | Epigenetic modifications and cancer | Professor Skirmantas Kriaucionis aims to to elucidate the molecular function of DNA modifications in normal cells and cancer. | Skirmantas Kriaucionis | 14 Dec 2016 |
| 695 | 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 |
| 694 | What would life be like if Parasitoid Wasps didn’t exist? | Our Festive episode of our Oxford Sparks podcast follows the traditional Christmas story of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’. | Christopher Jeffs | 14 Dec 2016 | |
| 693 | Forty years on: from frogs to man | Clinical Neurosciences Society Anniversary Lecture | Chris Kennard | 08 Dec 2016 | |
| 692 | Can bubbles help cure cancer? | On this episode, can bubbles cure cancer? | Eleanor Stride | 02 Dec 2016 | |
| 691 | Bariatric surgery: new challenges | Mr Bruno Sgromo talks about bariatric surgery (weight loss and metabolic surgery) and the new challenges that it brings to the bariatric team and the patient. | Bruno Sgromo | 30 Nov 2016 | |
| 690 | Why we work on Alzheimer’s disease | Housed within the Target Discovery Institute, the Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute (ODDI) juxtaposes drug discovery expertise alongside scientific and academic understanding of patients, disease mechanisms and model systems. | John Davis | 30 Nov 2016 | |
| 689 | Creative Commons | Gastrointestinal cancers | Dr Claire Palles studies whole genome sequencing data and targeted analyses with the aim of discovering genetic variants that affect susceptibility to colorectal cancer and Barrett’s oesophagus. | Claire Palles | 30 Nov 2016 |
| 688 | 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 |
| 687 | Creative Commons | Why we work on Alzheimer’s disease | Housed within the Target Discovery Institute, the Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute (ODDI) juxtaposes drug discovery expertise alongside scientific and academic understanding of patients, disease mechanisms and model systems. | John Davis | 30 Nov 2016 |
| 686 | Creative Commons | Gastrointestinal cancers | Dr Claire Palles studies whole genome sequencing data and targeted analyses with the aim of discovering genetic variants that affect susceptibility to colorectal cancer and Barrett’s oesophagus. | Claire Palles | 30 Nov 2016 |
| 685 | 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 |
| 684 | Creative Commons | Are exhausts causing dementia? | Many people are exposed to exhaust emissions every day in different ways. But what are the harmful effects of these fumes when we breathe them in? Could we see difficulties in other areas of our bodies? What is it doing to our brains? | Imad Ahmed | 21 Nov 2016 |
| 683 | Ovarian metastases from gastrointestinal tract malignancy | Mr Brendan Moran discusses cancer metastases to the ovary. Mr Moran is a general and colorectal surgeon at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. | Brendan Moran | 18 Nov 2016 | |
| 682 | Trials and Tribulations in Africa | Dr Merlin Willcox gives a talk for the Evidence Based Healthcare series. | Merlin Willcox | 15 Nov 2016 | |
| 681 | Dealing with major trauma in developing countries – 20 years on | Dr Douglas Wilkinson talks about trauma demand, trauma courses in developing countries, and global health in the 21st Century. | Douglas Wilkinson | 15 Nov 2016 | |
| 680 | Creative Commons | How do you make a reliable weather forecast? | Latest episode from Oxford Sparks, this episode on how to predict the weather. | Hannah Christensen | 04 Nov 2016 |
| 679 | 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 |
| 678 | 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 |
| 677 | 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 |
| 676 | Creative Commons | Finding the best malaria treatments | Dr Mehul Dhorda heads the Asia Regional Centre of the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN). | Mehul Dhorda | 02 Nov 2016 |
| 675 | Creative Commons | Evolution and pathogenicity of viruses | Professor Peter Simmonds studies the epidemiology, evolution and emergence of a wide range of human pathogenic viruses. | Peter Simmonds | 02 Nov 2016 |
| 674 | 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 |
| 673 | Creative Commons | Finding the best malaria treatments | Dr Mehul Dhorda heads the Asia Regional Centre of the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN). | Mehul Dhorda | 02 Nov 2016 |
| 672 | Creative Commons | Evolution and pathogenicity of viruses | Professor Peter Simmonds studies the epidemiology, evolution and emergence of a wide range of human pathogenic viruses. | Peter Simmonds | 02 Nov 2016 |
| 671 | Better evidence for better health care | Professor Carl Heneghan gives a talk for the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care programme. | Carl Heneghan | 31 Oct 2016 | |
| 670 | 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 |
| 669 | Is my bacon sandwich really going to kill me? | Statistician Dr Jennifer Rogers discusses the numbers linked to processed meat and bowel cancer. | Jennifer Rogers | 25 Oct 2016 | |
| 668 | CNS remyelination: from mechanisms to medicines | NDCN Departmental Seminar | Robin Franklin | 07 Oct 2016 | |
| 667 | The Canary in the Coal Mine: could seabirds be the warning signs for our oceans? | Dr Annette Fayet tells us about the Manx Shearwater; a little seabird that makes a huge journey. | Annette Fayet | 28 Sep 2016 | |
| 666 | Creative Commons | X-rays for drug discovery | Professor Frank von Delft works to ensure that X-ray structures can serve as a routine and predictive tool for generating novel chemistry for targeting proteins. | Frank von Delft | 23 Sep 2016 |
| 665 | Creative Commons | X-rays for drug discovery | Professor Frank von Delft works to ensure that X-ray structures can serve as a routine and predictive tool for generating novel chemistry for targeting proteins. | Frank von Delft | 23 Sep 2016 |
| 664 | Creative Commons | Going Viral | Viruses have been a threat to humanity for as long as we have existed. As we make progress in the fight against them, can we also learn to use their tricks to our own advantage | Natalie Doig, Sandy Douglas, Peter Magill, Mary Warrell | 23 Sep 2016 |
| 663 | Creative Commons | IDEAL and the FDA | Regulation, Commissioning, HTA and Policy. | Danica Marinac-Dabic | 19 Sep 2016 |
| 662 | Creative Commons | The Montgomery ruling on consent: values and evidence in surgical care | Professors Bill Fulford and Ashok Handa talk about values and values-based practice, and what this means in surgery. They then discuss the Montgomery Supreme Court ruling on consent and how this will change everyone’s practice. | Bill Fulford, Ashok Handa | 05 Sep 2016 |
| 661 | Creative Commons | Surgery for advanced rectal cancer – crossing the boundaries | Mr Richard Guy and Mr Bobby Bloemendaal discuss surgery for advanced rectal cancer. | Richard Guy, Bobby Bloemendaal | 05 Sep 2016 |
| 660 | Creative Commons | Safer surgical services and human factors: two steps forward… | Professor Peter McCulloch, Dr Lauren Morgan and Ms Lorna Flynn discuss patient safety and the work of the Quality, Reliability, Safety and Teamwork Unit (QRSTU). | Peter McCulloch, Lauren Morgan, Lorna Flynn | 05 Sep 2016 |
| 659 | Creative Commons | Rare events – unavoidable challenges and lessons to be learned | Mr Radu Mihai and Dr Peter Hambly give a talk about rare/never events in surgery. | Radu Mihai, Peter Hambly | 05 Sep 2016 |
| 658 | Creative Commons | Non-technical skills for surgeons: a hard time for soft skills | Professor George Youngson CBE discusses the non-technical skills (cognitive and social) that surgeons need in order to perform safely in the operating theatre. | George Youngson | 05 Sep 2016 |
| 657 | Creative Commons | Pre-hospital emergency medicine – recent developments and top tips for the first on scene | Lt Col Ross Moy talks about the recent developments in pre-hospital emergency medicine and gives his top tips for the first on scene. | Ross Moy | 05 Sep 2016 |
| 656 | Creative Commons | Penicillin and the Legacy of Norman Heatley | Dr Eric Sidebottom and Professor David Cranston talk about the story of penicillin and the legacy of Norman Heatley (1911 – 2004) who was a member of the team of Oxford University scientists who developed penicillin. | Eric Sidebottom, David Cranston | 01 Sep 2016 |
| 655 | Creative Commons | MiCollar | novel iPhone application to analyse cervical spine motion restriction with different size and type of cervical orthoses | Rose Ingleton | 23 Aug 2016 |
| 654 | Creative Commons | The Visual Brain: 'The House of Deceits of the Sight' | Lecture given as part of Brain Awareness Week 2016 | Christopher Kennard | 22 Aug 2016 |
| 653 | Creative Commons | Ethics of Surgical Innovation | Explaining the views after being put into practice. | Wendy Rogers | 15 Aug 2016 |
| 652 | Creative Commons | Landscaping the future of coronary artery bypass graft surgery | Mr George Krasopoulos talks about coronary artery bypass graft surgery and how we have improved over the years, and how the future is looking. | George Krasopoulos | 10 Aug 2016 |
| 651 | Creative Commons | Vascular trials, big data and dementia’ and ‘Community leg ulcer clinics and telemedicine | Professor Alison Halliday presents ‘Vascular trials, big data and dementia’ and Professor Linda Hands presents ‘Community leg ulcer clinics and telemedicine’. | Alison Halliday, Linda Hands | 10 Aug 2016 |
| 650 | Creative Commons | Targeting the affective component of pain | Professor Tipu Aziz and Dr Binith Cheeran talk about deep brain stimulation (DBS) for treating intractable pain syndromes. | Tipu Aziz, Binith Cheeran | 10 Aug 2016 |
| 649 | Creative Commons | Haemodynamic monitoring in the critically ill patient: current and evolving echo techniques | Dr David Garry’s talk covers the theory underlying haemodynamic monitoring, how we have done it up to now and why echocardiography is a good way of doing it. | David Garry | 09 Aug 2016 |
| 648 | Creative Commons | Helping with breathing and eating – reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint | Mr Nadeem Saeed talks about the temporomandibular joint, and about the reconstruction of that and why we reconstruct it. | Nadeem Saeed | 09 Aug 2016 |
| 647 | Creative Commons | HIV positive to positive transplantation: changing practices around the world | Dr Elmi Muller talks about HIV positive donors for HIV positive recipients and changing transplant practices around the world. | Elmi Muller | 09 Aug 2016 |
| 646 | Creative Commons | Reflections on a retained swab Never Event in Churchill Theatres | Dr Clare Dollery describes a retained swab Never Event that happened in the Churchill Hospital and reflects on how we respond and learn from it. | Clare Dollery | 09 Aug 2016 |
| 645 | 'Light' Part 3 - How does sunlight damage DNA? | Once we've received our genetic make-up from our parents our genomes are stable, right? What causes mutations in our DNA as we live and grow, and how do our cells repair damage? | Catherine Green | 03 Aug 2016 | |
| 644 | The merits of decision modelling in the IDEAL framework | The case of innovative bilateral DIEP flap surgery. | Janneke Grutters | 03 Aug 2016 | |
| 643 | 'Light' Part 2 - Harnessing a single photon | What's the use of just one photon, the smallest bit of light? And what does it take to study it? | Joelle Boutari | 27 Jul 2016 | |
| 642 | 'Light' Part 1 - Connecting to the internet through your lights | Can we receive information through our lighting? | Dominic O'Brien | 25 Jul 2016 | |
| 641 | Method in the Motion | A unique evening combining a scientific talk with inspirational dance. | Irina Pulyakhina, Flux | 14 Jul 2016 | |
| 640 | Creative Commons | Surgical Trainee Research Collaboratives in the UK | An observational analysis of research activity and output. | Angelos Kolias | 12 Jul 2016 |
| 639 | How can massive genetic studies help us prevent and treat diabetes? | Any pair of individuals will share 99.9% of their DNA. But that 0.1% difference can tell us a huge amount about the causes of disease and how we can treat them. Find out more about the genetics that underpin type 2 diabetes. | Mark McCarthy | 11 Jul 2016 | |
| 638 | 'Senses' Part 3 - Seeing across the galaxy | How can you spot what's happening in space billions of light years away from right here on Earth? | Garret Cotter | 08 Jul 2016 | |
| 637 | Creative Commons | Evaluation of HIFU ablation for uterine fibroids | A multicenter IDEAL study. | Joey Kwong | 07 Jul 2016 |
| 636 | Creative Commons | Perioperative Outcomes, Health Care Costs and Survival After Robotic-assisted Versus Open Radical Cystectomy | A national comparative effectiveness study | Bilal Chughtai | 06 Jul 2016 |
| 635 | Creative Commons | IDEAL Framework and Recommendations | A template for device evaluation? | Christopher Pennell | 06 Jul 2016 |
| 634 | Creative Commons | Applying IDEAL | Early stage surgical innovation of a novel bio-wrap-assisted vasectomy reversal technique. | Ahmet Gudeloglu | 06 Jul 2016 |
| 633 | Creative Commons | Small Simple Trials | A Strategy to Study Rare Surgical Conditions. | James Wright | 06 Jul 2016 |
| 632 | Creative Commons | Pilot and feasibility studies | Methodological advances in evaluation. | Gillian Lancaster | 06 Jul 2016 |
| 631 | Creative Commons | An innovative view on surgical research | Evaluation surgical innovation of international examples | Maroeska Rovers | 06 Jul 2016 |
| 630 | Creative Commons | Advancing the cause of Research Registration | First 500 Registrations of the ResearchRegistry.com. | Riaz Agha | 06 Jul 2016 |
| 629 | Creative Commons | Mind the Uncertainty Gap | A comparative analysis of HTA of robotic surgery. | Tammy Clifford | 06 Jul 2016 |
| 628 | Overview of the OPDC Cohort day | Short video highlighting the key research that was being discussed during the OPDC Cohorts day | Richard Wade-Martins, Michele Hu, Tom Barber, Claudio Ruffman | 05 Jul 2016 | |
| 627 | What Should the Cohort Studies Delivery for YOU | Dr Michele Hu discusses what Clinicians would like before asking the cohort members what they would like. | Michele Hu | 05 Jul 2016 | |
| 626 | Introduction to the OPDC Cohort Day 2016 | Dr Michele Hu gives a brief introduction to the Cohort members, outlining the programme for the day. | Michele Hu | 05 Jul 2016 | |
| 625 | Drug and Target Discovery in Parkinson's Disease | Prof. Richard Wade-Martins discusses how you pick promising new drugs targets for Parkinson's | Richard Wade-Martins | 05 Jul 2016 | |
| 624 | Alph-Synuclein - What's it all about? | Dr Claudio Ruffman discusses his research into the protein, Alpha-Synuclein, which is crucial in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's | Claudio Ruffman | 05 Jul 2016 | |
| 623 | Does Sleep Matter in Parkinson's | Dr Tom Barber discusses his research | Tom Barber | 05 Jul 2016 | |
| 622 | Personality and Impulsivity in Parkinson's | Dr Fahd Baig discusses his latest research in personality disorders and impulsivity with those affected with Parkinson's | Fahd Baig | 05 Jul 2016 | |
| 621 | 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 |
| 620 | 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 |
| 619 | 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 |
| 618 | 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 |
| 617 | 'Senses' Part 2 - Getting a feel for surgery | How do you train surgeons to do complex surgeries? How do you measure a trainee's progress? How can you accurately simulate the look and feel of surgery? | Patrick Garfjeld Roberts | 29 Jun 2016 |
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