Einstein Visiting Fellowship awarded to Zoltán Molnár
24 September 2020
Awards and Honours Strategic Developments
Professor Zoltán Molnár has been awarded an Einstein Visiting Fellowship to Charité - University Medicine, Berlin. This award sees him join the dynamic Oxford | Berlin collaboration, a strategic research partnership that supports high quality joint research initiatives across all disciplines of its member institutions, of which Neuroscience is a major focus.
First of its kind in UK - Innovative New Brain Health Centre
18 September 2020
New Oxford Brain Health Centre (BHC) open. Developed with the involvement of members of the public with lived experience of memory problems, the centre is a combined clinical and research service which has the potential to revolutionise NHS memory services.
Irene Tracey voted FENS President-Elect
10 August 2020
Awards and Honours Strategic Developments
The British Neuroscience Association is delighted to congratulate Irene Tracey as the new President-Elect for the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
NDCN awarded Athena SWAN Silver Renewal
10 August 2020
Awards and Honours Strategic Developments
NDCN has been awarded a renewal of its Athena SWAN Silver Award. This award is a strong endorsement of NDCN’s work to improve gender equality and build a positive research culture.
Professor Fran Platt appointed as new Head of Department of Pharmacology
22 July 2020
Professor Fran Platt has been appointed as the new Head of Department for Pharmacology at the University of Oxford. Fran took up her new post with effect from 1 June 2020 and will serve for an initial period of five years.
University of Oxford joins the European Universities Initiative
22 July 2020
The European Commission has recognised an alliance of Oxford University and seven other universities to join ‘European Universities Initiative’. The programme will receive 5 million euros for the next three years. The programme will focus on neurosciences and technology - to begin with.
New OXCADAT Guidance and Resources to Help Patients Cope with Trauma after Intensive Care
28 May 2020
New OXCADAT guidance and resources to help patients cope with trauma after intensive care
Wolfson Building housing stroke centre opens
24 April 2020
Research into strokes and vascular dementia took a major step forward on Thursday 5 March with the official opening of our Wolfson Centre for the Prevention of Stroke and Dementia (CPSD) based at the new Wolfson Building.
NDCN welcomes the MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit
24 April 2020
We are pleased to announce that the University of Oxford MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit joins the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN) as a sixth division.
NHS staff across England get free access to wellbeing apps
24 April 2020
NHS England has announced a programme to provide NHS staff with evidence-based digital programmes to protect their mental health during the COVID-19 response. The apps are designed to help maintain healthy sleep, and reduce anxiety.
New Oxford Brain Health Clinical Trials Unit Open
27 November 2019
A new Clinical Trials Unit has opened within the Department of Psychiatry - the Oxford Brain Health Clinical Trials Unit - it is the only mental health-dedicated Clinical Trials Unit in the UK. It opened in September 2019 and has replaced the former Oxford Cognitive Health and Neuroscience Clinical Trials Unit.
Oxford is joint top recruiter to drug-resitant epilepsy study
29 October 2019
Research Highlights Strategic Developments
The Oxford Epilepsy Research Group is at the forefront of some potentially ground-breaking work with patients who have drug-resistant epilepsy. Epilepsy affects over 50 million people worldwide and nearly one in three people with epilepsy are resistant to current drugs.
Pathways to Mental Health and Academic Outcomes
29 October 2019
The Oxford U-Flourish student wellbeing survey is part of a longitudinal study evaluating the scope of mental health need among undergraduate students. The study aims to better understand what factors determine student mental health and academic outcomes.
Building quality, diversity and publicity for mental health research
29 October 2019
In a move that will transform future mental health research, Prof Elaine Fox has been made the national Mental Health Impact and Engagement Coordinator for UK Research and Innovation. Read more to find out more about what this means for supporting improved mental health research across the UK.
Oxford Short Course in Experimental Medicine for Mental Health - OxCEMM
28 August 2019
This new course ran for the first time in January 2019, with an engaging and thought-provoking programme of talks, tours of facilities and group discussions. Feedback from participants was uniformly excellent. Applications for the January 2020 course opened on 15th August 2019.
£9 million investment for health and social care research
30 July 2019
Major Funding Awards Strategic Developments
The NIHR Applied Research Collaboration for Oxford and Thames Valley will launch in October 2019. It is one of 15 ARC's across England, each will work with local and national partners to address some of the nation’s most pressing challenges faced by the health and care system over the next 5 years, including dementia, obesity and mental health.
Virtual Reality Could Transform Psychological Therapy in the NHS
27 June 2019
Research Highlights Strategic Developments
A new clinical trial is testing a virtual reality (VR) based psychological therapy for people with severe mental health difficulties. gameChange is the largest ever clinical trial of virtual reality for a mental health disorder. Automated delivery of therapy using VR has potential to transform NHS provision of psychological therapy.