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HRH The Duchess of Cornwall unveils a plaque

The Duchess of Cornwall opens the new Marcela Botnar wing

A new building at the University of Oxford's Botnar Institute for Musculoskeletal Sciences has been opened by The Duchess of Cornwall.

Botnar Research Centre

The Botnar Research Centre plays host to the University of Oxford's Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, which enables and encourages research and education into the causes of musculoskeletal disease and their treatment.

Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology

The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology is an international centre of excellence focusing on understanding the causes of chronic inflammatory conditions to develop new treatments that change lives.

Professor Jonathan Rees appointed as new Head of Department at NDORMS

Prof Jonathan Rees will take up the leadership role on 1 April.

Breakthrough in treatment for Dupuytren’s disease

Injection of the anti-TNF drug adalimumab into Dupuytren’s disease nodules is effective in reducing nodule hardness and nodule size.

Associate Professor Afsie Sabokbar re-elected to the Medical Sciences Skills Training Team

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Afsie Sabokbar, has been re-elected to the Medical Sciences Skills Training Team for the third time as Director of the Skills Training and Researcher Development. We chatted to her to find out more about what the team do, and what Afsie’s role is.