The latest updates on our research and how it is improving people’s lives.
Preventing osteoarthritis after injury: first international pre-guidelines
18 September 2018
International expert working group develop first pre-guidelines for conducting robust studies aimed at prevention of osteoarthritis (OA) after acute knee injury.
Making an impact in more ways than one
12 September 2018
The Kennedy Institute has won not one but two Green Impact scheme awards in the University’s fifth Sustainability Showcase – a Silver Award for the building and a Gold Award in the Labs category.
EFIS-EJI Ita Askonas Prize for Professor Katja Simon
10 September 2018
Professor Katja Simon is the recipient of this year's prestigious Ita Askonas Prize for her contribution to immunology.
NDORMS staff recognised for research and teaching excellence
23 August 2018
Congratulations to our seven researchers who were awarded new titles in the University's 2018 Recognition of Distinction exercise.
What is it like to be a work experience student?
22 August 2018
Department General Main Outreach
NDORMS ran two work experience weeks for eleven Y12 students from local state schools. While they were here they created video diaries about their week.
How our research is helping people with disabilities
24 July 2018
A great part of our research explores the causes of disabling musculoskeletal and inflammatory conditions to deliver excellent and innovative care that improves people’s quality of life.
Successful CLiMB
22 July 2018
Department General Main Outreach
NDORMS took part in first CLiMB (Careers and Life in Medicine and Biomedical Engineering) day
UNIQ Experience
15 July 2018
Department General Main Outreach
Thirty secondary school students attending the UNIQ Summer school visited NDORMS for a morning of talks, workshops and practicals.
New hope for patients with incurable and disabling Dupuytren’s disease
6 July 2018
Scientists in the Kennedy Institute, NDORMS show anti-TNF inhibits the cells responsible for Dupuytren’s disease.
Celebrating the first ever LGBT+ STEM day
5 July 2018
NDORMS prides itself on creating an inclusive working environment that promotes openness, diversity and equality. Join us in celebrating the first ever LGBT+ STEM day.
Global Call to Action on fragility fractures achieves unprecedented level of support
2 July 2018
With an ageing global population, a leading Oxford orthopaedics specialist has joined a global Call to Action for better care for people suffering from hip fractures and other fractures that result from increased fragility.
Two Wellcome Trust Fellowships for Kennedy researchers
28 June 2018
Kennedy Institute researchers Alex Clarke and Thomas Riffelmacher have been awarded prestigious Wellcome Trust Fellowships to further develop their research in autoimmune diseases.
NDORMS Professors on the REF2021 assessment team
27 June 2018
Congratulations to Professors Sallie Lamb and Alan Silman on being appointed to serve on assessment sub-panels for the next Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.
Biological therapy has limited impact on joint replacements
13 June 2018
New research suggests biological therapies are not the main cause for the recent decline in joint replacement rates for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
EULAR Award for Dr Hussein Al-Mossawi
13 June 2018
Congratulations to NDORMS researcher Dr Hussein Al-Mossawi on winning one of the six European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Abstract Awards 2018 in Basic Science at this year's EULAR Congress.
Obesity in childhood and adulthood shown to increase risk knee and hip osteoarthritis
13 June 2018
The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) suggest childhood and adult obesity increase the risk of developing hip osteoarthritis (OA) and knee OA but not hand OA.
High-tech treatment of open leg wounds no better than using regular dressings
12 June 2018
A new study of open leg fractures suggests there is no difference to patient recovery whether high-tech negative pressure wound therapy devices are used, compared to standard dressings.
Thank you, Doug Altman
5 June 2018
CSM Main Statistics and epidemiology
Doug Altman did nothing short of forever changing the fields of statistics and medical research. With that, he touched the lives of thousands, if not millions of people worldwide… a handful more than those who will miss him.
BBSRC New Investigator Award for Dr Audrey Gérard
22 May 2018
We would like to congratulate Dr Audrey Gérard on her three-year Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) New Investigator Award. The award will allow Audrey to examine how the behaviour of killer T cells is coordinated to optimise immunity against pathogens and tumour growth.
New research answers long-term question for treatment of shinbone fracture
15 May 2018
Researchers at NDORMS, University of Oxford and Warwick University have shown that intramedullary (IM) nail fixation following a fracture of the shinbone leads to faster recovery and lower costs.