The latest updates on our research and how it is improving people’s lives.
NDORMS researchers awarded funding to spark new avenues of research
8 December 2023
Four researchers at NDORMS have been awarded a Research Ignition Award, as part of an initiative by the Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology to stimulate new and ambitious avenues of research.
Professor Chris Lavy awarded honorary fellowship from the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa
7 December 2023
Professor Chris Lavy has been awarded an honorary fellowship by the College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA).
Ben Dean awarded ORUK funding
7 December 2023
Senior Research Fellow Ben Dean has been awarded funding by Orthopaedic Research UK (ORUK) for his work on wrist injuries.
Kennedy Trust gift to help drive forward research into inflammatory and musculoskeletal diseases at Oxford
30 November 2023
Two professorships in translational medicine have been endowed at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology thanks to a generous gift from the Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research.
Tom Hosack awarded an MRC Fellowship
28 November 2023
A DPhil candidate at NDORMS, Tom Hosack received the MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship to further his research into tissue tropism in PD-1 therapy in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases.
New discovery furthers our understanding of how critical immune cells are controlled during an infection
21 November 2023
A recent publication from Audrey Gérard’s lab looks at how a specific protein, called IFNγ, can coordinate CD8+ T cell responses during a flu infection.
Putting Multiple Myeloma onto a new course
31 October 2023
The annual Oxford Myeloma Workshop brings together experts in myeloma research, clinical care, patient advocates and industry representatives, to help international efforts to improve patient lives affected by multiple myeloma. Multiple myeloma is the second most common among all blood cancers, is currently incurable and puts massive strains on patient quality of life with a significantly higher proportion (10 fold) share in health care costs.
Study reveals inequalities in access to shoulder replacement surgery
27 October 2023
As demand for shoulder replacement surgery grows, a new study finds that up to 1 in 6 patients are having to travel to a different region for surgery, and exposes a year on year increase in the risk of serious adverse events after surgery that require admission to hospital.
First UK spine fracture patients identified by NHS-X and Nanox.AI Artificial Intelligence research study
20 October 2023
The NHS ADOPT study has now begun to automatically identify patients with vertebral fracture, by using Nanox.AI an Artificial Intelligence (AI) programme to review thousands of hospital computed tomography (CT) scans. The patients are now being fast-tracked for bone health assessment by an NHS osteoporosis team.
NDORMS launches new translational unit to further critical research into multiple myeloma
19 October 2023
The Oxford Translational Myeloma Centre (OTMC) will be a collective force of research, outreach and patient care that will transform treatment opportunities for multiple myeloma cancer patients.
Daniele Cotton wins St Edmund Hall’s Ex Aula Prize
18 October 2023
Congratulations to Daniele Cotton winner of St Edmund Hall’s graduate research journal prize for his article ‘Jailbreak – Preventing Metastatic Cancer.’
How to build a cellular map of the musculoskeletal system
13 October 2023
A single-cell resolution atlas of the human musculoskeletal system could be transformative to understanding and treating conditions including arthritis, cancer and fractures.
New research endoscopy service launches today
2 October 2023
The launch of a new endoscopy service at the Oxford Experimental Medicine Clinical Research Facility (EMCRF) will enhance the collection of data for research projects at NDORMS and across the University of Oxford.
Psoriatic arthritis awareness day - a patients story
28 September 2023
The early warning signs of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) can be hard to spot. Any delay in diagnosis of PsA can leave patients uncomfortable and in pain. But slow diagnosis is all too common, according to Professor Laura Coates. She is leading a new study called HPOS, that is looking for 2000 UK volunteers to chart their psoriasis symptoms, and which may help to explain why one third of psoriasis patients to go on to develop arthritis.
New target identified for pancreatic cancer treatment
25 September 2023
Researchers at NDORMS have found a protein to block the growth of cancer stem-like cells as a possible treatment for pancreatic cancer.
James Fullerton awarded an Oxford-Bristol Myers Squibb Fellowship
15 September 2023
Three new Oxford-BMS Fellowships were announced across the Medical Sciences Division to support translational research projects.
New professors named at NDORMS
14 September 2023
Four NDORMS researchers have been honoured in the 2023 Recognition of Distinction Scheme, the University of Oxford’s annual exercise to confer the title of full professor for excellence in research and teaching.
Professor Chris Lavy named Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
13 September 2023
NDORMS Professor of Orthopaedic and Tropical Surgery Chris Lavy has been made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
What frozen shoulder can teach us about knee arthrofibrosis
12 September 2023
Arthrofibrosis is the build-up of too much scar tissue (fibrosis) after an injury or surgery resulting in a stiffening of a joint and causing pain and disability. It’s common following knee replacement for osteoarthritis where 1 in 4 affected patients require additional surgery to correct the fibrosis and restore motion in the knee joint.
Fair safe medical AI: a South Asia case study to co-develop local agency & trust leaving no one behind
11 September 2023
The Planetary Health Informatics Lab led by Associate Professor Sara Khalid at NDORMS has announced that it is a winner of a Global Grand Challenges award – an initiative fostering innovation to solve pressing global health and development problems and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.