The latest updates on our research and how it is improving people’s lives.
Professor Duncan Richards to lead Clinical Therapeutics at Oxford
15 November 2018
The new Climax Professor of Clinical Therapeutics will join the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences at the Medical Sciences Division and St Hilda’s College in February 2019 to lead Oxford’s answer to a key global challenge – how to determine quickly which potential new therapies have the properties to become important medicines.
Getting sample sizes right for clinical trials
6 November 2018
Botnar CSM Main Publication Statistics and epidemiology
New guidance published yesterday by a team led by NDORMS Associate Professor Jonathan Cook will help researchers recruit the right number of people for clinical trials and answer key research questions.
New clinical tool will help patients with acute ankle sprain
6 November 2018
Botnar CSM Main Publication Rehabilitation and self-management Statistics and epidemiology
Patients arriving at hospital emergency departments with acute ankle sprains can expect more timely advice and follow-up care in future after researchers in Oxford developed a new tool that will aid clinical decisions on treatment.
NDORMS recognised with Athena SWAN Silver Award
25 October 2018
Awards Equality and diversity Main
NDORMS has renewed its Athena SWAN Silver Award status in recognition of our commitment to advancing equality and excellence in employment and education practices.
Muscle weakness costs the UK £2.5 billion
16 October 2018
Botnar Main Publication Statistics and epidemiology
UK health and social care costs due to muscle weakness amount to around £2.5 billion according to a new study carried out at the University of Oxford and the University of Southampton.
ERC Starting Grant for Dr Anjali Kusumbe
5 October 2018
Congratulations to Kennedy Institute Group Leader Dr Anjali Kusumbe who has been awarded prestigious funding from the European Research Council to investigate the link between blood vessels and tumour metastasis in bone.
EQUATOR Network awarded for reducing waste in research
26 September 2018
Awards CSM Main Statistics and epidemiology
The EQUATOR Network Education and Training Manager, Caroline Struthers received the Cochrane-REWARD Prize from the hands of Sir Iain Chalmers during the gala dinner of the Cochrane Colloquium in Edinburgh, this Monday 17 September.
Research for better shared decision-making in knee surgery
24 September 2018
New research by a team at the University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre and published today in The Lancet provides robust basis for informed shared decision-making and consent on keyhole knee surgery.
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 SITU
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.