Giving ACL injury the red card!
With women 6 times more likely to suffer an ACL injury in sport, I went along to see how consultants from Oxford are training sports coaches nationally in a preventative warm-up programme.
An ambulance to Ukraine
Prof Lavy and OUH Consultant Anaesthetist Dr Viv Addy take ambulance of supplies to Ukraine border.
The Open Arms away (not away) day!
Despite not being able to meet in person, the Open Arms PPI group held a virtual away day, sharing ideas for its future development.
Resilience, adaptability, collaboration, creativity, self-care, and family.
International Women’s Day Event: ‘Women and the Pandemic’
NDORMS Writing Club
Louise Hailey shares her experience of the NDORMS Writing Club.
Meat the future - The Oxford Natural History Museum
Earlier this year, the histology team at The Kennedy Institute were thrilled to receive an enquiry like no other. We are used to processing and sectioning a wide variety of tissues for Oxford university researchers as well as other British and European institutions; however, we never expected to deal with chicken breast and beef steak from Sainsburys!
Channel hopping
On Friday 2 July my team, Cinq au Swim, and I managed our channel relay swim! It took us 16 hours 47 minutes, and was not without its challenges!!
Bridging the gender gap in data science at the launch of WiDS Oxford
The WiDS Oxford network officially launched with an online speaker event featuring three researchers using cutting-edge data science to solve real-world problems
Nurses on the front line of the COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
Earlier this year, when the world was somewhat uncertain, a few nurses within NDORMS received a calling. The Oxford Vaccine Group (OVG) were looking for help with a Covid Vaccine Trial. Six NDORMS nurses stepped up to join the fight against coronavirus.
Women in Data Science Oxford - the journey begins
On 24 November a new group for women in data science will launch at Oxford with its inaugural event. Josie Eade speaks to Sara Khalid, the WiDS Oxford ambassador and Maria Sanchez, WiDS Oxford advisor to hear about their journey to data science, their inspiration for forming the new group, and hopes for the future of women in data science.
NDORMS Apprentice is the Oxfordshire Apprentice of the Year 2020
21 October 2020
Congratulations to SITU's Teya Agnese who has been awarded the Oxfordshire Apprentice of the Year and Intermediate Apprentice of the Year in the Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards 2020! Teya shares her experience of the awards.
NDORMS success at Young Statisticians’ Meeting
CSM medical statistician Alex Ooms won best oral presentation at the 2020 Young Statisticians’ Meeting. Alex shares his experience of the online meeting. Two days of statistics online: what could go wrong?
Creativity and Science
30 June 2020
New children’s orthopaedic hospital for Zimbabwe and COVID protection
Despite not yet being open, a new children’s orthopaedic hospital in Zimbabwe has turned tailor to use surplus theatre drapes to provide PPE protection to neighbouring doctors treating COVID patients.
