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\n \n\n \n28 September 2022
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\n \n\n \n8 September 2022
\n \n \n \nTwo new projects led by Tal Arnon and Irina Udalova have been awarded Medical Research Council (MRC) funding.
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\n \n\n \n1 September 2022
\n \n \n \nDaniel Prieto-Alhambra has been awarded the 'Special ISPE award for contributions to public health associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.'
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\n \n\n \n30 August 2022
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Junqing (Frank) Xie who has been awarded the Stanley A. Edlavitch Award from The International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE).
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\n \n\n \n23 August 2022
\n \n \n \nNew research, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), shows initial surgery to be more successful and cost effective than undergoing treatment with rehabilitation first to treat longstanding anterior cruciate ligament injury.
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\n \n\n \n23 August 2022
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\n \n\n \n19 August 2022
\n \n \n \nResearchers at NDORMS have studied the association between ambulatory COVID-19 and short-term risk of venal thrombosis and the clinical and genetic risk factors predisposing them to developing post\u2013COVID-19 thrombosis.
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\n \n\n \n3 August 2022
\n \n \n \nThe National Institute for Health and Care Research has awarded an Advanced Fellowship to Dr David Metcalfe to study the diagnosis of the spinal condition, cauda equina syndrome.
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\n \n\n \n2 August 2022
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Professor Chris Lavy, who has been appointed to the World Health Organization\u2019s (WHO) technical advisory group for integrated clinical care for a period of two years.
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\n \n\n \n27 July 2022
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the University of Oxford have been awarded a grant from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to investigate whether anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy can reduce or prevent post operative delirium/cognitive deficit.
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\n \n\n \n22 July 2022
\n \n \n \nA new NDORMS study, published in The Lancet Rheumatology, has found a genetic variant that increases the risk of both carpal tunnel syndrome and trigger finger, and opens the door for new therapies that involve blocking the IGF-1 pathway.
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\n \n\n \n21 July 2022
\n \n \n \nSince 2013 the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology has been running a Career Development Programme, a scheme to help early career researchers launch their own independent laboratories, and more recently the Innovator Investigator Programme to bring new technologies to core research themes.
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\n \n\n \n21 July 2022
\n \n \n \nWorking with researchers across multiple universities, the Oxford Clinical Trials Unit (OCTRU) played a key role in delivering results of the national VROOM trial (Vaccine Response On Off Methotrexate).
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\n \n\n \n12 July 2022
\n \n \n \nThe Kennedy Trust has announced Dr Stephen Simpson as its new Chief Executive Officer from 1 July 2022.
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\n \n\n \n6 July 2022
\n \n \n \nNew research from the University of Oxford has shown that doctors can simplify treatment for the most common fracture in children, reducing NHS costs.
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\n \n\n \n5 July 2022
\n \n \n \nA new \u00a31.5M grant from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to the Powrie Group at the Kennedy Institute will help define different pathotypes of inflammatory bowel diseases that could lead to better and more focused treatments for patients.
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\n \n\n \n30 June 2022
\n \n \n \nYoshi Itoh, Associate Professor and Principal Investigator Cell Migration Group at the Kennedy Institute has been awarded the International Dupuytren Award 2022.
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\n \n\n \n29 June 2022
\n \n \n \nThe Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit (OCTRU) at NDORMS played a key role in the VROOM study which found that pausing immune-suppressing medicines such as methotrexate can increase the response to COVID-19 booster jabs.
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\n \n\n \n24 June 2022
\n \n \n \n2022 marks ten years since the first Athena Swan Bronze applications from the Medical Sciences Division. Ten years later, and all 16 departments in the Division have achieved a Silver Award. We look at NDORMS\u2019 Athena Swan journey.
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\n \n\n \n22 June 2022
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford has awarded the title of Associate Professor to Adam Cribbs and Luke Jostins.
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