Translational Research Symposium, Tue 8 Sept Hear guidance on key aspects of translation, such as regulation, commercialisation, and the latest developments in the translational funding landscape. Register by 24 August ➡️ https://events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event/ab335ce3-eb79-f111-ab0f-6045bdc13891
Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health
@tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk
CTMGH, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford. Network of research groups based in Oxford and across Africa and Asia. Tackling infectious diseases, from clinical studies to behavioural sciences.
This #WorldBreastfeedingWeek 💙, we celebrate the people who make breastfeeding possible. 🤱 Breastfeeding peer supporters empower mothers with the knowledge and confidence to breastfeed successfully at home and in hospital. 🎥 Watch how breastfeeding support transforms lives: youtu.be/zvk2ic5Jv4k
Improving Newborn Survival Through Post-Discharge Breastfeeding Support
YouTube video by KEMRI-Wellcome Trust
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🚨Vaccinology webinar alert1🚨 💉How can Africa strengthen its vaccine manufacturing capacity and prepare for future pandemics? 🗓️August 18th, 2026 🕑2:00–3:30 PM EAT 🔗Register here👉: shorturl.at/9JyrA
Join our ON THE MOVE webinar on supporting mobile people living with HIV through care transitions. 🎓 2 CPD points 📅 28 Aug | ⏰ 2–4pm CAT / 1–3pm BST 💻 Online Register: lnkd.in/ebAgeX5x #HIV #GlobalHealth
🗺️ Fed up cleaning location data before you can map it? IDDO Statistician Rhys Peploe developed mapping tool worlddatr to standardise location data automatically - so you can spend less time cleaning data and more time analysing it youtu.be/hRnpNTKzwwY #BeatNTDs #visualisations #ToolsForResearchers
Key Takeaways from the second Feedback Webinar 🔸The principles provide a strong and valuable foundation. 🔸Participation must come with meaningful influence. 🔸Power and accountability must be made visible. Thank You to the speakers & participants. #GlobalHealth #Bioethics #SolidarityPrinciples
Researchers in the Dept. of Pharmacology have created a short animation to help newly diagnosed families understand Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases, and connect them with support organisations worldwide. Multilingual versions available. ➡️ https://plattlab.nsms.ox.ac.uk/gm2-gangliosides-english/
How do you build the next generation of research leaders? Dr Sabina Dongol shares how mentorship, grant-writing support and regional collaboration through #MODRA helped her secure a Wellcome CTD Award and contribute to a successful CARB-X proposal. Read more: https://ow.ly/sbGg50Zwq37
INTERNAL OPPORTUNITY: Academic Lead in Student Experience This role offers an exciting opportunity to drive strategic developments that enhance the undergraduate and postgraduate student experience. Closes: Friday 28 August Apply ➡️ https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/academic-lead-in-student-experience
🦟 Stay up to date with our latest malaria research. Sign up to our newsletter for updates on #malaria treatment #antimalarial #DrugResistance #policy #research www.iddo.org/wwarn/wwarn-...
#MeetOurResearchers video interview with Marie Onyamboko on advancing malaria research in DRC @moru-mip.bsky.social Marie’s research supports targeted treatment, improved diagnostics and national strategies to combat antimalarial resistance Watch 👉 www.tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk/wall-of-face...
#ResearchHighlight from Bipin Adhikari @bipinglobalhealth.bsky.social @moru-mip.bsky.social Community engagement strategies for antimicrobial resistance #AMR control and interventions Read more 👉 ndm.ac/tropmed-res-hi Full publication 👉 bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/4/3/...
Researchers in Dept. of Pharmacology have created a short animation to help newly diagnosed families understand Niemann-Pick diseases, and connect them with support organisations worldwide. Multilingual versions available. View the animation➡️ https://plattlab.nsms.ox.ac.uk/npc-diseases-english/
EVENT: Who are the experts? The changing landscape of mental health in the UK @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social event will explore which forms of expertise we should trust to identify and treat mental health needs. 🗓️Tue 1 Sept https://events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event/d1eefdeb-6b8a-f111-8077-000d3ad4a4b7
What new research questions could you answer with harmonised individual patient data? Use the data we host, for free, to further research in #InfectiousDiseases #EmergingInfections #malaria #AMR or #NTDs 👉 www.iddo.org/data-sharing #BeatNTDs
🎉 Congrats to Huỳnh Ngọc Minh Thi and Ashata Dahal, OUCRU DPhil students at the University of Oxford, on securing funding to advance AMR research. Minh Thi will study colistin-resistant bacteria in poultry, while Ashata will turn AMR science into a comic booklet for public engagement!
What can global health learn from Māori movements, relationality, and kinship? Watch the session: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6XH... Coming Up: Pacific and South Asia Regional Feedback Webinar. Join us! REGISTER HERE: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #Health #Solidarity #GlobalHealth #Bioethics
GH-Solidarity Webinar Clip: Relationality and kinship: Māori Movements- Dr. Krushil Watene
YouTube video by Solidarity in Global Health Project
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Learn more about our work to strengthen research through equitable data use and accelerate better treatment and control of #NTDs Sign up for our newsletter here bit.ly/3Exj2XZ #BeatNTDs #COVID19 #malaria #ScrubTyphus #ChagasDisease
NEWS: Global study finds many countries are overusing powerful antibiotics while millions lack access to the medicines they need
Global study finds many countries are overusing powerful antibiotics while millions lack access to the medicines they need
Countries around the world are prescribing too many broad-spectrum antibiotics while millions of people still cannot access the medicines they need to treat serious infections, according to a new study led by researchers from City St George's, University of London and the University of Oxford's Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences.
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NEWS: Smoking deaths responsible for stalled gains in life expectancy in the USA Read about this research study by @oxpop.bsky.social and @utoronto.ca
Smoking deaths responsible for stalled gains in life expectancy in the USA
An analysis of nearly three decades of mortality data in the United States of America (USA) published in Nature Health has found that cigarette smoking accounted for nearly two-thirds of excess deaths among White Americans with lower levels of education.
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🦟 What new research questions could you answer with harmonised individual patient data? The #malaria datasets we host combine tens of thousands of participant records, helping researchers generate new insights from existing data. www.iddo.org/wwarn/workin... #DataReuse #DataForGood
NEWS: MORU’s contribution to ASEAN health highlighted during The Princess Royal’s Thailand visit The visit highlighted the long-term contribution to health across the region.
MORU’s contribution to ASEAN health highlighted during The Princess Royal’s Thailand visit
The visit highlighted MORU’s longstanding contribution to health across Thailand and the wider ASEAN region, and the value of collaboration between Mahidol University and Oxford's Nuffield Department of Medicine.
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Do you work in #InfectiousDiseases #EmergingInfections or #NTDs? Explore our free tools & resources to support your research www.iddo.org/tools-and-re... #BeatNTDs #Data4Good
An analysis of nearly three decades of mortality data in the United States of America (USA) has found that cigarette smoking accounted for nearly two-thirds of excess deaths among White Americans with lower levels of education. Read more ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4pM8qM0
NEWS: First volunteer vaccinated in the world's first Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine trial Read about the @ovg.ox.ac.uk milestone of vaccinating the first volunteer.
First volunteer vaccinated in the world's first Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine trial
The University of Oxford’s Oxford Vaccine Group has today successfully vaccinated the first volunteer in the world’s first clinical trial of a vaccine designed to protect against Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV).
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#ResearchHighlight from Ashata Dahal @oucru.bsky.social Community willingness towards a hypothetical new #TB vaccine: a qualitative study to explore the enablers and barriers for vaccine acceptability in Nepal Read 👉 ndm.ac/tropmed-res-hi Full publication 👉 bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/4/3/...
#MeetOurResearchers video interview with Moses Chapa Kiti on securing our health amidst climate change @kemriwellcome.bsky.social Moses explores how climate change impacts population health and health systems in Kenya Watch the interview 👉 www.tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk/wall-of-face...
#ResearchHighlight from Han Tran Dong Thai @oucru.bsky.social Antimicrobial resistance #AMR as a multicultural challenge: a decolonized approach to science communication in the Global South Read more 👉 ndm.ac/tropmed-res-hi Full publication 👉 academic.oup.com/jacamr/artic...
Congrats to OUCRU colleagues winning Best Oral Presentations & Best Poster at the Intl Pandemic Sciences Conference 2026: ‣ Ms Tran Ngo in the Policy and Governance. ‣ Dr Nguyen Pham in the Data, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence. ‣ Ms Aghnianditya Dewantari in the Diagnostics and Treatment.
Use the free to download case report form for #vl or #VisceralLeishmaniasis #HIV coinfection to collect data in a standardised format to accelerate research and #BeatNTDs #kala_azar 👉 www.iddo.org/vl/crf