Radcliffe Department of Medicine
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We are a University of Oxford department specialising in cardiovascular medicine, metabolism, haematology and immunology. www.rdm.ox.ac.uk
Week one ✔️ Our 2026 #WorkExperience students from state schools across Oxfordshire have explored genetics and haematology, spent time in their host labs, and even learnt about blood cells through an interactive card game! 🩸🧬🧪 Bring on week two! 👏 @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk #AcademicSky
Did you miss our ‘Beyond the Bump’ webinar last week? Don’t worry, it’s now live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1-Y... Dr Jamie Kitt & Dr Winok Lapidaire showcase their latest research on hypertension during and after pregnancy and its longterm effect on #womenshealth @ox.ac.uk @rdm.ox.ac.uk
Beyond the bump - How Managing blood pressure around pregnancy shapes your future health.
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#WIMMinFocus Science has the greatest impact when it reaches beyond the laboratory. 🧪 Our latest Research Culture video explores why #PublicEngagement matters. https://youtu.be/WsKiaJEKQKQ #AcademicSky #SciComm @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
Connecting Science and Society - MRC WIMM Research Culture Series
Science has the greatest impact when it reaches beyond the laborato...
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Congratulations to Leanne Hodson, who has won The Physiological Society Joan Mott Prize celebrating women in physiology whose work has demonstrated impact.
Professor Leanne Hodson receives Physiological Society Prize Lecture
The Joan Mott Prize Lecture celebrates women in physiology whose work has demonstrated impact.
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Members of RDM recently helped to deliver a new training programme in hyperpolarised MRI at Oxford. This technique allows researchers to observe metabolism inside the body in real time.
New RDM course builds capacity in hyperpolarised MRI
Researchers, students and imaging specialists from across the UK and Europe recently completed a new training programme in hyperpolarised MRI at Oxford. This course builds expertise in a rapidly developing imaging technology with applications across healthcare and biomedical research.
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🎉Five RDM teams have received pump-priming funding to support new collaborations and early-stage research across diabetes, inherited disorders, cardiometabolic disease and kidney stone disease. Congratulations to all the funded teams! Read more 👇 shorturl.at/46fPU
New pump-priming awards support cross-cutting research across RDM
Five Radcliffe Department of Medicine research teams have secured pump-priming funding to support new collaborations and early-stage research aligned with RDM’s cross-cutting research themes.
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Our researchers have tested an AI tool that can create “virtual contrast” heart MRI images without contrast dye injections. It could help make advanced heart scans quicker, cheaper and more accessible for many patients. Published in JACC. Read more 👇
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#WIMMinFocus New episode of Immunity by Design 🧪 Hashem Koohy Dr Lloyd Steele discuss how AI and spatial biology are uncovering hidden immune memory in human skin and reshaping immunology. #AI #Immunology @hkoohy.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk #AcademicSky
AI Reveals Hidden Immune Memory in Eczema & Psoriasis | Lloyd Steele | Sanger Institute
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🎉Congratulations to Professor Rajesh Thakker, named the 2026 recipient of the prestigious William F. Neuman Award from ASBMR, recognising his outstanding contributions to bone and mineral research. www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/news/profess... @asbmr.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Professor Rajesh Thakker receives prestigious William F. Neuman Award
Professor Rajesh Thakker has been named the 2026 recipient of the William F. Neuman Award from the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), recognising his outstanding scientific contri...
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A major new pan European initiative is set to transform how scientists identify and target cancer’s weaknesses and our very own Sumana Sharma is one of its founding partners. 🧪 The project aims to predict cancer vulnerabilities before they are experimentally tested.👇 @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Beyond cancer dependency maps: the PRECISE vision
Dr Sumana Sharma is one of the founding partners of a major new pan-European initiative that aims to transform how scientists identify and target cancer's weaknesses, moving beyond simply mapping canc...
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Join us online for an insightful public talk on #womenshealth Webinar: Beyond the bump - how managing #bloodpressure around #pregnancy shapes your future health 👉 Tuesday 21st July 👉 2pm to 3pm 👉 Register to attend webinar: lnkd.in/eGpnWGbK @ox.ac.uk @rdm.ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social
#WIMMinFocus 🧪 Behind every great institute is a great community. Discover the committees that help shape research culture at #MRCWIMM in the latest video from our #ResearchCulture series. #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk 🧬 @drakesmith-lab.bsky.social
Driving Change in Research - MRC WIMM Research Culture Series
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🌿 Congratulations to the WIMM #GreenImpact team on achieving Gold in the University of Oxford’s 2026 Green Impact Awards! Thank you to everyone whose commitment is helping make our Institute a more sustainable place to work and do research. 🧪 @rdm.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk #AcademicSky
MRC WIMM achieves Gold Green Impact award
Congratulations to the Institute's Green Impact team, who achieved Gold in the University of Oxford's 2026 Green Impact awards.
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#WIMMReads🧪 A collaboration between the #MRCWIMM and UCL presents a #CARTCellTherapy that selectively targets CALR mutated blood cancer cells while sparing healthy stem cells. #BloodCancer #AcademicSky @bethpsaila.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
New personalised therapy targets chronic blood cancer
A new form of CAR T cell therapy has been designed to find and destroy the cancer-driving cells responsible for a group of blood cancers known as myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), while leaving hea...
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Great to see this coverage in The Sun about CaRI-Heart - an AI tool that can predict the risk of a heart attack up to ten years before it happens. The AI was developed by Professor Charalambos Antoniades and his team, with funding from @thebhf.bsky.social www.thesun.co.uk/health/39562...
Meet the doctor using AI to ERADICATE heart attacks resigning killer to history
IT can redesign your home, blitz your life admin and plan your holidays. And one day, AI could save your life. More than half a million NHS staff already employ artificial intelligence and it is es…
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We’re delighted to share that a research project led by #MRCWIMM Prof Jan Rehwinkel is one of three innovative Oxford led projects that have secured funding through ARIA. (@aria-research.bsky.social). #WIMMHighlights #AcademicSky 🧪 @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk 🧬
Jan Rehwinkel receives funding to tackle viral threats
A research project led by Professor Jan Rehwinkel is one of three innovative Oxford-led projects aimed at transforming how we protect against respiratory viruses, which have secured funding through th...
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MRC WIMM Director KJ Patel is one of fourteen Oxford academics awarded ERC Advanced Grants 🎉 Prof Patel's research will focus on DNA repair pathways and their effect on human health and ageing #WIMMHighlights @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk Learn more 👇
University of Oxford@ox.ac.uk · last mo.Fourteen Oxford academics have been awarded @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grants - among the EU’s most prestigious research awards. Each grant is worth up to €2.5 million over five years, supporting ambitious new research ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4oEYseE
AI can detect hidden organ damage from high blood pressure earlier than thought. Using data from 27,000+ people, RDM researchers developed a tool to spot early changes and identify those at higher risk. Read more 👇 shorturl.at/JMIr6 @ukri.org @thebhf.bsky.social @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
AI tool reveals hidden organ damage caused by high blood pressure
Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that may help doctors better understand how high blood pressure damages different organs in different people...
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#WIMMReads 🧪 From the Nerlov Group: a specialised subset of blood #StemCells can rapidly restore platelet production after chemotherapy and other forms of blood system stress. The findings reveal a dedicated pathway for emergency #platelet recovery. #AcademicSky @medsci.ox.ac.uk @rdm.ox.ac.uk
Cytotoxic and genotoxic stress transiently increase the contribution of platelet-biased hematopoietic stem cells to platelet production - PubMed
Platelets are produced via a canonical pathway emanating from multi-lineage hematopoietic stem cells (ML-HSCs), and a faster, direct pathway used by platelet-biased (P-)HSCs where the latter circumven...
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#CheltenhamScienceFestival starts today! 🎉 You can find us in the Discover Zone at our Targeted Therapies stand throughout the week. Come and say hello if you’re visiting the festival. We look forward to meeting you! 🧪 #TargetedTherapies @cheltenhamfestival.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk
#WIMMReads 🧪 Researchers from the Vyas Group at the #MRCWIMM, with collaborators in Toronto, identify a blood #stemcell state that retains a molecular memory of inflammation. The findings link inflammatory stress to ageing, COVID 19 recovery and blood disorders. #Haematology #AcademicSky
Study reveals blood stem cells can ‘remember’ inflammation
Researchers have discovered that some human blood stem cells retain a lasting “memory” of inflammation, a finding that could help explain links between ageing, chronic disease, and blood cancers
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NEWS: University of Oxford secures two International Cardiovascular Research Partnership Awards Read about the two @oxforddpag.bsky.social & @rdm.ox.ac.uk led projects 👇
University of Oxford secures two International Cardiovascular Research Partnership Awards
Two research groups at the University of Oxford have been awarded funding through the prestigious International Cardiovascular Research Partnership Awards, to support high-quality international research collaborations that have the potential to accelerate progress towards improved understanding, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
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A large international study led by researchers @ox.ac.uk and the University of Virginia has identified a new model for predicting outcomes for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the most frequent cause of sudden cardiac death in younger individuals. www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/news/heart-s...
Heart scan and blood test improve risk prediction for inherited heart condition, major study finds
A large international study led by researchers at the University of Oxford and the University of Virginia (USA) has identified a new model for predicting outcomes for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)...
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#WIMMReads 🧪 How do cells decide what they become? A new study by #MRCWIMM Visiting Researcher Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, published in Cell introduces RegVelo, an AI framework designed to predict cell fate decisions and uncover the gene networks behind them. #AcademicSky
New AI model predicts how cells choose their fate
Researchers from the University of Oxford, the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Helmholtz Munich, and the Technical University of Munich have developed a new artificial intelligence framework t...
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Congratulations to our new Associate Professors Abdullah Khan, Andrew Lewis, James Grist and Rubeta Matin 🎉 They have been awarded the title in recognition of their contributions to research, teaching and citizenship at the University and beyond. Read more 👇 shorturl.at/maJA3
Congratulations to our new Associate Professors
RDM is delighted to announce that the title of Associate Professor has been conferred on four of our researchers. Each of our new Associate Professors has been awarded the title in recognition of thei...
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Congratulations to Naveed Akbar, whose project has received funding from the International Cardiovascular Research Partnership Awards. This research will uncover why older people have a harder time recovering from the complications caused by a heart attack. www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/news/naveed-...
Naveed Akbar awarded International Cardiovascular Research Partnership funding
Leading mid-career scientists from the UK, France, Germany, and the Netherlands have received almost €6 million from a pioneering partnership between the British Heart Foundation (BHF), the Dutch Hea...
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Had a heart attack in the past 5 years? Oxford researchers want to hear from you. Help improve how heart attacks are diagnosed in women and men. ✔ Age 18–85 ✔ Online survey (~45–50 mins) Take part: hupela.com/OxfordHeartS...
Oxford Heart Survey
Welcome to the Oxford Heart Survey Narrowing the scope: comprehensive analysis of sex differences in heart attack symptoms. Ethics Approval Reference: R93889/RE001 Thank you for taking the time to par...
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New research has found a previously unknown mechanism that helps control how immune cells regulate inflammation. The findings could open up new strategies for treating inflammatory conditions, including cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. shorturl.at/67rIT
Research uncovers new mechanism controlling inflammation in immune cells
Researchers from the University of Oxford's Radcliffe Department of Medicine and the University of Surrey have discovered that a key immune enzyme controls inflammation in a way that does not depend o...
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Great to see research led by Paul Leeson featured in @theguardian.com. The research suggests that new mothers who had hypertension in pregnancy could reduce their risk of heart attack, stroke and potentially early death through daily blood pressure checks at home. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Home blood pressure checks could reduce risks after hypertensive pregnancy
Study finds monitoring and adjustment of medication where needed can help protect mothers’ heart health
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Congratulations to Kévin Rue-Albrecht, who has been selected as one of BioFAIR’s inaugural Pathfinder Projects. Read the news item below 👇 @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
Kevin Rue-Albrecht to lead BioFAIR Pathfinder Project
Congratulations to Dr Kevin Rue-Albrecht, who has been selected as one of BioFAIR’s inaugural Pathfinder Projects.
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BioFAIR@biofair.bsky.social · 4mo agoWe’ve officially funded 9 BioFAIR Pathfinder Projects! With £826k invested across the UK, they are a testing ground for our future national infrastructure. They are dismantling specific FAIR bottlenecks, from solving complex data workflows to driving community training. 🧬 biofair.uk/updates/2026...