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Oxford's proud tradition of being at the heart of medical breakthroughs is set to continue as the city receives a £126m investment.
Dr Yvonne Couch awarded £250K for research on how stroke can cause dementia
Awards Department General IMD Research
12 November 2020
Congratulations to our new Professors
Awards CVM Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM
30 October 2020
Role-playing computer game helps players understand how vaccines work on a global scale
COVID-19 research IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM
8 October 2020
A free game launched today allows players to role-play the deployment of a virtual vaccine to help to halt the global spread of a viral pandemic.
Persistent immune memory of COVID-19 found in recovered patient T cells
COVID-19 research IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM
4 September 2020
New Nature Immunology paper finds strong T cell responses in recovered COVID-19 patients
Oxford-Sri Lanka study to compare COVID-19 immune response
COVID-19 research IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM
9 June 2020
Study co-led by MRC HIU/MRC WIMM's Professor Graham Ogg.
T cell responses may be key to fighting off COVID-19
COVID-19 research IMD MRC WIMM Publication
18 May 2020
Regular height and weight checks from early age critical in fight against child obesity
Department General IMD Publication Research
26 March 2019
Congratulations to our new Professors
Athena SWAN Department General IMD MRC MHU MRC WIMM NDCLS OCDEM OCH
7 August 2018
Congratulations to Professor Leanne Hodson (Professor of Metabolic Physiology), Professor Adam Mead (Professor of Haematology) Professor Gary Ford (Professor of Stroke Medicine) and Professor Damian Tyler (Professor of Physiological Metabolism) who were all awarded the title of full professor in the recent Recognition of Distinction.
New research makes progress towards general Salmonella vaccine
Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM Research
21 June 2018
Work by researchers at MRC HIU zeroes in on the mechanisms by which T cells respond to Salmonella infections.
Facebook LIVE: What is a virus?
IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM
14 June 2018
Layal and Mirjam in the Rehwinkel lab were live on Facebook to talk about their research on viruses.
Matt Dickinson awarded a Cumberland Lodge Scholarship
General IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM
21 May 2018
A unique opportunity to take part in an engaging programme of conferences, retreats and seminars to explore cross disciplinary topics.
DPhil student Layal Liverpool awarded BSA media fellowship
General IMD MRC WIMM
11 May 2018
Congratulations to Layal Liverpool, a student at the MRC Human Immunology Unit who was awarded a prestigious British Science Association (BSA) media fellowship.
Prof Vincenzo Cerundolo elected Fellow of the Royal Society
General IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM
9 May 2018
Many congratulations to the Director of our MRC Human Immunology Unit for this prestigious honour recognizing his pioneering work on T cell immunology.
2018 Call for Nominations for the Title of Associate Professor and University Research Lecturer
CVM Department IMD NDCLS OCDEM
22 March 2018
The annual call for nominations for the Title of Associate Professor (AP) and University Research Lecturer (URL) has just been announced. These are prestigious titles within the University and we are working to ensure we are formally recognising the achievements of our staff.
RDM Awards for Excellent Supervision Announced
Department IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM NDCLS
19 March 2018
Congratulations to Professor Graham Ogg and Associate Professor Tatjana Sauka-Spengler – the first recipients of the RDM Awards for Excellent Supervision. The Awards were presented at the RDM Symposium on Monday 19 March 2018.
International Women’s Day – inspiring the next generation of female scientists
Athena SWAN CVM Department IMD NDCLS OCDEM
13 March 2018
International Women’s Day on 8 March was an opportunity for our researchers to be role models to girls and women with a passion for science.
Oxford medical researchers win prestigious national awards
Department IMD MRC HIU MRC MHU NDCLS OCDEM
23 February 2018
Congratulations to Prof Graham Ogg and Prof Paresh Vyas who have been named National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigators in recognition of their “outstanding contribution to clinical and applied health and social care research”. In addition, Prof Mark McCarthy has had his Senior Investigator award renewed. This is a tremendous achievement for all of them as these are highly competitive and prestigious awards
Defining the role of lipids in skin inflammation
Department IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM Research
16 February 2018
Congratulations to Prof Graham Ogg who has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award to investigate aspects of the immune response in skin diseases such as eczema, with the hope of identifying new treatment options.
Researchers zero in on causes of skin inflammation
Department IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM Research
4 January 2018
Researchers at the MRC WIMM have discovered an unexpected way by which different pathways of the skin’s defence system interact, and how they can go astray in skin inflammation. This research suggests a new line of investigation to develop treatments for conditions such as eczema.
Congratulations to our RDM Graduate Prize Winners!
Department IMD MRC HIU MRC MHU MRC WIMM NDCLS
15 December 2017
Congratulations to Huw Colin-York, Quentin Ferry and Thomas Riffelmacher, who won 2017’s RDM Graduate Prize. All three students displayed research excellence during their DPhil studies and have helped to progress their respective fields.