The Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group and the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology are hosting a new seminar series. Join us as we explore the loaded medical term \u2018miscarriage\u2019 from diverse cultural, historical and medical perspectives, and consider whether an alternative conceptualisation is possible.
Athena SWAN Silver has been awarded to the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (NDOG) in recognition of their commitment to advancing women's careers in science and medicine in academia.
The Frost Scholarship Programme will fund current students of the State University System of Florida (SUSF) and current students of Israeli universities to study the MSc in Clinical Embryology at the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, in October 2016.
The Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology invites you to MitOX - an annual meeting in Oxford \r\non Wednesday 2nd December covering a range of mitochondrial associated research areas.
The Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (NDOG) is pleased to announce that Professor Peter Hammond, a world leader in the analysis of facial dysmorphism in rare genetic syndromes, has joined the department.
The \u201cOna-Matoto-Lako\u201d project (\u201csee your baby\u201d in Swahili) will take lifesaving antenatal care to pregnant women in remote parts of low & middle income countries, where women can see their baby free of charge using a mobile ultrasonagraphy bus.
The Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Groundbreaking Research in Global Health and Development.\r\n
The 12th Conference of the European Society for Reproductive Immunology will be held at Magdalen College, Oxford from Monday 21st \u2013 Thursday 24th September 2015
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust will this week become the first in the world to assess newborn babies using international standards which were developed by the University of Oxford with the aim of ensuring that every newborn baby across the world is evaluated in the same way.
What innovative therapies are there for Endometriosis - a condition that affects up to 10% of women during their reproductive life span, causing severe pelvic pain and reduced fertility.
When assessing and planning treatment for women with chronic pelvic pain, a condition affecting more than one million women in the UK, the key role of the central nervous system must be considered.
It was in October 1978, 36 years ago, that the world\u2019s first 'test tube' baby was born, in Manchester. Consultant gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe and research physiologist Robert Edwards were pioneering the technique.
A gestational diabetes smartphone app developed in collaboration with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Oxford's department of biomedical engineering has won an award.
Drs Suzannah Williams and Dagan Wells explore the secrets and processes behind human fertilisation. Sperm and eggs must face huge challenges before they even meet. After fertilisation, they go on to form a small ball of cells with huge potential.
The University of Oxford and Bayer HealthCare have entered into a strategic research alliance in the area of gynaecological therapies. The multi-target collaboration focuses on endometriosis and uterine fibroids with the goal of discovering and developing innovative treatment options for these diseases. The alliance is for an initial period of two years, but is open for extension to up to five years.
A way of using nanoparticles to investigate the mechanisms underlying 'mystery' cases of infertility has been developed by scientists at the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
The test aims to reveal which of the embryo created using IVF has the best chance of making a baby, allowing these embryos to be given top priority for transfer to the uterus.\r\n
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