18 January 2023
\n \n \n \nThe global network led by the Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute (OMPHI) at the University of Oxford has today published, in the Lancet, the results of the \u20182022 INTERCOVID Study\u2019 conducted in 41 hospitals across 18 countries.
\n \n\n \n \n13 January 2023
\n \n \n \nThe Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health invites you to MitOX 2023 on Friday 21st April. Our annual conference for researchers with an interest in mitochondria from academia and pharma.\r\n\r\nThis year's event will be 'hybrid', so you can join in-person or virtually!
\n \n\n \n \n20 December 2022
\n \n \n \n\u2018Unheard of \u2013 The hidden voice of Endometriosis \u2019 the podcast series co-hosted by Danielle Perro (Postdoctoral Researcher in Epidemiology) and Magda Mareckova (DPhil student) has been recognised by the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, with a Public Engagement with Research Project Award.
\n \n\n \n \n20 October 2022
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Manu Vatish, Professor of Obstetrics & Consultant Obstetrician who has been appointed as the new Deputy Director for Maternal and Child Health Discovery at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
\n \n\n \n \n20 October 2022
\n \n \n \nHealth and care research in Oxford is to receive \u00a3122 million in government funding over the next five years to improve diagnosis, treatment and care for NHS patients.
\n \n\n \n \n12 October 2022
\n \n \n \nMany of us have no idea whether or not our period is \u201cnormal\u201d. It\u2019s no wonder, since not only is everyone different, but the stigma still keeps many of us from asking questions or discussing what we go through every month with friends and family. Principal Investigator Prof Suzannah Williams and DPhil student Tomi Adeniran explore what heavy periods can mean in their article published in The Conversation.
\n \n\n \n \n26 August 2022
\n \n \n \nA new study, led by researchers at the Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley, USA, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology identifies, as early as the 5th month of pregnancy, patterns of fetal abdominal growth associated with maternal lipid metabolites that track newborn growth, adiposity and development into childhood.
\n \n\n \n \n22 August 2022
\n \n \n \nEnormous well done to our new Professor Sally Collins - she was conferred the title of Professor of Obstetrics by the University's Medical Sciences Division Board.
\n \n\n \n \n17 August 2022
\n \n \n \nFantastic news for our team who have been working on the INTERCOVID Study, which launched in April 2020. This week on 12th August 2022, the research findings cited in the New Yorker! This work was a combined effort from 43 institutions in 18 countries and involved more than two thousand pregnant women.
\n \n\n \n \n28 July 2022
\n \n \n \nThe government has published the first ever Women's Health Strategy for England to tackle the gender health gap. Menopause, Endometriosis, Contraception and Fertility treatment are highlighted as some of the top issues women have asked for action on. The Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health welcome and fully support this bold and exciting strategy to help improve the health of millions of women in England.
\n \n\n \n \n11 July 2022
\n \n \n \nDr Tatjana Gibbons leads study that suggests a woman's chance of conceiving is improved by using urine tests to detect the optimum time for intercourse, but further research is still needed to assess whether timed intercourse via any ovulation detection method creates a difference in live births and pregnancy rates.
\n \n\n \n \n8 July 2022
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Professor Christian Becker who was presented with a Clinical Science Award for best oral presentation at the ESHRE 38th Annual Meeting in Milan, Italy this week.
\n \n\n \n \n28 June 2022
\n \n \n \nThe winners of the Postgrad Awards 2022 have been announced and we are delighted to share that our DPhil student Josephine Agyeman-Duah has won PhD Student of the Year. The award recognises the individual PhD student who has become an excellent and inquisitive researcher, who is an integral part of their research group, someone who encourages and supports more junior members of the team, and works alongside the research community more widely.
\n \n\n \n \n22 June 2022
\n \n \n \nHuge congratulations to Josephine Agyeman-Duah, DPhil student in the Kennedy group who won a Race Equality award at the Oxford Student Union Awards 2022.
\n \n\n \n \n14 June 2022
\n \n \n \nVaricose veins are a very common manifestation of chronic venous disease, affecting over 30% of the population in Western countries. In America, chronic venous disease affects over 11 million men and 22 million women aged 40\u201380 years old. Left untreated it can escalate to multiple health complications including leg ulcers and ultimately amputations. A new international study by Oxford researchers published on 2nd June 2022 in Nature Communications establishes for the first time, a critical genetic risk score to predict the likelihood of patients suffering with Varicose veins to require surgery, as well as pointing the way towards potential new therapies.
\n \n\n \n \n9 June 2022
\n \n \n \nWe're celebrating two new Associate Professors in our department!
\n \n\n \n \n6 June 2022
\n \n \n \nA new research study launches to investigate whether a 20-minute imaging scan can detect the most common types of endometriosis, which currently require surgery to diagnose.
\n \n\n \n \n13 May 2022
\n \n \n \nOxford pain researchers are playing a major role in a new multi-million pound research programme launched by a consortium of funders, including UKRI, Versus Arthritis, Eli Lilly and the Medical Research Foundation.
\n \n\n \n \n12 May 2022
\n \n \n \nThe Dawes-Redman Education programme which offers virtual CTG Analysis training sessions to Obstetric consultants, antenatal and student midwives has received generous funds from Huntleigh Healthcare for the next 3 years.
\n \n\n \n \n10 May 2022
\n \n \n \nOn 22nd March 2022, The University of Oxford hosted an AIMday in Women's Health at St Anne's College in Oxford. The key objective was to match the needs of organisations for new knowledge with academic expertise, with the ultimate goal of improving healthcare diagnoses & treatments for women and reproductive health.
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