University of Oxford Department of Paediatrics

Oxford Cancer Announces 2025 CRIS Cancer Clinical Career Fellows Oxford Cancer, together with the CRIS Cancer Foundation, is delighted to announce the appointment of the 2025 CRIS Cancer Postdoctoral Clinical Fellows: Dr Rebecca Ling and Dr Casmir Turnquist. Both F...

We are delighted to announce that Dr Rebecca Ling has been appointed as a 2025 CRIS Cancer Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow by Oxford Cancer, together with the CRIS Cancer Foundation.

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New ‘off-the-shelf’ immunotherapy shows promise for treating high-risk childhood leukaemia Scientists at the University of Oxford, together with colleagues at Imperial College London and the University of Glasgow, have developed a new type of immunotherapy that could improve outcomes for in...

NEW: Scientists in the @roylab-oxford.bsky.social have co-led the development of a new type of immunotherapy that could improve outcomes for infants and children with high-risk leukaemia 🧪

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The Kaiya Foundation to fund leukaemia research at University of The Kaiya Foundation has awarded one of its first major research grants, which will fund pioneering research into the fundamental cause of a high-risk leukaemia. The grant is being made to Dr Emily

NEW: The Kaiya Foundation has awarded a grant to Dr Emily Neil (@emilysn1.bsky.social)‬ and Prof Anindita Roy (@roylab-oxford.bsky.social) to help transform the treatment of high-risk leukaemia through personalised medicine.

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‘Delay is catastrophic’: how instant antibiotics could save thousands of African children in comas Analysis finds key to survival for children found to be unconscious and unresponsive is a quick dose of drugs and fast access to specialist care

Results of two parallel studies by our researchers @ovg.ox.ac.uk, published in @thelancet.com and reported in the @theguardian.com, show how giving antibiotics to comatose children could help reduce death rates. Read the full story at the link below:

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Titans of Science: Andrew Pollard Insights from the clinical trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine...

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Titan of Science Sir Andrew Pollard charts the course of his career as a paediatrician and vaccinologist, including his work as Chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation in this latest episode of The Naked Scientists podcast.

Study shows urgent change needed to reduce deaths from malaria and meningitis in comatose African children Results of two parallel studies show that one in four African children hospitalised with malaria and coma have an additional infection, and that giving antibiotics with antimalarials could help reduce...

Ahead of #WorldMalariaDay2025, researchers in our @ovg.ox.ac.uk have just published a study showing the urgent change needed to reduce deaths from malaria and meningitis in comatose African children www.paediatrics.ox.ac.uk/news/study-s...

My son Charlie — and the breakthrough that changed our lives James Coney and his wife, Sarah, struggled not knowing why their 12-year-old was born with a severe learning disability. In their darkest moments, they blamed themselves. Then, out of the blue, came a...

@jimbetto.bsky.social writes in yesterday's edition of @thetimes.com about how he and his wife Sarah, struggled not knowing why their 12-year-old was born with a severe learning disability, until an answer came from @nickywhiffin.bsky.social at the @ox.ac.uk

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