Translational Medicine
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Translational Medicine
Research in Medicine needs to ultimately translate into better treatment of patients. Researchers at the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, collaborate to develop better care and improved preventive measures. Findings in the laboratory are translated into changes in clinical prac...
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Molecular diagnosis and bacterial genotyping
Dr Janjira Thaipadungpanit from our MORU unit in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about her research on molecular diagnosis and bacterial genotyping A mole...
Biomarkers for tropical diseases
Dr Markus Winterbert from our MORU unit in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about his research on biomarkers for tropical diseases Having a background in m...
MORU Biosafety Level 3 and melioidosis in Thailand
Premjit Amornchai from our MORU unit in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about her work as biosafety level 3 lab manager and microbioogy safety officer To...
Malaria control in Africa
Professor Bob Snow from our KEMRI-Wellcome programme in Nairobi, Kenya, tells us how his research brings together epidemiological profiles and governm...
Malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong sub-region
Dr Lorenz von Seidlein from our MORU unit in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about his research on malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong sub-region Mu...
Tracking infections
Professor Derrick Crook from our Experimental Medicine division tells us about his research on tracking infections Professor Derrick Crook's research...
Mapping bacterial antibiotic resistance
Dr Olga Tosas-Auguet from our unit in Kenya tells us about her research on mapping bacterial antibiotic resistance Dr Olga Tosas-Auguet aims to develo...
Bacterial infections in Laos
David Dance from our LOMWRU unit in Laos tells us about his research on bacterial infections in Laos, particularly melioidosis David Dance is a Clinic...
Optimising malaria treatment
Dr Georgina Humphreys coordinates the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) study groups by encouraging partner engagement and managing th...
Outbreak, the clinical research response
Dr Gail Carson is Head of ISARIC Coordinating Centre (International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium), a network of networks...
Epigenetic modifications and cancer
Professor Skirmantas Kriaucionis aims to to elucidate the molecular function of DNA modifications in normal cells and cancer. Although all cells in ou...
Fighting malaria in Myanmar
Professor Frank Smithuis is the director of MOCRU, Myanmar Oxford Clinical Research Unit. MOCRU involves a network of 6 clinics and 650 community heal...
Why we work on Alzheimer’s disease
Housed within the Target Discovery Institute, the Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute (ODDI) juxtaposes drug discovery expertise a...
Gastrointestinal cancers
Dr Claire Palles studies whole genome sequencing data and targeted analyses with the aim of discovering genetic variants that affect susceptibility to...
Poor quality medicines
LOMWRU researchers conduct clinical research to help improve global, regional and Lao public health. They focus on infectious diseases, and also inves...
High altitude illness
Director of OUCRU-Nepal, Dr Buddha Basnyat studies high altitude illness as well as undifferentiated febrile illness in the tropics, both common but n...
Infectious diseases in Indonesia
Professor Kevin Baird leads our Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit (EOCRU) in Jakarta, Indonesia. Delivering health care in Indonesia is a challeng...
Finding the best malaria treatments
Dr Mehul Dhorda heads the Asia Regional Centre of the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN). Artemisinin resistance is firmly established...
Evolution and pathogenicity of viruses
Professor Peter Simmonds studies the epidemiology, evolution and emergence of a wide range of human pathogenic viruses. RNA viruses are major pathogen...
X-rays for drug discovery
Professor Frank von Delft works to ensure that X-ray structures can serve as a routine and predictive tool for generating novel chemistry for targetin...
Modelling bacterial drug resistance
Professor Ben Cooper from MORU in Thailand uses mathematical modelling and statistical techniques to help understand the dynamics of infectious diseas...
Epidemiology and malaria elimination
Dr Richard Maude's work combines clinical studies, descriptive epidemiology and mathematical modelling of malaria in South and Southeast Asia. Malaria...
Why data management matters
Naomi’s work focuses on supporting researchers to collect, clean and store research data. PRESERVING EVIDENCE FOR THE FUTURE
Research is only a...
Malaria laboratory at MORU
Dr Kesinee Chotivanich's laboratory provides facilities and resources to researchers, students, and collaborators who are interested in tropical disea...
From information to structure
Dr Brian Marsden aims to make structural and chemical biology data accessible to non-experts, by providing computational resources including data mana...
Repairing DNA damage
Dr Ross Chapman studies the molecular events triggered by DNA damage detection, and why defects in these events lead to immune deficiency and cancer i...
Malaria in Kenya
There is a great need for better treatments for malaria and for a preventative malaria vaccine. SPACIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY & VACCINES
Underst...
Microbiology in the tropics
The Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit (COMRU) is based in Siem Reap, northern Cambodia, which remains one of the poorest countries in South East A...
Unravelling proteins
Dr Nicola Burgess-Brown heads the Biotechnology Group at the SGC, which generates proteins suitable for structural and functional studies. Recombinant...
Targeting drug discovery
The development of new medicines is dependent on the identification of novel drug targets. CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
In the search for new medic...
Microbiology research in SE Asia
Dr Direk Limmathurotsakul's research focuses on the epidemiology of melioidosis, a bacterial infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. Melioidosi...
Tropical neonatology
Dr Claudia Turner heads the clinical research program at the Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit (COMRU), in collaboration with the Angkor Hospital...
Global health informatics
Dr Chris Paton studies the use of open-source Electronic Health Records (EHR) software, online learning and mobile technology to improve healthcare de...
Dengue diagnosis and management
With 390 million infections occuring each year, dengue is the most important mosquito-borne viral infection, and no vaccine is currently available. DE...
Understanding growth signals
Growth hormones and cytokines regulate the key physiological processes of growth and differentiation as well as responses to injury and infection. FIB...
Malaria in pregnancy
In pregnant women, severe malaria is responsible for high maternal mortality, and uncomplicated malaria results in in high morbidity. Professor Rose M...
Reducing HIV
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a stigmatised group in Africa, but a predominant actor in the transmission of HIV. Professor Eduard Sanders is int...
Cleaning up misfolded proteins
Misfolded proteins can either create the loss of a cellular function, or escape degradation, causing aggregation diseases. Dr John Christianson's rese...
Rare neurological disorders
Chorea-Acanthocytosis: ChAc is a rare progressive neurological disorder caused by mutations in a very complex gene. Dr Antonio Velayos-Baeza is intere...
Targeting cancer mechanisms
Professor Robert Gilbert's research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying membrane pore formation and cell adhesion. Switching mechanisms wit...