Winning images in the 2019 Lancet’s Highlights annual photography competition
Winning photographs! Congratulations to Ms Pearl Gan, the OUCRU Photographer in Residence, who has 3 winning images in the 2019 Lancet’s Highlights annual photography competition! The 18 winning photographs were […]
Picturing health: dengue in Vietnam
Earlier this year, our honorary Photographer in Residence Pearl Gan conducted a project focusing on dengue. In that project, she took photos of dengue patients and health care workers at […]
The Practice and Ethics of Participatory Visual Methods for Community Engagement in Public Health and Health Science
Dr Mary Chambers (OUCRU Public Engagement Vietnam) and Dr Gill Black (Sustainable Livelihood Foundation, South Africa) have partnered with The Global Health Network training centre (https://tghn.org) to published an online […]
AMR & Optimization Seminar in Ho Chi Minh City
On the 18th of November in Ho Chi Minh City, two speakers from OUCRU: Professor Rogier van Doorn and Dr. Justin Beardsley will present their works during the 1-day seminar […]
FIGO 2019 Photo Competition: Winner Announced!
A woman and her baby leave a Puskesmas – a government-mandated primary care clinic – in West Java, Indonesia, following a check-up. The mother smiles, as the infant stares out […]
A new model for intensive care
With generous funding from the Wellcome Trust, we are excited to be leading a new flagship programme on developing technology for use in intensive care units (ICUs). In the video […]
OUCRU Open Day 24 May, 2019
OUCRU Open Day 24th May 2019 Passionate about a career in science? Would you like to carry out research on tropical infectious diseases and earn yourself a PhD? Join us […]
Research Engagement Programme
Public Engagement with Research is to create platforms to enable public to be involved in the design, conduct and dissemination of research with the goal of generating mutual benefit and […]
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About Public Engagement
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit is at the leading edge of applied clinical research. Along with the development of sciences and technologies in the region, there is an urgent need […]
OUCRU Photographer in Residence recognised by ISNTD
OUCRU Photographer in Residence Pearl Gan has been awarded the International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases (ISNTD) Festival Award for her submission to the ISNTD Festival Showcase. Pearl submission included seven photographs, […]
Walking out of the shadows : leprosy care in Bangladesh
A photo from Pearl Gan, Photographer In Residence for OUCRU, was selected for The Lancet Highlights 2018. The picture shows Senior Nurse Shikh Rema changing the dressing for Jabeda Begom, […]
Old drug, new role – eLife podcast
We recently reported the exciting findings published in eLife, from a phase II clinical trial led by Professor Guy Thwaites which showed that aspirin help increase survival from TB meningitis by reducing […]
Sepsis scoring system shown to be effective in LMICs
Sepsis is a huge problem worldwide: There are about 20 million cases of sepsis, leading to more than 5 million deaths annually, with much of the burden in low- and […]
Genetics sheds light on the spread of tuberculosis bacteria
A first of its kind study into the population and spread of tuberculosis-causing (TB) bacteria in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, has found that more than half of cases can […]
OUCRU Open Day 18 May, 2018
OUCRU Open Day 18th May 2018 Passionate about a career in science? Would you like to carry out research on tropical infectious diseases and earn yourself a PhD? Join us […]
Making malaria visible
Photographer Pearl Gan’s photo-series “Malaria in Asia” has been highlighted in the latest issue of Dia:gram Magazine. Pearl has been working together with EOCRU Director Prof Kevin Baird in Indonesia on this […]
Reflecting on daily life in Ha Nam: a public engagement photography project
We will be hosting a photography exhibition in Hanoi on March 23rd and 24th and invite members of the public to come along. Acute encephalitis syndrome (brain inflammation) is an […]
Aspirin for tuberculous meningitis treatment: yet another use for this remarkable drug?
Tuberculous meningitis is the most lethal form of tuberculosis (TB), killing or disabling around half of all sufferers despite the best available treatment. Aspirin prevents blood clotting and helps reduce […]
Salmonella and antibiotic residues found in meat in Vietnam
Over two-thirds of meat samples from HCMC were found to contain Salmonella bacteria, according to a new study by the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU). Researchers purchased 117 samples […]