Clinical Trials – exploitation or essential health care? – SOLD OUT!
Would you take part in a clinical trial? Is it bad for your health? Or is it the safest way to get treated? These are some of the questions Prof […]
Dong Thap students show agricultural antibiotic reduction starts with commitment to good farming practices
Reducing antibiotic usage in poultry production starts with a commitment to good farming practices – show students participating in “Stop Your Poultry from Bingeing on Antibiotics,” a contest organized in […]
Wolbachia works even better in the wild than in the lab
In a new paper published in PNAS, OUCRU researcher Lauren Carrington has provided evidence supporting the introduction of Wolbachia into areas where there are dengue virus-transmitting mosquitoes, as a biocontrol […]
Nepali Pilgrims to Gosaikunda Film
Every year thousands of pilgrims visit religious sites in the mountains of Nepal. Many of these local pilgrims are unaware of the dangers of climbing to high altitudes and many […]
Science and stories
Medical research relies on studies on large numbers of people in order to quantify the effects of diseases, and their treatments. However each patient is an individual. How can personal […]
Antibiotic Awareness Week visual story contest – Stop poultry from bingeing on antibiotics!
“Cai Nhậu Kháng Sinh Cho Gia Cầm,” a visual story contest engaging high school students on antibiotic resistance in poultry farming, will be launched in the Mekong Delta province of […]
Science in the cafe
We live in an era where the drugs we use to treat bacterial infections are no longer working effectively. This lack of treatment options for bacterial infections is a major […]
Understanding zoonotic antibiotic resistance in E. coli – a collaborative project
OUCRU researchers are proud to be involved in HECTOR – an interdisciplinary, multi-national research consortium which is investigating the genetic factors that contribute to antibiotic resistance. Dr Ngo Thi Hoa, […]
Pioneering Medicine Quality & Public Health Conference coming to Oxford
Oxford University is hosting the first-ever dedicated academic conference on Medicine Quality & Public Health that will bring together people from a diversity of sectors working in this field. The […]
Best drug for treating talaromycosis in HIV patients identified
Researchers from Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam have shown that amphotericin B is more effective than itraconazole for the initial treatment of talaromycosis in HIV patients. The principal […]
Stephen Baker awarded Fleming Prize
***Update*** You can now view Stephen’s Fleming Prize Lecture on the Microbiology Society website: Microbiology Society Fleming Prize Lecture 2017: Professor Stephen Baker Professor Stephen Baker, head of OUCRU’s Enteric […]
Pearl Gan honored in Swiss Malaria Photo contest.
We are delighted to be able to share that photographer Pearl Gan was awarded the 3rd Prize yesterday in the Care Together category for the Swiss Malaria Group’s #EndMalaria Photo […]
OUCRU collaborates with BBC World Service Evidence Series
OUCRU researchers and Public Engagement department coordinated the BBC World Service radio recording of ‘Preventing Pandemics’ for The Evidence series on ‘Humans and Animals’. Recorded on location with farmers in the […]
Monitoring the emergence of infectious diseases
In the below article, Professor Stephen Baker explains the importance of monitoring the emergence of infectious diseases in Asia. Zoonotic diseases that pass from animal to human are an international […]
OUCRU leads first Science Café at Hue Medical University
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) at HCMC led the first ever Science Café at Hue Medical University on 29th October 2016. The speaker was Dr Pham Ngoc Thanh, and […]
Podcast: Buddha Basnyat discusses high altitude illness
Director of OUCRU-Nepal Buddha Basnyat recently recorded a podcast at the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health in Oxford. Watch to hear Dr Basnyat discussing altitude illness, and why […]
Stephen Baker awarded Fleming Prize
***Update*** You can now view Stephen’s Fleming Prize Lecture on the Microbiology Society website: Microbiology Society Fleming Prize Lecture 2017: Professor Stephen Baker Professor Stephen Baker, head of OUCRU’s Enteric […]
‘Flat Sunlight’ Exhibition 7 Oct – 24 November, 2016
OUCRU has had a long partnership with artist Lena Bui, who will be launching her latest exhibition ‘Flat Sunlight’ this weekend at The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre in Ho Chi […]
Dr Tan at TedX Hanoi – New diagnostics for brain infections
In the highly globalized modern world, infectious diseases can emerge and spread much faster than ever before. Watch OUCRU’s Dr Le Van Tan talk at TedX Hanoi in May 2016 […]
Rapid test for bacterial infection reduces antibiotic use
Researchers from the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam have shown that using a rapid (5-minute) test can reduce antibiotic misuse for respiratory infections. Cutting the number of unnecessary […]