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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 Jeremy Day will discuss on Thursday 11th January 2018, in his now sold-out session: “Clinical Trials – exploitation or essential health care?” as part of Science […]

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 method to reduce the transmission of dengue and other arboviruses. Wolbachia is a bacteria that manipulates its host reproductive system to enhance its spread through […]

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 succumb to altitude related illnesses.  Some even die on the mountains.  The Himalayan Rescue Association, OUCRU Public Engagement and Media for Development worked together with the pilgrim community […]

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 stories add to this ‘hard’ scientific approach? On Thursday 23rd November 2017, Dr Mary Chambers will deliver our 3rd Science in the Cafe talk, “Science […]

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 risk for human and animal health. Bacteria have the ability to adapt to new pressures quickly and we as humans are ill-prepared to cope with […]

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, the leader of this collaboration in Vietnam and Oxford says: “The use of antibiotics in agriculture contributes substantially to the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria; […]

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 MQPH 2018 Conference will take place in Oxford, United Kingdom, from 23 – 28 September 2018. This international event will bring together people from public […]

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 investigator, Dr Thuy Le  stated: “These results offer strong support to the call for more health policy and advocacy to improve access to amphotericin B […]

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 Infections group, has been awarded the prestigious 2017 Fleming Prize by the Microbiology Society. The Prize is named after Sir Alexander Fleming, founder and first […]

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 and Video Contest. The winning photograph is shown above. Pearl Gan has been working with the Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit in Jakarta, Indonesia on the […]

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 Mekong Delta and with an invited metropolitan audience at The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre in Ho Chi Minh City, presenters Claudia Hammond and Ha Mi […]

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 public health problem regardless of location – being infected with Campylobacter from eating undercooked chicken in the UK is not uncommon, for example – but […]

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 she presented the topic: Communication – Art or Skill ? Science Cafés are events which facilitate the public to engage in conversations about scientific topics […]

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 this area of medicine is a research focus for him. Buddha Basnyat: High altitude illness from NDM Oxford on Vimeo A transcript of the interview […]

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 Infections group, has been awarded the prestigious 2017 Fleming Prize by the Microbiology Society. The Prize is named after Sir Alexander Fleming, founder and first […]

‘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 Minh City. Exhibition dates: 7 October – 24 November, 2016 Location: The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre 15 Nguyen U Di, Thao Dien, District 2, Ho […]

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 about how we can use DNA sequencing technologies to discover new causes of infectious diseases, and to develop new, better treatments.

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 antibiotic prescriptions is a key way to prevent the spread of antibiotic-resistant infections. An article recently published in The Lancet Global Health is available here: […]

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