Pandemic Sciences Institute
@PSIOxford
PSI is a research institute at the @UniofOxford with a mission to discover, create and enable practical solutions to infectious disease threats worldwide.
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Catch up with 17 episodes of 'The Oxford Colloquy' podcast, featuring Sir Andrew Pollard.
Explore captivating stories and insights into infectious diseases, vaccines, and pandemics.
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Pandemic Sciences Institute Medical Sciences University of Oxford
Department of Paediatrics
This week Ox IHTM Masters students presented policy briefings on urgent global health issues to APPG on Malaria and NTDs at the Houses of Parliament.
They were joined by assignment leader PSI's Alice Norton, alongside Adebisi B Adenipekun & Nicolas Pulik.
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tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk/news/ihtm-pres…
Happy 100th birthday to Oxford's History of Science Museum 🎉
Thank you History of Science Museum for sharing behind-the-scenes stories from University of Oxford's life-saving #COVID19 vaccine with so many visitors.
Visit the virtual exhibition to find out more ➡️
hsm.ox.ac.uk/what-if-you-we…
We're in Uganda this week for a World Health Organization (WHO) & Ministry of Health- Uganda meeting on future #filovirus outbreaks 🇺🇬
PSI colleagues are pleased to have joined regional efforts from 18 countries to harmonise and accelerate vaccine and treatment trials for #Ebola and #Marburg .
📢 NEWS: Study reveals high number of persistent COVID-19 infections
New nature paper by Mahan Ghafari | ماهان غفاری & Katrina Lythgoe finds persistent #COVID19 infections are:
➡️Much more common than previously thought
➡️Linked to higher risk of #LongCovid .
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psi.ox.ac.uk/news/study-rev…
'There are several distinctive characteristics of Nipah virus that raise important ethical questions, many of which are not present for other priority pathogens.'
Pandemic Sciences Institute Ethox Centre MORU
Last week students on University of Oxford's MSc International Health & Tropical Medicine programme explored the #WickedProblem of pandemics, in a focused day led by PSI's Alice Norton.
Find out what they discussed ⬇️
psi.ox.ac.uk/news/pandemics…
Tropical Medicine Oxford Nuffield Department of Medicine
From early work on #HIV & SARS-CoV-1, through to leading the RECOVERY trial of COVID-19 treatments, our Director Peter Horby gives Andrew Pollard an insight into his life-saving work in this latest Oxford Vaccine Group podcast.
🎧 Listen now:
podcasts.ox.ac.uk/pandemic-peopl…
In collaboration with Brazilian universities, professors from Pandemic Sciences Institute and Oxford Vaccine Group will teach #TranslationalScience to 🇧🇷 students. The course will help future researchers to translate their discoveries #FromBenchToBedside .
Find out more 👉 ndm.ox.ac.uk/news/new-colla…
📢 Call for abstracts!
Abstract submissions are open for the International Pandemic Sciences Conference 2024 on 1-2 July in Oxford & online.
📅 Submission deadline: 19 Feb
Find all the info you need on our conference website ➡️
web.cvent.com/event/2e7cb90c…
#PandemicSciences24
🗨️ 'I'd love to work somewhere like this'
☝️Great to hear feedback from a Y12 student at our recent #ScienceCareers workshop.
Students solved a theoretical Pandemic Scenario, taking on roles of vaccinologists, healthcare leaders & policymakers.
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