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NDM International Activities

Faculty at the Nuffield Department of Medicine have been carrying out ground-breaking research overseas for nearly thirty years. We are now working on new and established projects in China, South-East Asia and East Africa with several collaborative partners.

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Oxford University Clinical Research Unit Vietnam (OUCRU) from 2015-04-13T11:54:44

The Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) is a large-scale clinical and public health research unit based in Vietnam. OUCRU aims to have a positive and significant impact on global healt...

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The Global Health Network from 2014-12-16T14:03:20

Dr Trudie Lang tells us how the Global Health Network facilitates collaboration and resource sharing. Clinical trials establish the evidence base for prevention and treatment of disease and are cri...

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Childhood Nutrition and Immunity from 2014-12-16T14:01:56

Dr Jay Berkley tells us about his work on childhood nutrition and immunity in East Africa. Dr Jay Berkley works in the KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Collaborative Research Programme in Kilifi, Kenya. His re...

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The treatment of severe malaria from 2014-12-16T14:00:10

Professor Arjen Dondorp tells us about his work on severe malaria and the development of new therapies. Current malaria therapies using artesunate aim to kill malaria parasites before they mature. ...

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Tropical Medicine in Kenya from 2014-12-16T13:58:11

Professor Kevin Marsh tells us about his research on Tropical Medicine in Kenya. Professor Kevin Marsh has a broad research interest in child health in the tropics, with a particular focus on the i...

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Artemisinin therapy for malaria from 2014-12-16T13:54:46

Professor Nick White talks about the future of artemisinin and other drug therapies for malaria. Malaria kills more than half a million people every year. Following a number of groundbreaking clini...

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Health systems research from 2014-12-16T13:52:35

Governance in practice Dr Sassy Molyneux's main interests reside in Social science and Ethics in Public Health. Over the years, social scientists have developed a programme of empirical work on res...

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Better hospitals for children from 2014-12-16T13:51:22

Oxford Health Systems Research Collaboration (OHSCAR) Professor Mike English leads the Health Services Unit at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Nairobi, Kenya. This unit aims to stren...

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Between research and humanitarian from 2014-12-16T13:49:39

Between research and humanitarian Professor François Nosten's work concentrates on infectious diseases at the Thai-Burma border. The main focus of his research is on malaria, especially malaria in ...

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Diagnosis, Treatment and Disease Epidemiology - The Trefoil Knot from 2014-12-16T11:07:28

The Newton Abraham Lecture 2014, delivered by Professor Piero Olliaro, Newton Abraham Visiting Professor, University of Oxford.

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Challenges when working in an overseas environment from 2014-07-02T20:27:15

Over several decades our researchers have carried out ground breaking work overseas, such as in East Africa and South-East Asia. Researchers based in Thailand talk about their experiences when work...

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Rickettsial Disease from 2014-07-02T20:22:28

From his research centre in Bangkok, Dr Daniel Paris tells us about the challenges posed by Rickettsia to rural populations in South East Asia.

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Microbiology in Thailand from 2014-07-02T20:19:38

From his research group in Thailand, Dr Stuart Blacksell discusses improving the accuracy and the rapidity of tropical infection diagnosis in the field.

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Infectious diseases in South East Asia from 2014-07-02T20:15:56

From Mahidol University in Thailand, Professor Nick Day talks about rural populations in Thailand and the challenges they face when confronted with infectious diseases.

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Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) from 2014-02-12T09:37:37

Featuring interviews with Professor Nick White, Professor Nick Day, Professor Francois Nosten, Dr Direk Limmathurotsakul and Dr Susie Dunachie. Filmed in spring 2013 at the Mahidol Oxford Tropical ...

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Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU) from 2014-02-12T09:34:10

Filmed in April 2013 at the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU) in Mae Sot, and at the Wang Pa Free Clinic and the Mae La refugee camp, this video highlights SMRU's work among Karen and Myanmar ref...

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Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit (COMRU) from 2014-02-07T12:19:25

This video introduces COMRU, the Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit, a collaboration between the Angkor Hospital for Children and Bangkok-based Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MO...

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From Oxford to Beijing from 2013-04-30T19:42:50

Dr Yonghong Zhang was a DPhil Student in Oxford, under the supervision of Dr Tao Dong and Professor Sarah Rowland-Jones. After completing his DPhil, he moved to China where he is currently Vice-dir...

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Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC) from 2013-04-30T19:40:43

Professor Emily Chan is the director of the CCOUC.

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