Official Press release: A £9.12 million gift from the Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation has endowed an Oxford University research centre investigating the role of hormones in human milk production ..read more

Dr. Aris Papageorghiou, co-founder of Intelligent Ultrasound, Principal Investigator and Global Health theme lead at the Nuffield Dept of Women’s & Reproductive Health, is at the forefront of an exciting project that is transforming pregnancy care in Africa. The AI-based ScanNav FetalCheck ultrasound software, currently being tested in Uganda, promises to revolutionise prenatal care in low-resource settings by enabling scans without the need for specialists ..read more

A groundbreaking new study has shed light on how the landscape of heart disease has evolved in the UK over the past two decades. Researchers analyzed electronic health records from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD GOLD and Aurum), encompassing a representative cohort of 22 million individuals. This included 1,650,052 people newly diagnosed with at least one cardiovascular disease (CVD) between 2000 and 2019, with an average age of 70.5 years, of whom 48% were women ..read more

Further data has been presented from the “Detecting Endometriosis expressed integrins using technetium-99m” (DETECT) imaging study, indicating that 99mTc-maraciclatide is capable of imaging superficial peritoneal endometriosis, the earliest stage of the disease ..read more

Associate Professor at the Nuffield Dept of Women's & Reproductive Health elected Secretary General and recognised for special award ..read more

Our development of the ExoCounter assay, which detects placental small extracellular vesicles in maternal blood, offers a promising and resource-efficient method for screening the early-onset variant of Preeclampsia. This project is supported by global collaboration and funding to enhance its application in diverse populations ..read more

The "Conversations on Maternal Mental Health in Africa" symposium is scheduled for June 19, 2024, in Oxford. This hybrid event, organised by the Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health and the Africa Oxford Initiative at the University of Oxford is in partnership with the Perinatal Mental Health Project at the University of Cape Town ..read more

The Academy of Medical Sciences has elected eight distinguished biomedical and health scientists from the University of Oxford to its prestigious fellowship for the year 2024, including our very own Head of Department, Professor Krina Zondervan, for her outstanding contributions to women’s health ..read more

A groundbreaking study, published in Nature Communications, unveils HAPPY - a pioneering tool that uses AI to revolutionise the analysis of placental health. Developed by an international team of researchers, HAPPY represents a significant leap forward in helping to understand the vital role of the placenta in maternal and fetal health ..read more

Lesa Levett has emerged victorious at yesterday’s VC Awards ceremony. Lesa was honoured with the prestigious "Enhancing Oxford’s Professional Services Award" in recognition of her remarkable contributions towards driving positive change within our department and her support in other departments within MSD ..read more