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Professor Trey Ideker appointed Director of the Big Data Institute

Professor Trey Ideker appointed Director of Oxford’s Big Data Institute, advancing AI-driven biomedical research and global collaboration.

Study finds no links between cannabis use and cognitive decline or dementia in older people

Study finds no links between cannabis use and cognitive decline or dementia in older adults, showing no evidence cannabis accelerates cognitive ageing.

Deirdre Hollingsworth elected as one of the first Fellows of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences

Leading epidemiologist Deirdre Hollingsworth recognised as one of the first Fellows of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences.

Can AI models rival humans in anonymising patient information from electronic health records?

New research explores whether AI models can match human performance in anonymising patient information from electronic health records.

Children’s Surgery Outcome Reporting programme receives £3.7m investment

Children’s Surgery Outcome Reporting Programme receives £3.7 million investment to strengthen data and improve paediatric surgical care.

Almost 70% of bowel cancers missed at colonoscopy are avoidable

Nationwide study finds 70% of bowel cancers missed after colonoscopy were avoidable, urging NHS to adopt audit system to improve early diagnosis.

Any level of alcohol consumption increases risk of dementia

Any amount of alcohol consumption may increase risk of dementia, according to the most comprehensive study of alcohol consumption and dementia risk to date.

CanPath awarded $3m to study crises in a changing world

The Government of Canada has invested in a research platform to track the next pandemic, study the effects of climate change on health, and help explain rising cancer rates in young people.

First direct evidence links gene to fat storage, hinting at new obesity therapies

A new study, involving researchers at the Big Data Institute, has shown for the first time that a little-known gene, SLTM, plays a direct role in how fat is stored inside human cells. While large population studies had previously linked rare variants in SLTM to higher body mass index (BMI), its function at a cellular level was unknown until now.

Using AI to reclassify multiple sclerosis progression

Researchers from the Big Data Institute, together with MS experts from ten leading institutions across the world and drug developers from Novartis and Roche, have collaborated to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) model for reclassifying the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). This model is based on the largest collection of clinical trial data (Novartis-Oxford MS dataset) from people living with MS.

Peter Visscher and Deirdre Hollingsworth

BDI researchers awarded European Research Council Advanced Grants

Two BDI researchers have been awarded European Research Council Advanced Grants for cutting-edge research.

Unlocking the potential of genetic data for research and healthcare

Professor Naomi Wray elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship

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Higher step counts associated with lower risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Scientists discover 25 genetic links to infertility in women and men

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Daily physical activity, even at light intensities, linked to lower cancer risk

MRC CoRE Therapeutic Team

Oxford and partners lead on two new MRC Centres to create cutting-edge gene therapies

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Genetics Society awards the 2025 Balfour Lecture to Nicky Whiffin

Launch of the new BHF Oxford Centre of Research Excellence

Prof David Aanensen from the PSI at the Nuffield Department of Medicine

Professor David Aanensen awarded 2025 Translational Microbiology Prize

Professor David Aanensen, Principal Investigator at the Pandemic Sciences Institute and Big Data Institute, has been honoured with the 2025 Translational Microbiology Prize in recognition for his work in the areas of translational microbiology and genomic epidemiology.

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