NHS COVID-19 app saved estimated 10,000 lives in its first year, research finds
22 February 2023
A team of experts at the Pandemic Sciences Institute and the Big Data Institute at the University of Oxford, and the Department of Statistics at the University of Warwick, estimate that the NHS COVID-19 app prevented around 1 million cases, 44,000 hospitalisations and 9,600 deaths during its first year.
Professor Cecilia Lindgren awarded Genetics Society Mary Lyon Medal
18 November 2022
New Biomedical Research Centre funding to support BDI research
14 October 2022
BDI researchers create largest ever human family tree
24 February 2022
The ‘ultimate Tree of Life’: 2.2 million species at your fingertips
8 February 2022
BDI researcher Yan Wong has helped complete an online, readily searchable ‘family tree’ for all living species on earth
New genetic study indicates that obesity may directly cause a range of female reproductive disorders
1 February 2022
A genetic analysis led by BDI researchers indicates that both overall and central obesity directly increases the risk of many female reproductive conditions.
New study demonstrates the true scale of global antibiotic usage, and highlights inequalities in access
12 November 2021
Antibiotic consumption rates grew by 46 % after 2000, yet many areas still struggle to access treatments
Big data, small footprint
3 June 2021
How the Big Data Institute Green Team are working to minimise their impact on the environment.