Blog: Building better vaccines in Thailand
29 April 2025
Years of groundwork have led Assistant Professor Dr Thitinan Kitisin to his first major step: leading an advanced vaccine research project in Thailand. With support from MODRA, he’s now developing one of the first tonsil organoid models in the country, a small but important step toward improving how vaccines are tested. Along the way, he’s also passing on practical research skills to the next generation of Thai scientists.
Blog: Tackling newborn infection risks in Nepal
16 April 2025
At OUCRU Nepal, microbiologist Sulochana Manandhar spent much of her early career at the lab bench, examining bacteria, fine-tuning methods, and chasing answers to scientific questions. Now, with support from the MODRA programme, she’s leading her first hospital-based study, bringing new attention to neonatal health risks in Nepal.
Blog: From post-PhD uncertainty to leading international research
4 April 2025
Dr Duong Thi Hue Kien, a Post-doc Scientist at OUCRU, has shared her experience of finishing her PhD and kickstarting her career in science. She documents the highs and the lows, as well as how she was able to move forward in her career with support from the MORU–OUCRU Discovery Research Academy.
Celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
11 February 2025
International Day of Women and Girls in Science serves as a reminder of the gender disparities that persist in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields.
Blog: Research priorities for a warming world
30 January 2025
Professor Deirdre Hollingsworth, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at NDM’s Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health and the Big Data Institute, looks at potential ways to advance research on the impact of climate change on malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
Blog: End of life care in Vietnam
8 October 2024
Luu Phuoc An, a PhD student at NDM’s Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), is dedicated to improving end of life care in Vietnam. Her research explores the complex cultural, emotional, and medical aspects of death and dying in hospital settings.
Blog: Insights into a pioneering tuberculosis vaccine trial
24 March 2024
In this blog, Aye Myat Pwint Thu, one of the Clinical Research Fellows at NDM’s Jenner Institute sheds light on a tuberculosis vaccine trial led by Professor Helen McShane, Professor of Vaccinology at the Jenner Institute.
Blog: Advancing tuberculosis research and elimination strategies
22 March 2024
In this blog, Dr Marco Polo Peralta, a senior scientist at NDM’s Jenner Institute provides insight into his research work on tuberculosis and shares how he thinks the 2030 TB elimination goal can be achieved.
Blog: Fitness compensation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
29 February 2024
Viktoria Brunner, a PhD student at NDM, takes us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'Compensatory mutations are associated with increased in vitro growth in resistant clinical samples of Mycobacterium tuberculosis' published in Microbial Genomics.
Blog: World Malaria Day 2019
27 April 2019
The 25 of April is World Malaria Day - a good time to take stock of progress towards dealing with one of the great historical global scourges.
Blog: Using management thinking to fight the superbug crisis
15 May 2018
Science blog by Dr Marco Haenssgen who discusses the application of management thinking to solving the growing global problem of antimicrobial resistance.
Blog: Could aspirin be used to treat tuberculous meningitis?
5 March 2018
Science Blog. Professor Guy Thwaites, Director of the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam, explains the discovery of yet another use for one of the most ubiquitous and ancient of drugs – aspirin.