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The Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM) at the University of Oxford has a global reach and significant breadth in terms of capabilities and capacity.
Peter Horby: Emerging infectious diseases
Influenza, SARS & Ebola Research on emerging infectious diseases can only be conducted during outbreaks. Although virology has improved, a well calibrated and effective public health response is often lacking. Epidemiological and clinical research as well as mathematical modelling will give us answers during the epidemics and help us provide better diagnostics and better treatments.
Guy Thwaites: Tuberculous meningitis
The number of people who die of tuberculous meningitis reduces depending on how early you get treatment for the disease. There are therefore two approaches to improving clinical outcomes, the first is to diagnose the condition faster so clinical intervention can happen sooner. The second is to improve treatments so that they are more effective.