university of oxford, (nuffield department of clinical neurosciences)
Oxford
Welcome to the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN). Our aim is
to carry out high quality research into the function of the nervous system in
health and disease. We have a multidisciplinary workforce of close to 500
people, mostly based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, but also spread across the
University. We are an integrated part of the broader neuroscience community
across Oxford, with many links to other departments. Many of our scientists are
also practising clinicians and provide general and specialist care through the
Oxford University Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust. Through our DPhil programme,
and our very strong group of early career researchers we play an important role
in developing the careers of young scientists. NDCN builds on a long history of
research in neurology, brain imaging, eye disorders, and anaesthetics in Oxford
which has made major contributions to our understanding of how the brain works
and to the development of treatments which have changed lives. Major discoveries
made by NDCN scientists include the discovery of a type of cell in the eye which
helps regulate our body clock, new techniques to image the human brain, devices
to make anaesthesia safer, methods to prevent vascular diseases of the brain
including stroke and forms of dementia, understanding and treating chronic pain,
pioneering treatments such as gene therapy for inherited eye disorders, and the
diagnosis and treatment of immunological disorders of the nervous system. The
Department consists of six Divisions:
