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An international event held on Saturday 7 March and organised by DPAG's Cristiana Vagnoni and Tai-Ying Lee aimed to increase visibility of women in academia by creating or enhancing their online presence in the form of Wikipedia profiles. A new report from the organisers shows some impressive statistics, including 160,000 views of newly edited and created articles, demonstrating a strong effort to raise the profiles of many female academics.
Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre collaborators announced as Group Leaders for new Parkinson’s Research Centre
28 May 2026
Congratulations to Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre (OPDC) investigators, Professor Peter Magill, Professor of Neurobiology, Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and Professor Laura Parkkinen, Professor of Translational Neuropathology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences on their appointment to Group Leader roles in the new Parkinson’s Research Centre (PRC) - a £10m partnership between Parkinson’s UK and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) dedicated to better understand the causes of Parkinson’s and to accelerate new and improved treatments for the condition.
Oxford researchers join global network unravelling the complexity of Parkinson’s disease
26 May 2026
Professor Andrew Sharott (Team leader) and Professor Laura Parkkinen (Co-Investigator) from Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN) have been selected for multi-year grants to join the Collaborative Research Network (CRN) an international, multidisciplinary, multi-institutional network working to address high-priority research questions about Parkinson's disease. Read full story: https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-researchers-join-global-network-unravelling-the-complexity-of-parkinsons-disease
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