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Clinical Neurosciences

Research programmes

DPhil in Clinical Neurosciences

Course Code | 001835

In November 2010 the University of Oxford created the new Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, based in the West Wing of the John Radcliffe Hospital. 

The Department has brought together the Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics, the Department of Clinical Neurology, including the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain and the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology.

The Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences brings together world class teaching and research within the clinical neurosciences.  There are wide-ranging opportunities for research interactions with the University of Oxford, which is consistently rated as one of the top five biomedical research centres in the world. 

Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain

Major research areas include:

  • FMRIB analysis group
  • FMRIB physics group
  • Basic and translational research
    • Pain
    • Cognitive affective neuroscience
    • Epilepsy imaging
    • FMRIB plasticity group
    • Vision group

Clinical Neurology

Major research areas include:

  • Cerebrovascular disease
  • Cognition
  • Functional neurosurgery and experimental neurology
  • Multiple Sclerosis and related diseases
  • Neural repair
  • Neurodegeneration
  • Neurogenetics
  • Neuroimmunology
  • Neuropathology

Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics

Major research areas include:

  • Neuroimaging
  • Pain
  • Respiratory physiology
  • Intensive care medicine

Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology

Major research areas include:

  • Artificial vision
  • Photoreceptors
  • Clinical trials
  • Gene therapy
  • Genetics
  • Ocular biology
  • Body clocks
  • Sleep
  • Vision and disease

How to Apply

The deadline for the DPhil and MSc (R) courses is 10 January 2014.

The standard set of materials you should send with any application to a research course comprises:

The research proposal for applicants to the DPhil or MSc (R) in Clinical Neurosciences should normally be two pages in length, covering areas such as the background to the research, methodology, expected results and the contribution to the field of learning.

Please follow the detailed instructions in the Application Guide, and consult the Clinical Neurosciences website for any additional guidance.

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Graduate destinations

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www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk

Marion Greenleaves
+44 (0) 1865 223015
teaching@ndcn.ox.ac.uk

 

 

 

Main areas of research interests

See Research Programmes

 

Selection criteria

Selection criteria on the Clinical Neurosciences website External link


English language requirements

Higher level


Funding/awards

Departmental studentships

 

Number of applicants
2012/13

60

 

Number of places available
2013/14

17