Homepage

Read about the Oxford Vaccine Centre’s COVID-19 vaccine trial.

Com-COV3: Vaccine mix-and-match study expands to 12-to-16-year-olds –find your closest study site and read the press release

Professor Sue Ann Costa Clemens awarded an Honorary CBE

Congratulations to Professor Sue Ann Costa Clemens for her Honarary CBE award for her positive contribution towards public health. Here at the Oxford Vaccine Group and the Paediatrics department, we are extremely proud of what Sue and her team have achieved.

We shouldn’t be giving Covid boosters while millions wait for a first dose

There’s no evidence yet that top-up shots are needed, so let’s help those around the world who urgently need the vaccine - writes Andrew Pollard in an opinion piece for The Guardian.

Three female cockle-pickers with baskets, at the coast

University of Oxford researchers among recipients of Ireland and UK joint research awards for digital humanities in €6.5m boost for interdisciplinary research partnerships

Dr Samantha Vanderslott (Oxford Vaccine Group) and Dr Claas Kirchhelle (University College Dublin) have had their three-year project ‘Typhoid, Cockles, and Terrorism’ about the history of typhoid in Dublin successfully funded.

Take part in a clinical trial – see a list of all the trials we are currently recruiting to.

Child being vaccinated

Non-COVID research statement

The Oxford Vaccine Group will be continuing with some of our non-COVID research, particularly our paediatric studies, during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is because as part of these studies we give babies their routine primary immunisations on behalf of their GPs. This reduces the administrative burden on the NHS, allowing them to free up capacity and prioritise their workload to be focused on doing what is necessary to manage the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants also benefit from having the vaccines in the safety of their homes or a convenient location.

Vaccine Knowledge

The Vaccine Knowledge Project aims to be a source of independent information about vaccines and infectious diseases.

See more

Research

Vaccines are a key component of global health policy and are essential in the defence of the health of young children. Our research focuses on the development and evaluation of new and improved vaccines.

Explore

Events and Training

We are committed to providing high quality education and training, together with research updates for medical professionals and all those involved in the area of vaccines and paediatric and adult infectious diseases.

Learn

Get involved

There are a number of ways in which you can get involved in our research, inform our research and find out more about our work. To find out more about any of these options, follow the link below.

Participate

Latest publications

Pediatric Antifungal Prescribing Patterns Identify Significant Opportunities to Rationalize Antifungal Use in Children
Journal article

Ferreras-Antolín L. et al, (2021), Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Publish Ahead of Print
Fertility rates and birth outcomes after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccination.
Journal article

Hillson K. et al, (2021), Lancet, 398, 1683 - 1684
Potential global impacts of alternative dosing regimen and rollout options for the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine.
Journal article

Aguas R. et al, (2021), Nat Commun, 12
Should children be vaccinated against COVID-19?
Journal article

Zimmermann P. et al, (2021), Arch Dis Child
Highly-Sensitive Lineage Discrimination of SARS-CoV-2 Variants through Allele-Specific Probe Polymerase Chain Reaction
Ratcliff J. et al, (2021)

Upcoming events

Virtual Immunisation Update Training – 25 January 2022

Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 9.30am to 12.30pm

A free immunisation update training for General Practice Nurses and other registered healthcare practitioners who administer/advise about immunisations within the BOB and Frimley ICS. **This is an online training and will be delivered using Microsoft Teams.**

Virtual Immunisation Update Training – 26 January 2022

Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 9.30am to 12.30pm

Virtual Introduction to Immunisation Training – 1.5 day course

Wednesday, 16 February 2022 to Thursday, 17 February 2022, 9.15am - 3pm

This training is for general practice nurses and other health professionals who are new to the role of administering and promoting and / or advising about vaccines.

National Immunisation Schedule Evaluation Consortium

OVG is part of the National Immunisation Schedule Evaluation Consortium; a collaboration between a network of Academic Clinical Research groups and the UK Health Security Agency, with a brief of conducting clinical research relevant to UK immunisation policy

More about NISEC

We’ve made a vaccine, now you can make the difference

We’ve heard about how effective vaccines are, but what do we need for them to have the biggest impact on the coronavirus pandemic?

How to make a vaccine in record time

Vaccines usually take decades to develop – so how is Oxford University's ChAdOx1 nCoV-1 vaccine trial moving so quickly? It comes down to careful planning, extraordinary logistics and a whole lot of help from partners around the world.