This Center focuses on developing new treatments for rare, ultra-rare and rare variants of common diseases.
Harrington Discovery Institute and The University of Oxford have formed a unique partnership combining world-leading strengths in research and therapeutics development. The Oxford-Harrington Centre advances knowledge into cures for rare diseases across the United Kingdom and the United States.
University Hospitals Health System, Inc. of Cleveland, Ohio, USA established Fund for Cures UK, Ltd. (Fund for Cures UK) to make grants and establish affiliations or centers of excellence to advance scientific discoveries into medicines. Fund for Cures UK operates in the UK and makes charitable grants to leading universities, medical schools, research institutes, and other charitable and scientific institutions.
Open Call for 2026 Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Scholar Award
Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre Announces 2025 Scholars Advancing Promising Treatments
Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre Opens 2025 Call for Proposals
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Accelerates breakthrough academic discoveries into new treatments for patients with rare diseases.
David Cameron Spotlights Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre's Role in Advancing Rare Disease Treatments
From No Options to New Hope: How Science, Partnership and Persistence Are Driving Progress Towards Treatments for CASK
My son was lost to a rare disease 17 years ago. Now the outlook for patients is so much brighter.
Professor Matthew Wood
Director, Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre; Professor of Neuroscience, University of Oxford
Matthew P. Anderson, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre; Investigator, Harrington Discovery Institute; Visiting Professor, University of Oxford
Sir John Bell
President, Ellison Institute of Technology, Oxford; Interim Council Chairperson
Georg Holländer, MD
Head of Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford
Jonathan Stamler, MD
President, Harrington Discovery Institute
