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Oxford vaccine creator Professor Sarah Gilbert awarded RSA Albert Medal
Awards and Appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 General Innovation Research
5 March 2021
Professor Sarah Gilbert has been awarded the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce’ (RSA) Albert Medal for her work on the Oxford vaccine.
New WA Handley Chair of Psychiatry appointed
Awards and Appointments General
1 February 2021
Professor John Geddes has been appointed to the WA Handley Professorship of Psychiatry and will take up this post in November 2021. He will be a fellow of Merton College. A donation from the WA Handley Trust endowed the first Chair of Psychiatry in the University of Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry, which was founded in 1969.
Oxford Cancer Centre appoints Prof. Tim Elliott as new co-director
Awards and Appointments General
29 January 2021
The CRUK Oxford Centre is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Tim Elliott as its new co-Director.
£100 million donation from Ineos to create new institute to fight antimicrobial resistance
Awards and Appointments General Innovation
19 January 2021
A new state of the art institute for antimicrobial research is to open at Oxford University thanks to a £100 million donation from Ineos.
MRC HIU appoints new Director
Awards and Appointments General
6 January 2021
We are pleased to announce that Professor Alison Simmons has been appointed as the new Director of the MRC Human Immunology Unit.
New Year's Honours 2021
Awards and Appointments General
1 January 2021
Members of the Medical Sciences Division have been recognised in the New Year's Honours list for 2021.
Oxford University awarded £2.4 million to fund DPhil research in inflammation, immunology and musculoskeletal disease
Awards and Appointments General
18 December 2020
Oxford University has been awarded a £2.4 million grant, as part of the Kennedy Trust MB PhD scheme, to fund undergraduate medical students to undertake DPhil research in the areas of inflammation, immunology and musculoskeletal disease.
Professor Sir Rory Collins awarded the MRC Millennium Medal 2020
Awards and Appointments General
17 December 2020
Professor Sir Rory Collins, Head of the Nuffield Department of Population Health, and Principal Investigator and Chief Executive of UK Biobank, has been awarded the Medical Research Council (MRC) Millennium Medal 2020, the MRC’s most prestigious personal award.
University spinout PepGen awarded major financing to target Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Awards and Appointments General Innovation
9 December 2020
PepGen, a therapeutics company targeting severe neuromuscular diseases, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), has closed a $45 million Series A funding round led by RA Capital Management with participation from Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI), the company’s original seed investor.
£3M invested to drive forward early translation through five new Oxford-Bristol Myers Squibb Fellowships
Awards and Appointments General Innovation
9 December 2020
Five new Oxford-Bristol Myers Squibb Fellowships representing an investment of £3M have been announced today*. The fellowships (formerly Oxford-Celgene) will support postdoctoral researchers and clinicians across five departments within the Medical Sciences Division and the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division, providing an opportunity for them to gain exposure to the field of commercial drug discovery and development.
University of Oxford awarded major European Research Council funding
Awards and Appointments General Research
9 December 2020
European Research Council grants worth more than €16.3 million have today been awarded to eight University of Oxford researchers for a range of cutting-edge projects.
Oxford vaccine team shortlisted for parliamentary awards
Awards and Appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 Research
24 November 2020
The University of Oxford team who have developed a COVID-19 vaccine in record time have been shortlisted for the Excellence in Healthcare Award at the NHS Parliamentary Awards.
Africa’s 35 Under 35 Award
Awards and Appointments General Staff and student stories
18 November 2020
Toluwalase Awoyemi, DPhil student in Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, is recognised with an Africa 35.35 Award - a celebration of the top 35 leading young changemakers under 35 in Africa in 2020.
Young Scientist Award
Awards and Appointments General
17 November 2020
Magda Marečková, Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health DPhil student, has won this year's special prize, the Special Young Scientist Award at the Fast Forward Science 2020 web-video competition. She wins for her compelling video: "Heavy periods, sharp pain and no one to listen to you? Could you have Endometriosis?".
Breast cancer study wins 2020 ONS Research Excellence Award
Awards and Appointments General Research
29 October 2020
Dr Gurdeep Mannu from the Nuffield Department of Population Health has won the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Research Excellence Award for a study which highlighted early risk factors for breast cancer patients.
University of Oxford’s Jenner Institute appoints first Bvlgari Scholars
Awards and Appointments General
23 October 2020
Bvlgari and the University of Oxford’s Jenner Institute announce the next stage of their pledge to build a pandemic-free future by awarding the inaugural Bvlgari Scholarships.
Angela Russell and Wyatt Yue awarded 2021 Harrington UK Rare Disease Scholar Awards
Awards and Appointments General
15 October 2020
Oxford academics recognised in 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours
Awards and Appointments General
12 October 2020
Members of the University have been recognised in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours List, including scientists from across the Medical Sciences Division.
Paul Riley appointed Director of Oxford’s Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine
Awards and Appointments General
12 October 2020
Professor Paul Riley will lead the scientific vision of the first institute of its kind in the world to physically merge the disciplines of developmental biology and regenerative medicine in a common goal to treat some of the world’s most prolific diseases.