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\n \n\n \n29 April 2020
\n \n \n \nProfessor Kia Nobre (Department of Experimental Psychology) and Professor Fiona Powrie (Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Sciences) are two of 120 new members and 26 new international members newly elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
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\n \n\n \n17 April 2020
\n \n \n \nFive projects from the Medical Sciences Division are amongst twenty-one new studies into the novel coronavirus which have been funded by the UK government, announced today
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\n \n\n \n7 April 2020
\n \n \n \nThe NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has allocated funding to three COVID-19 research projects in an attempt to improve treatment, understand how the virus interacts with chronic diseases, and the longer-term effects of infection on organs.
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\n \n\n \n2 April 2020
\n \n \n \nThe Oxford Academic Health Partners (OAHP) is delighted to have been designated as an NIHR/NHSE/I Academic Health Science Centre following the recent competitive designation process. The designation comes into effect from 1 April 2020 and is for an initial period of five years.
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\n \n\n \n30 March 2020
\n \n \n \nResearchers at Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) and two institutions in the US (University of Washington and La Jolla Institute for Immunology) receive grants from the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator, a large-scale initiative launched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome and Mastercard to speed the development of and access to therapies for COVID-19.
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\n \n\n \n24 March 2020
\n \n \n \nThree Oxford-based COVID-19 projects are among the first to benefit from a share of \u00a320 million in government investment.
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\n \n\n \n12 March 2020
\n \n \n \nJohn Harris has just been awarded an honorary MA in recognition of 50 years of service to the Department of Pharmacology and reflects on highlights over the past five decades
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\n \n\n \n5 March 2020
\n \n \n \nDr Nessa Carey will lead the strategic development and implementation of the Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR) programme in Medical Sciences, laying the foundation of a world-class innovation support ecosystem capable of accelerating the translation of world-leading research into innovative therapies, business and commercial products.
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\n \n\n \n4 March 2020
\n \n \n \nWe are delighted to announce that Professor KJ Patel has been appointed as the new Director of the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine and the MRC Molecular Haematology Unit at the University of Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n20 February 2020
\n \n \n \nNine projects from the Medical Sciences Division have received funding in the latest round of the Public Engagement with Research Seed Fund for innovative projects to engage the public with medical research.
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\n \n\n \n28 January 2020
\n \n \n \nOxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is to appoint Dr Nick Broughton to become its next chief executive when Stuart Bell CBE retires from the role after he turns 60, having completed 37 years\u2019 NHS service.
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\n \n\n \n23 January 2020
\n \n \n \nA project led by Professor Hugh Watkins at the Radcliffe Department of Medicine is one of the four projects on the shortlist of four research projects competing for a single \u00a330 million award from the British Heart Foundation.
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\n \n\n \n23 January 2020
\n \n \n \nTwo University of Oxford alumni-led startups, iLoF and Pipra, secured funding in excess of \u20ac4M from the European Institute of Technology for Health (EIT Health).
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\n \n\n \n21 January 2020
\n \n \n \nThe first awardees for the University of Oxford\u2019s Enriching Engagement funding scheme have now been announced, including five projects from across the Medical Sciences Division
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\n \n\n \n15 January 2020
\n \n \n \nTwo Medical Sciences Division scientists have been recognised in The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists, the largest unrestricted cash prizes available to scientists under the age of 42.
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\n \n\n \n8 February 2019
\n \n \n \nThe International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infections Consortium (ISARIC) has been awarded \u00a34.5 million to accelerate clinical research to prevent illness and deaths from epidemic infectious diseases.
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\n \n\n \n6 February 2019
\n \n \n \nResearchers from Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics and Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine have been awarded a Cancer Research UK Primer grant of \u00a3100,000 to study biomarkers for non-invasive early detection of oesophageal adencarcinoma.
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\n \n\n \n5 February 2019
\n \n \n \nThe Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has funded a new Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Health Data Science at the University of Oxford. The Centre will be located within the Big Data Institute, and will play a leading role in training the next generation of health data scientists.
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\n \n\n \n1 February 2019
\n \n \n \nTen innovative data solutions to healthcare challenges, including a project led by the Head of the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS), Professor Freddie Hamdy, are set to receive a share of \u00a33 million Government funding following a UK-wide competition. The initiatives will see NHS, universities and companies combining expertise and using health data responsibly to drive innovation and improve health outcomes for people across the UK.
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\n \n\n \n9 January 2019
\n \n \n \nProfessor Tim Behrens (Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences) is among the laureates and finalists of the 2019 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom, announced today by the Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences.
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