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Past two years of MSD Teaching Excellence Awards celebrated
Awards and Appointments General
28 October 2022
The 2021 and 2022 MSD Teaching Excellence Awards were celebrated in a ceremony at St Catherine’s College earlier this week.
Oxford retains top spot for medicine for twelfth consecutive year
Awards and Appointments General
27 October 2022
Oxford University has been ranked as the world's best institution for clinical and health teaching and research for the twelfth consecutive year in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Major award given to Professor Chris Fairburn
Awards and Appointments General
21 October 2022
Professor Christopher Fairburn has been awarded the 2022 American Psychological Association (APA) Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology.
Dr Lennard Lee recognised as one of the world's 21 outstanding young physicians below the age of 40
Awards and Appointments General
20 October 2022
Dr Lennard Lee, academic clinical lecturer at the Department of Oncology was recognised as part of the InterAcademy Partnership Young Physician Leaders Programme 2022
Oxford gets £122m funding for healthcare research
Awards and Appointments General
14 October 2022
Health and care research in Oxford is to receive £122 million in government funding over the next five years to improve diagnosis, treatment and care for NHS patients.
Oxford researchers to study why asthma is worse in women
Awards and Appointments General
12 October 2022
A University of Oxford team has been awarded a grant to study one of the major unsolved questions about asthma – why women are more likely to have it than men and why they are twice as likely to die from it.
KJ Patel appointed new Chief Scientist of CRUK
Awards and Appointments General
12 October 2022
Cancer Research UK has today announced the appointment of Professor Ketan (KJ) Patel FRS FMedSci (Radcliffe Department of Medicine) as its new Chief Scientist.
Kia Nobre awarded prestigious C.L. de Carvalho- Heineken Prize for Cognitive Science 2022
Awards and Appointments General Research
30 September 2022
Major new NIHR Global Health Research Unit to focus on data science and genomic surveillance of antimicrobial resistance
Awards and Appointments General
22 September 2022
The Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance, part of the Big Data Institute at the University of Oxford, has been awarded funding worth £7m for their work as an NIHR Global Health Research Unit (GHRU) for the next five years. The Centre’s research and capacity building work focuses on delivering genomics and enabling data for the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Gero Miesenböck awarded Horwitz Prize for foundational work on Optogenetics
Awards and Appointments General
8 September 2022
Congratulations to Professor Gero Miesenböck (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics) who is to be awarded the 2022 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, together with Professors Karl Deisseroth and Peter Hegemann, for research that laid the foundation for the field of optogenetics.
Oxford’s clinical staff awarded OAHP funding for research skills training
Awards and Appointments General
7 September 2022
£73,000 of professional development grants are being awarded to Oxford’s nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and research practitioners to develop skills that will support them to research new and improved ways of delivering healthcare to patients and service users.
Professor Dame Sue Black joins DPAG as Visiting Professor of Forensic Anatomy
Awards and Appointments General
1 September 2022
The Department welcomes Professor Dame Sue Black DBE OBE FRSE FBA FRAI FRSB ChFA, Baroness Black of Strome and one of the world’s leading forensic scientists, as our Visiting Professor of Forensic Anatomy.
Clinical medical student to join the Healthcare Leadership Academy Scholars programme
Awards and Appointments General Staff and student stories
24 August 2022
Clinical medical student, Yusuf Ben-Tarifite, has been selected to join the Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA) Scholars programme - a prestigious scholarship set up to develop and nurture healthcare leaders of the future. After completing a rigorous selection process, Yusuf will be joining the academy’s cohort for the 2022/23 academic year.
Oxford scientists honoured with eight Royal Society Awards
Awards and Appointments General Research
24 August 2022
Each year, the Royal Society recognises exceptional research achievements through a series of prestigious medals and prizes named after great scientists of the past. Eight of the 2021-22 awards, announced today, honour Oxford University researchers for their outstanding contributions to science and medicine.
Experimental Psychology Graduate Davide Folloni wins prestigious Science & PINS Prize for Neuromodulation
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4 August 2022
Professor Hugh Watkins wins £30 million research award to cure killer heart diseases
Awards and Appointments General Research
29 July 2022
The British Heart Foundation award aims to help researchers rewrite DNA, in “defining moment” for cardiovascular medicine.
Seven Oxford academics elected British Academy Fellows
Awards and Appointments General
22 July 2022
Seven academics from the University of Oxford have been elected as 2022 Fellows of the British Academy, including Professor Daniel Freeman in Department of Psychiatry.
Oxford researchers become EMBO members
Awards and Appointments General
6 July 2022
Three University of Oxford academics have become the latest to join the 1,900 eminent life scientists in Europe and beyond that make up the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
Professor Sir Andrew Pollard Awarded the James Spence Medal in 2022
Awards and Appointments General Research
1 July 2022
Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, BSc MA MBBS MRCP(UK) FRCPCH PhD DIC FHEA FIDSA FMedSci, is Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity at the University of Oxford, Honorary Consultant Paediatrician at Oxford Children’s Hospital and Vice Master of St Cross College, Oxford.
PhD Student of the Year 2022 Winner!
Awards and Appointments General
28 June 2022
Congratulations to Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health DPhil student Josephine Agyeman-Duah on being named winner of PhD Student of the Year at the Postgrad Awards 2022.