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Medical Sciences welcomes Steve Bates as Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence
Awards and Appointments General Innovation
3 February 2022
The Medical Sciences Division welcomes Steve Bates, CEO of the UK Bioindustry Association, as a Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence. Steve Bates will be working very closely with our Translational Research Office and key teams across the University of Oxford's innovation ecosystem.
Sarah Gilbert elected as RA Honorary Fellow
Awards and Appointments General
28 January 2022
The Royal Academy of Arts has named the University of Oxford's Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert as one of its Honorary Fellows.
Cancer Research UK to invest £11 million into cancer science in Oxford
Awards and Appointments General Research
24 January 2022
A £11 million Cancer Research UK investment has been awarded to the University of Oxford and Oxford-based NHS to catalyse the translation of its world-leading cancer research for patient benefit.
Christoph Treiber awarded ERC Starting Grant to investigate the origins of behavioural diversity
Awards and Appointments General
10 January 2022
Congratulations are in order for postdoctoral research scientist Dr Christoph Treiber who has been awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council. His funded project will investigate the genetic components that may contribute to diversity of brain function and behaviour.
New Year's Honours 2022
Awards and Appointments General
4 January 2022
Members of the Medical Sciences Division have been recognised in the New Year's Honours list for 2022.
Professor Carol Robinson receives two awards
Awards and Appointments General
9 December 2021
Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery’s first Director, Professor Dame Carol Robinson has been awarded a prestigious 2022 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine and the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry.
Oxford researchers honoured by British Society for Immunology
Awards and Appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 General
3 December 2021
Four researchers from the University of Oxford have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to immunology with Honorary Lifetime Membership of the British Society for Immunology, with the awards being announced at the recent British Society for Immunology Congress held in Edinburgh.
Medical Sciences researchers scoop 2021 Times Higher Education Awards
Awards and Appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 General
2 December 2021
Coronavirus researchers from across Medical Sciences have been honoured at the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) Awards.
Oxford University wins prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize
Awards and Appointments General
29 November 2021
Her Majesty The Queen has approved the award of The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes to twenty-one higher and further education institutions, including Oxford University, in the most recent round of the independently reviewed scheme. This prestigious award is the highest national honour available to universities and FE colleges across the UK.
Jenner Institute named Covid Innovation Heroes
Awards and Appointments General Innovation
26 November 2021
The team at the University of Oxford’s Jenner Institute has been celebrated for their global pandemic work by The Oxford Trust’s Covid Innovation Heroes Award 2021.
Fiona Powrie appointed new Deputy Chair of Wellcome’s Board of Governors
Awards and Appointments General
23 November 2021
Fiona Powrie, Director of the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology at the University of Oxford has been selected as the next Deputy Chair of Wellcome’s Board of Governors.
Peter Horby receives prestigious award for outstanding service to public health
Awards and Appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 General
14 October 2021
The Faculty of Public Health (FPH) has awarded its prestigious Alwyn Smith Prize to Professor Sir Peter Horby (Nuffield Department of Medicine) for 2020/2021 in recognition of his outstanding service to public health as a global leader in epidemic science.
Six new Fellowships announced as part of Oxford-Bristol Myers Squibb Fellowships Programme
Awards and Appointments General Innovation
11 October 2021
The Oxford - Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) Fellowships Programme continued to demonstrate significant progress over the last year, despite the challenges associated with the global pandemic, including restricted lab access and work from home guidance. Today, we are pleased to announce six new Oxford-BMS Fellowships for 2021.
Professor Trish Greenhalgh Highly Commended in the O²RB Excellence in Impact Awards 2021
Awards and Appointments General
6 October 2021
Congratulations to Professor Trish Greenhalgh (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences) who has been Highly Commended in the O²RB Excellence in Impact Awards 2021.
Turing Fellowships for over 30 Oxford academics
Awards and Appointments General
4 October 2021
Thirty-three University of Oxford researchers have been named Turing Fellows for the 2021/22 academic year, including eight from the Medical Sciences Division.
RECOVERY Trial paper wins BMJ’s 2021 UK Research Paper of the Year Award
Awards and Appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
30 September 2021
For the second year in a row, The British Medical Journal have selected a publication co-authored by Oxford University researchers for their prestigious UK Research Paper of the Year Award. This award recognises original UK research that has the potential to contribute significantly to improving health and healthcare.
Researchers awarded Wellcome Innovator Grant to investigate role of brainstem nucleus in human consciousness
Awards and Appointments General Research
30 September 2021
Researchers at Oxford University have received a prestigious Wellcome Innovator Grant for investigating the role of the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) – a brainstem nucleus – in human consciousness.
Professor Sir John Bell inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
Awards and Appointments General
29 September 2021
We are pleased to announce that Professor Sir John Bell has been selected for induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, for his pioneering advances in the era of translation research, bringing ground-breaking laboratory discoveries into the world of practical medicine.
Prestigious award for Oxford professor's diabetes work
Awards and Appointments General
21 September 2021
A University of Oxford professor has been awarded the 2021 EASD-Novo Nordisk Foundation Prize for Excellence for his decades of effort to understand, prevent and combat type 1 diabetes.
Wellcome accolades for Dr Douglas
Awards and Appointments General
20 September 2021
Dr Alexander (Sandy) Douglas, an investigator at the Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, has recently received two prestigious Wellcome accolades.