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Louise Downs announced as winner of Lasker Foundation essay contest
Awards and Appointments General Staff and student stories
17 July 2023
The Lasker Foundation today announced the five winners of its 10th annual Lasker Essay Contest. The winning submissions were selected from hundreds of essays penned by biomedical graduate students and health professions trainees from 25 countries. The winning essayists explored unanticipated ethical issues encountered during their training and strategies used to address them.
Medical student receives award in memory of Princess Diana
Awards and Appointments General Research
17 July 2023
Yusuf Ben-Tarifite, a medical student at Green Templeton college, has been recognised with the highest accolade a young person can achieve for social action or humanitarian efforts – The Diana Award.
Professor Marian Knight appointed NIHR Scientific Director for Research Infrastructure
Awards and Appointments General Research
3 July 2023
Professor Knight will lead on the strategic development of the NIHR’s infrastructure, working in partnership with infrastructure leaders.
Members of the Medical Sciences Division recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours 2023
Awards and Appointments General
20 June 2023
Professor Sir John Irving Bell, Professor Alison Noble and Dr Parvinder Aley have been recognised and celebrated in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours list.
Professor Michael Kidd, AO, to start a new role at NDPCHS from July 2023
Awards and Appointments General Research
16 June 2023
Through a strategic partnership with UNSW and the University of Oxford, Prof Michael Kidd, will start in a new joint position in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (NDPCHS), focusing upon Global Primary Care and Future Health Systems.
Leducq-funded transatlantic network set to pioneer new diagnosis and treatment of heart disease
Awards and Appointments General Research
13 June 2023
Professor David Paterson, in collaboration with the UCLA’s Professor Kalyanam Shivkumar, has been awarded a prestigious Leducq International Network of Excellence Program Award of $8 million (£6.3M) to set up a major new transatlantic network linking world leading researchers from the USA and Europe to develop ‘Bioelectronics for neurocardiology diagnosis and therapeutics’.
Professor David Hunter appointed as a Companion of the Order of Australia
Awards and Appointments General
11 June 2023
David Hunter, Richard Doll Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine at Oxford Population Health, has been appointed as a Companion of the Order of Australia in the Australian King’s Birthday Honours List.
Oxford Health plays a leading role in £42.7m research effort to find innovative new treatments for mental illness
Awards and Appointments General
7 June 2023
Research with the potential to change the lives of millions around the world suffering with mental illness has received a boost with the announcement of £42.7m of government funding.
Student Prizes for Biomedical Sciences and Medicine 2022-2023
Awards and Appointments General Staff and student stories
1 June 2023
Congratulations to all our Biomedical Sciences students and Medicine students who have been awarded prizes during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Eight Oxford researchers become Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Awards and Appointments General
18 May 2023
The Academy of Medical Sciences has elected eight University of Oxford biomedical and health scientists to its fellowship.
Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN) receives Silver Engage Watermark Award
Awards and Appointments General Public Engagement with Research
9 May 2023
This award from the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement is a significant landmark, indicating WIN's commitment to embedding support for public engagement.
James Naismith appointed as Head of MPLS
Awards and Appointments General
4 May 2023
Professor James H Naismith FRSC FRSB FRS FRSE FMedSci MAE is to become the new Head of Oxford’s Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS) Division.
Professor Claire Edwards receives the European Calcified Tissue Society Mike Horton Award
Awards and Appointments General
27 April 2023
Claire Edwards, Associate Professor of Bone Oncology, has been awarded the prestigious European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) Mike Horton preclinical/translational award in recognition of her significant contributions to the field of bone and calcified tissue.
Four Oxford researchers awarded €2.5 million European Research Council Advanced Grants
Awards and Appointments General
12 April 2023
Four University of Oxford researchers have been awarded European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants of €2.5 million each over five years to explore their most innovative and ambitious ideas. These grants recognise ground-breaking projects led by researchers with a track record of significant research achievements.
Oxford researchers win poster prizes at CRUK Oxford Centre Annual Symposium
Awards and Appointments General
30 March 2023
Congratulations to Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences researchers Dr Sandy Figiel and Mr George Adigbli for winning first and second prizes respectively for their poster presentations – out of 53 entries – at the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Oxford Centre 2023 Annual Symposium on Thursday 16 March.
Athena Swan Gold Award success for Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
Athena Swan Awards and Appointments General
17 March 2023
The award reflects the Department’s commitment to representation, progression and success for all. It acknowledges the innovative policies and practices developed across the department and the detailed action plans for improvement.
RECOVERY trial team awarded MRC Impact Prize for Outstanding Team Impact
Awards and Appointments General Research
15 March 2023
The Medical Research Council Prize Committee has awarded the RECOVERY trial team the MRC Impact Prize 2022 for Outstanding Team Impact.
Major trials to test effectiveness of cannabidiol on psychosis
Awards and Appointments Clinical Trials General Research
16 February 2023
A global study involving three clinical trials will investigate the effectiveness of cannabidiol (CBD) in treating people with psychosis or psychotic symptoms, thanks to a multi-million pound grant to Oxford University.
Gero Miesenböck awarded 2023 Japan Prize
Awards and Appointments General
24 January 2023
Congratulations to Professor Gero Miesenböck, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG), who has been awarded the 2023 Japan Prize in the field of Life Sciences, together with Professor Karl Deisseroth, for pioneering work in the field of optogenetics.
Major funding for Oxford will help find new cancer treatments
Awards and Appointments General Research
23 January 2023
Cancer Research UK and the National Institute for Health and Care Research are investing over £3 million across the next five years into The University of Oxford’s Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC). The investment will enable Oxford to expand its portfolio of precision prevention and early detection cancer trials.