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Vice-Chancellor Awards recognise medical projects
Support for Students Award Nominee: Widening Methods of Medical Teaching, Dr. Gina Hadley (Harris Manchester)
Empowering People Award Nominee: Management In Medicine Programme, Green Templeton College
Latest News from Medical Sciences
Professor Adrian Hill wins European Inventor Award 2026 for highly effective malaria vaccine
7 July 2026
The European Patent Office (EPO) has awarded Professor Sir Adrian Hill the European Inventor Award 2026 in the Research category for developing the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine.
Professor Kokila Lakhoo awarded the Denis Browne Gold Medal for lifetime contributions to paediatric surgery
2 July 2026
Professor Kokila Lakhoo, Professor of Paediatric Surgery in the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS), University of Oxford, has been awarded the Denis Browne Gold Medal, the highest honour bestowed by the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS). The award recognises outstanding lifetime contributions to paediatric surgery worldwide and is presented annually at the Association's Annual Congress.
Patient enrolment begins in PARTNERS trial to identify the first effective treatments for Bundibugyo virus disease
2 July 2026
Patient enrolment has begun in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the PARTNERS clinical trial of treatments for Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD). The trial is led in the DRC by the Institute National pour la Recherche Biomedicale, supported by the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Belgium, Ministry of Public Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) and outbreak response teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). International trial coordination is led by the Pandemic Sciences Institute at the University of Oxford.
Oxford researchers become EMBO members
1 July 2026
Three University of Oxford academics have become the latest to join the eminent life scientists in Europe and beyond that make up the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
Chellaram Foundation £5 million gift to Oxford launches new programme for healthy and sustainable diets
1 July 2026
A major new research and engagement programme at the University of Oxford will investigate how healthier, more sustainable diets can be achieved at population level, and how evidence can inform policy and practice across food, health and environmental systems.
A new era for childhood cancer research
29 June 2026
The Department of Paediatrics at the University of Oxford has appointed Professor Isidro Cortés-Ciriano as its first Little Princess Trust Professor of Paediatric Oncology, marking a major milestone in a partnership dedicated to accelerating the development of new treatments for children with cancer.
Oxford researchers awarded ARIA funding to develop transformative anti-viral therapies
26 June 2026
Three innovative research projects aimed at transforming how we protect against respiratory viruses, led by teams at the University of Oxford, have secured funding through the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA).
New Oxford calculator shows serious statin muscle side effects are rare for most people
26 June 2026
Researchers at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, have developed a new calculator that estimates a person's risk of developing serious muscle disorders from statins. The tool could help patients and clinicians make more informed decisions about using these widely prescribed medications to prevent heart attacks and strokes.