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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
Study shows AI can be safely deployed in NHS prostate cancer diagnosis
15 July 2026
Findings from the landmark Articulate Pro study have now been published, marking a major milestone for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in NHS histopathology laboratories and demonstrating its potential to improve and standardise prostate cancer diagnosis.
World’s first Phase I Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine trial launched by Oxford Vaccine Group
13 July 2026
The University of Oxford’s Oxford Vaccine Group has launched the world’s first Phase I clinical trial, BD-Ebov, of a vaccine against Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV), in response to the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighbouring Uganda.
World-first perfused pancreas transplant marks major Oxford study milestone
9 July 2026
A clinical study at the University of Oxford has recruited its first participant, marking the world’s first successful transplantation of a perfused human pancreas and a major advance in efforts to improve organ preservation for transplantation.
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.
The Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences team wins Award for Excellence for transforming ulcerative colitis care
6 July 2026
The Sagittarius Team, a pioneering partnership between the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) has been recognised with the OUH Award for Excellence 2026 for transforming care for people experiencing a relapse of ulcerative colitis while advancing translational research.
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).