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This magazine celebrates our alumni community, showcases cutting‑edge medical and scientific work, and strengthens the connection between alumni, students, and the University. 

We look forward to sharing new updated Oxford Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Magazine coming soon in 2026! If you would like to get involved please check out our volunteering opportunities or contact us at alumni@smbms.ox.ac.uk

Check out our past editions

Vice-Chancellor Awards recognise medical projects

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Support for Students Award Nominee: Widening Methods of Medical Teaching, Dr. Gina Hadley (Harris Manchester)

Read about Dr Hadley's work in student support and outreach
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Empowering People Award Nominee: Management In Medicine Programme, Green Templeton College

Read about the program and it's impact.

Latest News from Medical Sciences

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New audit system maps how mental-health risks emerge in AI chatbot conversations

Scientists have developed a framework for stress-testing how AI chatbots respond to vulnerable users, helping researchers identify weaknesses and test ways of making mental-health interactions safer.

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Expert Comment: Climate-friendly food procurement and advertising: what are local authorities in England doing?

Professor Mike Rayner (Nuffield Department of Population Health), Dr Jessica Renzella (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences) and Dr Hannah Forde (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences) argue that local authorities could play a significant role in steering UK diets to become healthier and more sustainable.

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Oxford researchers uncover how Parkinson's disease protein damages brain cells

A new study reveals a key mechanism by which the protein alpha-synuclein, the hallmark of Parkinson's disease, damages neurons (brain cells) by blocking a vital cellular gateway. The results of the study, published in Nature Communications, help to explain how the disease begins and highlights a potential new target for treatment.

Combination of tobacco control policies needed to further reduce smoking deaths

Studies have shown that long‑term quitters who haven’t smoked for 10 years or more get back almost all of the lost life. Saving more lives needs combined measures.

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New study highlights importance of heart disease treatments targeting both cholesterol and inflammation

The study identifies 12 proteins that could lead to new heart disease treatments targeting both cholesterol and inflammation.

Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research celebrates ten years of progress

Tommy's National Centre for Miscarriage Research marks ten years of pioneering research, with the Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health now leading the next phase of its work to improve miscarriage care and prevention.

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Trial exploring effects of drug on liver in psoriasis patients recruits first UK patient

The first patient in the UK has been recruited to a clinical trial investigating how a new drug affects liver inflammation and scarring in people with psoriatic disease using a new non-invasive MRI scanning technique.

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First volunteer vaccinated in the world's first Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine trial

The University of Oxford’s Oxford Vaccine Group has today successfully vaccinated the first volunteer in the world’s first clinical trial of a vaccine designed to protect against Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV).