Divisional staff and student pick up four OxTALENT awards

6 July 2016

MSD on the podium in four categories at June’s OxTALENT awards which celebrate the use of technology in teaching and learning.

In an event attended by the Vice Chancellor and two Pro-Vice Chancellors, Medical Sciences staff and students picked up awards in the following categories:

Winner - Student IT Innovation: Christopher Horton for The Anatomical Walkthrough.
Winner – Most Innovative Poster: Ellie Morgan-Jones for DECisions.
Runner-up – Academic Podcasting: Dr Cynthia Srikesavan for High Quality Physiotherapy Evidence in Tamil.
Runners-up – Innovative Teaching with Technology: Dr Kenny Moore, Jon Mason, Dr Aartjan te Velthuis and Professor William James for Viral Outbreak Online ‘i-Case’ Teaching Platform.

Peter Horby receives prestigious award for outstanding service to public health

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

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.

Researchers set out steps to address mental health effects of the pandemic on young people

8 October 2021

Researchers have outlined 14 steps that schools, mental health services and policymakers can take to help children and young people whose mental health has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anti-cancer drug derived from fungus shows promise in clinical trials

7 October 2021

A new industry-academic partnership between the University of Oxford and biopharmaceutical company NuCana as found that chemotherapy drug NUC-7738, derived from a Himalayan fungus, has 40 times greater potency for killing cancer cells than its parent compound.

Professor Trish Greenhalgh Highly Commended in the O²RB Excellence in Impact Awards 2021

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.

No benefit of convalescent plasma for critically ill COVID-19 patients

5 October 2021

A large study of over 2000 COVID-19 patients has found that giving critically ill patients blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients did not significantly reduce deaths, or the need for intensive care support such as being put on a ventilator machine.