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Major prize for transforming rheumatoid arthritis treatment

Awards and Appointments

Sir Marc Feldmann and Sir Ravinder Maini of the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology have been named 2014 Canada Gairdner Award winners, one of the world's most prestigious awards for medical research.

Their discovery of an antibody-based treatment, or 'anti-TNF' therapy, for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases has transformed the lives of many patients.

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Oxford awarded major funding to probe childhood poverty and social inequalities

Awards and Appointments General Research

Ground-breaking multi-disciplinary research is to be launched today by the University of Oxford into the impact of poverty and social inequalities in early childhood, thanks to major funding from the Leverhulme Trust.

Innovation award for Professor Anindita Roy to develop new treatments for childhood cancer

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Associate Professor Andi Roy leads one of the five research teams across the UK that have been awarded the 2021 Cancer Research UK-Children with Cancer UK Innovation Award. The awards, which provide a total of £4.3 million in scientific funding, will allow leading researchers in the field to delve into the biology of children’s and young people’s cancers, with the hope of finding new ways to prevent and treat these complex cancers.

Two Oxford pioneers honoured on Sherrington Building Plaques

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Honouring the heritage of pioneering physiologists Sir Charles Sherrington and Florence Buchanan. "Commemorating both pioneers together highlights the importance of advocacy and mentoring that was evident over a century ago as equality was championed." (Professor David Paterson, Head of Department, Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics)

Professor Cecilia Lindgren appointed Director of the Big Data Institute

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Professor Cecilia Lindgren has been appointed as the new Director of the University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute.

Oxford medical researchers named NIHR Senior Investigators

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Five leading healthcare academics in Oxford have been named National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigators

Success in QS Subject Ranking

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Oxford Medical Sciences has come top in two subject areas in the latest and internationally-respected QS rankings.