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« Back to NewsOxford researchers honoured by British Society for Immunology
3 December 2021
Awards and Appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 General
Four researchers from the University of Oxford have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to immunology with Honorary Lifetime Membership of the British Society for Immunology, with the awards being announced at the recent British Society for Immunology Congress held in Edinburgh.
Medical Sciences researchers scoop 2021 Times Higher Education Awards
2 December 2021
Awards and Appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 General
Coronavirus researchers from across Medical Sciences have been honoured at the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) Awards.
Oxford University wins prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize
29 November 2021
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Her Majesty The Queen has approved the award of The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes to twenty-one higher and further education institutions, including Oxford University, in the most recent round of the independently reviewed scheme. This prestigious award is the highest national honour available to universities and FE colleges across the UK.
Jenner Institute named Covid Innovation Heroes
26 November 2021
Awards and Appointments General Innovation
The team at the University of Oxford’s Jenner Institute has been celebrated for their global pandemic work by The Oxford Trust’s Covid Innovation Heroes Award 2021.
Fiona Powrie appointed new Deputy Chair of Wellcome’s Board of Governors
23 November 2021
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Fiona Powrie, Director of the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology at the University of Oxford has been selected as the next Deputy Chair of Wellcome’s Board of Governors.
Peter Horby receives prestigious award for outstanding service to public health
14 October 2021
Awards and Appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 General
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
Awards and Appointments General Innovation
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.
Professor Trish Greenhalgh Highly Commended in the O²RB Excellence in Impact Awards 2021
6 October 2021
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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.
Turing Fellowships for over 30 Oxford academics
4 October 2021
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Thirty-three University of Oxford researchers have been named Turing Fellows for the 2021/22 academic year, including eight from the Medical Sciences Division.
RECOVERY Trial paper wins BMJ’s 2021 UK Research Paper of the Year Award
30 September 2021
Awards and Appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
For the second year in a row, The British Medical Journal have selected a publication co-authored by Oxford University researchers for their prestigious UK Research Paper of the Year Award. This award recognises original UK research that has the potential to contribute significantly to improving health and healthcare.
Researchers awarded Wellcome Innovator Grant to investigate role of brainstem nucleus in human consciousness
30 September 2021
Awards and Appointments General Research
Researchers at Oxford University have received a prestigious Wellcome Innovator Grant for investigating the role of the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) – a brainstem nucleus – in human consciousness.
Professor Sir John Bell inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
29 September 2021
Awards and Appointments General
We are pleased to announce that Professor Sir John Bell has been selected for induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, for his pioneering advances in the era of translation research, bringing ground-breaking laboratory discoveries into the world of practical medicine.
Prestigious award for Oxford professor's diabetes work
21 September 2021
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A University of Oxford professor has been awarded the 2021 EASD-Novo Nordisk Foundation Prize for Excellence for his decades of effort to understand, prevent and combat type 1 diabetes.
Wellcome accolades for Dr Douglas
20 September 2021
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Dr Alexander (Sandy) Douglas, an investigator at the Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, has recently received two prestigious Wellcome accolades.
Eight Oxford researchers win top UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships
8 September 2021
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Today eight Oxford University academics have been awarded significant financial funding from the UKRI ‘Future Leaders Fellowships scheme’ that was created to help develop the next wave of world-class research and innovation leaders in academia and business. Science Minister Amanda Solloway announced nearly 100 new Fellows, who will share in £113 million funding, with individual researchers receiving up to £1.5 million.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards Funds to Alison Simmons and Hashem Koohy for Paediatric Research
27 August 2021
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Professor Alison Simmons, the Director of the Oxford University MRC Human Immunology Unit (MRC HIU), together with Dr Hashem Koohy, group leader at Radcliffe Department of Medicine and the MRC HIU, have been awarded a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Paediatric Networks for the Human Cell Atlas grant.
Five Academics honoured by the Royal Society
24 August 2021
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Every year the Royal Society honours the hard work and achievements of researchers with medals and prizes named after the great scientists of the past. Among the award winners this year the Royal Society recognised five Oxford University Professors, including two from Medical Sciences, for their outstanding contributions to science and medicine
Vaccine for TB receives a $1.5 million funding boost
20 August 2021
Awards and Appointments General Research
The Oxford-run VALIDATE Network has received $1.5 million in funding for its tuberculosis vaccine work from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Oxford's COVID African Innovation Seed Fund announced
3 August 2021
Awards and Appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 General
Five graduate students currently studying at Oxford, including two Medical Sciences students, have been awarded £1,000 grants from the Vice Chancellor’s COVID-19 African Innovation Seed Fund for entrepreneurial projects aimed at addressing global challenges stemming from the pandemic.
Research programme tackling COVID-19 variants of concern receives funding boost
27 July 2021
Awards and Appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 General
A gift from the Red Avenue Foundation will enable the expansion of a major research programme aimed at rapidly identifying and interrogating emerging COVID-19 variants.