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« Back to NewsPhD Student of the Year 2022 Winner!
28 June 2022
Awards and Appointments General
Congratulations to Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health DPhil student Josephine Agyeman-Duah on being named winner of PhD Student of the Year at the Postgrad Awards 2022.
Student Prizes for Biomedical Sciences and Medicine 2021-2022
27 June 2022
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Congratulations to all our Biomedical Sciences students and Medicine students who have been awarded prizes during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Oxford to receive £7 million to turn bright ideas into global opportunities
15 June 2022
Awards and Appointments General Innovation
The University of Oxford has been awarded more than £7 million, the highest amount of funding given to organisations across the UK, in the latest round of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) funding - aimed at fueling the best, brightest and most disruptive ideas from UK research institutions.
Queen’s Birthday Honours recognise service from Vice-Chancellor and Oxford colleagues
7 June 2022
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Members of the University have been recognised in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours List, including scientists from across the Medical Sciences Division.
Collaborative team driven by DPAG and Chemistry awarded RSC Horizon Prize
7 June 2022
Awards and Appointments General Research
The Molecular Flow Sensor Team, with collaborating members principally from DPAG’s Robbins and Talbot groups and the Department of Chemistry, has been named the winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s (RSC) Analytical Division Horizon Prize for the development of a new technology for measuring lung function.
Three NHSBT research units launch at University of Oxford
18 May 2022
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The NIHR has awarded three new Blood and Transplant Research Units (BTRUs) to the University of Oxford.
Museums Heritage Award win for Meat the Future
12 May 2022
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At last night’s glittering Museums + Heritage Awards ceremony, LEAP and the Oxford Museum of Natural History were over the moon to win the 2022 Partnership of the Year Award for Meat the Future: A partnership to feed minds and bodies.
Cathy Creswell, David Roberts, and Matthew Costa elected Fellows of Academy of Medical Sciences
11 May 2022
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Cathy Creswell, Professor of Developmental Clinical Psychology at the Departments of Psychiatry and Experimental Psychology, David Roberts, Professor of Haematology at the Radcliffe Department of Medicine and Consultant Haematologist, and Matthew Costa, Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery at the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, have been elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Susan Lea and Jordan Raff elected Fellows of the Royal Society
10 May 2022
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Many congratulations to Susan and Jordan for this prestigious honour, recognising their contributions to structural and centrosome biology, respectively
Professor Irene Tracey CBE FMedSci nominated as next Oxford Vice-Chancellor
10 May 2022
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Professor Irene Tracey, Warden of Merton College, Oxford, has been nominated as the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
Oxford Clinical Medical Student tops prestigious national Ophthalmology Duke Elder Prize Examination
28 April 2022
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Clinical Medical student, Peter Rae (Pembroke College, Year 5), placed first in the Royal College of Ophthalmology's annual examination
Fran Platt awarded 2023 Thudichum Medal
7 April 2022
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Pharmacology Head of Department, Professor Fran Platt, has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Thudichum Medal, presented by the Biochemical Society.
Athena Swan Silver Award renewal for Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences
23 March 2022
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Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences have been successful in the renewal of their Athena Swan Silver Award, recognising their work in advancing gender equality.
Oxford launches new Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science and Ben Goldacre announced as the first Bennett Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine
23 March 2022
Awards and Appointments General
The use of data, evidence and digital tools in healthcare and policy takes a major stride forward with the official launch of the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science and appointment of Ben Goldacre as Bennett Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine
Oxford researchers awarded funding to study the immune response to malaria
15 March 2022
Awards and Appointments General Research
Professors Matthew Higgins and Michael Dustin from the University of Oxford, Prof Gavin Wright from the University of York, and Professors Shiroh Iwanaga and Hisashi Arase from Osaka University have secured a Wellcome Collaborative Award for their study “How do RIFINs and STEVORs modulate human immunity during malaria?”
NIHR awards Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility £4 million over next five years
7 March 2022
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The Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility (OH CRF) is one of 28 facilities across England to benefit from nearly £161 million that has been awarded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to expand early phase clinical research delivery in NHS hospitals.
Oxford academics named NIHR Senior Investigators
3 March 2022
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Seven academics in Oxford have been named National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigators in recognition of their outstanding leadership in research.
Professor Collins awarded Sir Jules Thorn Translational Biomedical Research Award 2021
2 March 2022
Awards and Appointments General Innovation Research
Professor Sally Collins has been awarded the prestigious and highly competitive Sir Jules Thorn Translational Biomedical Research Award 2021 for further translational development of the OxNNet Toolkit.
QUOD named UK Biobank of the Year 2022
23 February 2022
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The UKCRC Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre awarded QUOD (Quality in Organ Donation) at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences first place in the UK Biobank of the Year.