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« Back to NewsRECOVERY trial team awarded MRC Impact Prize for Outstanding Team Impact
15 March 2023
Awards and Appointments General Research
The Medical Research Council Prize Committee has awarded the RECOVERY trial team the MRC Impact Prize 2022 for Outstanding Team Impact.
Major trials to test effectiveness of cannabidiol on psychosis
16 February 2023
Awards and Appointments Clinical Trials General Research
A global study involving three clinical trials will investigate the effectiveness of cannabidiol (CBD) in treating people with psychosis or psychotic symptoms, thanks to a multi-million pound grant to Oxford University.
Gero Miesenböck awarded 2023 Japan Prize
24 January 2023
Awards and Appointments General
Congratulations to Professor Gero Miesenböck, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG), who has been awarded the 2023 Japan Prize in the field of Life Sciences, together with Professor Karl Deisseroth, for pioneering work in the field of optogenetics.
Major funding for Oxford will help find new cancer treatments
23 January 2023
Awards and Appointments General Research
Cancer Research UK and the National Institute for Health and Care Research are investing over £3 million across the next five years into The University of Oxford’s Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC). The investment will enable Oxford to expand its portfolio of precision prevention and early detection cancer trials.
Daniel Freeman to join Department of Experimental Psychology as Professor of Psychology
23 January 2023
Awards and Appointments General
The Department of Experimental Psychology are delighted to announce that Daniel Freeman has been appointed as their new Professor of Psychology, joining from the Department of Psychiatry.
Oxford to lead international consortium to unlock potential of programmable nucleic acid drugs
17 January 2023
Awards and Appointments General
A consortium led by Matthew Wood, Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Paediatrics and Director of the Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre, has been awarded £8m of funding from UKRI, LifeArc and the Nucleic Acid Therapy Accelerator (NATA) via the Nucleic Acid Therapies (NAT) Delivery Research Challenge.
Professor Marian Knight recognised for services to maternal and public health
31 December 2022
Awards and Appointments General
Professor Knight's research focuses on the care and prevention of severe complications of pregnancy and early life and addressing disparities in outcomes for women and babies from different population groups.
Oxford vaccinologist Teresa Lambe honoured with Irish Abroad award
20 December 2022
Awards and Appointments General
A vaccine scientist from the University of Oxford recently received the prestigious Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad for 2022, which recognises the contribution of members of the Irish diaspora.
Director of MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit appointed
15 December 2022
Awards and Appointments General
From 2 January 2023, Professor Peter Magill will lead the Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit (MRC BNDU) at the University of Oxford.
Alexandra Preston receives ASH Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award
12 December 2022
Awards and Appointments General Staff and student stories
Alexandra Preston, a doctoral student from MRC Human Immunology Unit (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), delivered a plenary talk on 11th December at the ASH Meeting and Exposition in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Demis Hassabis Visited Kavli INsD for the Kavli Award Lecture 2022
12 December 2022
Awards and Appointments General
In his talk, Demis mentioned how they were able to solve the protein folding problem with AlphaFold. For 50 years, people have been working on protein folding, a problem first articulated by Nobel Prize winner Christian Anfinsen.
Success for Oxford researchers in The Genetics Society 2023 Awards
30 November 2022
Awards and Appointments General Staff and student stories
Researchers from Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and Nuffield Department of Population Health have been recgonised in The Genetics Society 2023 awards.
New tool aims to make bowel cancer treatments more effective
23 November 2022
Awards and Appointments General
The Leedham Lab in Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM) has been awarded over £2M from Cancer Research UK to develop a new tool that could help guide how bowel cancer patients are treated in the future.
Doug Higgs awarded the 2023 Genetics Society Medal
23 November 2022
Awards and Appointments General
The award recognises Radcliffe Department of Medicine's Professor Higgs major contribution to our understanding of how mammalian genes are switched on and off, and using haematopoiesis as a model to understand how genes function.
Past two years of MSD Teaching Excellence Awards celebrated
28 October 2022
Awards and Appointments General
The 2021 and 2022 MSD Teaching Excellence Awards were celebrated in a ceremony at St Catherine’s College earlier this week.
Oxford retains top spot for medicine for twelfth consecutive year
27 October 2022
Awards and Appointments General
Oxford University has been ranked as the world's best institution for clinical and health teaching and research for the twelfth consecutive year in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Major award given to Professor Chris Fairburn
21 October 2022
Awards and Appointments General
Professor Christopher Fairburn has been awarded the 2022 American Psychological Association (APA) Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology.
Dr Lennard Lee recognised as one of the world's 21 outstanding young physicians below the age of 40
20 October 2022
Awards and Appointments General
Dr Lennard Lee, academic clinical lecturer at the Department of Oncology was recognised as part of the InterAcademy Partnership Young Physician Leaders Programme 2022
Oxford gets £122m funding for healthcare research
14 October 2022
Awards and Appointments General
Health and care research in Oxford is to receive £122 million in government funding over the next five years to improve diagnosis, treatment and care for NHS patients.
Oxford researchers to study why asthma is worse in women
12 October 2022
Awards and Appointments General
A University of Oxford team has been awarded a grant to study one of the major unsolved questions about asthma – why women are more likely to have it than men and why they are twice as likely to die from it.