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« Back to NewsLouise Downs announced as winner of Lasker Foundation essay contest
17 July 2023
Awards and Appointments General Staff and student stories
The Lasker Foundation today announced the five winners of its 10th annual Lasker Essay Contest. The winning submissions were selected from hundreds of essays penned by biomedical graduate students and health professions trainees from 25 countries. The winning essayists explored unanticipated ethical issues encountered during their training and strategies used to address them.
First Surgical Sciences Student Symposium Day
17 July 2023
Events General Staff and student stories
On Monday 3 July, the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) hosted its inaugural Student Symposium Day.
Student Prizes for Biomedical Sciences and Medicine 2022-2023
1 June 2023
Awards and Appointments General Staff and student stories
Congratulations to all our Biomedical Sciences students and Medicine students who have been awarded prizes during the 2022-20223 academic year.
Neuroscience Symposium: a student perspective
20 April 2023
Events General Staff and student stories
MSc student Brendan Sargent reflects on his experience at the Neuroscience Symposium last month and what he took away from the event.
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.
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 Studentship honours Enzo Cerundolo
28 November 2022
General Staff and student stories
A new Studentship has been announced in memory of the late MRC HIU Director and MRC WIMM Group Leader.
Clinical medical student to join the Healthcare Leadership Academy Scholars programme
24 August 2022
Awards and Appointments General Staff and student stories
Clinical medical student, Yusuf Ben-Tarifite, has been selected to join the Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA) Scholars programme - a prestigious scholarship set up to develop and nurture healthcare leaders of the future. After completing a rigorous selection process, Yusuf will be joining the academy’s cohort for the 2022/23 academic year.
Student Prizes for Biomedical Sciences and Medicine 2021-2022
27 June 2022
Awards and Appointments General Staff and student stories
Congratulations to all our Biomedical Sciences students and Medicine students who have been awarded prizes during the 2021-2022 academic year.
PhD Student of the Year Winner!
9 June 2021
Awards and Appointments General Staff and student stories
In a record breaking year for the Postgrad Awards 2021, DPhil student Tolu Awoyemi wins PhD Student of the Year.
Travels with Vignesh
9 February 2021
General Staff and student stories
Vignesh Murugesan, a Postdoctoral Researcher in Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics (DPAG), describes how he found his way from the large metropolitan town of Chennai in India to studying regenerative medicine here in Oxford, via an 8 year stint in Sweden.
Oxford’s researchers on the frontline
7 January 2021
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Staff and student stories
We rightly hear a lot about Oxford’s vaccine, Covid-19 research and RECOVERY drug trials, but there are also countless personal stories, which display just how broad Oxford’s response to the pandemic has been. It is the contribution and commitment of many individuals that has enabled Oxford’s Medical Sciences Division to become a global leader.
Africa’s 35 Under 35 Award
18 November 2020
Awards and Appointments General Staff and student stories
Toluwalase Awoyemi, DPhil student in Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, is recognised with an Africa 35.35 Award - a celebration of the top 35 leading young changemakers under 35 in Africa in 2020.
100 Years of Oxford Degrees for Women in DPAG
23 October 2020
General Staff and student stories
Meet four of Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetic's (DPAG) female graduate students as the department joins celebrations for the Centenary of women making history at Oxford.
Volunteering in Oxford during COVID-19: As a medical student
14 October 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Staff and student stories
Madeleine Oliver is a 5th year medical student, originally from London. Like many other medical students Madeleine volunteered to help out with the fight against COVID-19. She spoke to us about what it’s been like working on the frontline with doctors, nurses and patients at the hospital.
Practice makes perfect
30 April 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Staff and student stories
Using simulated scenarios to train front-line staff in the COVID-19 response