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\n \n\n \n \n \nEight academics from the University of Oxford have been selected to join the Royal Society as Fellows, including Prof Gilbert from the Pandemic Sciences Institute. The fellows have been selected for their substantial contribution to the advancement of science.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor James H Naismith will be the new Head of Oxford\u2019s Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division, taking over from Prof Sam Howison in October 2023.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nEric and Wendy Schmidt have announced the members of the 2023 cohort of Schmidt Science Fellows, including T. Bertie Ansell, a researcher at NDM's Division of Structural Biology. The 32 exceptional early career scientists will receive support to develop research projects and the leadership skills necessary to harness interdisciplinary science to tackle some of the world\u2019s most intractable problems.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOn World Malaria Day 2023, the global fight against malaria has hit a critical point in Africa. Recent studies have confirmed that malaria parasites resistant to artemisinin have emerged in Rwanda, Uganda and the Horn of Africa.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Ellie Tzima is a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow and Professor of Cardiovascular Science at Nuffield Department of Medicine\u2019s Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics. The award will be presented to her in 2024.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new Future Vaccines Manufacturing Hub aims to make the UK the global centre for discovering and manufacturing next-generation vaccines.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe vaccine, developed by the Jenner Institute and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India leveraging Novavax\u2019s adjuvant technology, has been granted full approval for use in Ghana by the country\u2019s Food and Drugs Authority.
\n \n\n\n \n 5 April 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nFlorence I. 'Cuppy' Otedola, an international DJ and music producer and Oxford alumna, has announced a gift of \u00a3100,000 to the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) to support African graduate students at the University of Oxford.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 April 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Dame Sarah Gilbert from the Pandemic Sciences Institute was awarded the prestigious 2023 King Faisal Prize in recognition of her work to co-create a COVID-19 vaccine that has saved an estimated six million lives.
\n \n\n\n \n 30 March 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nFour UK centres will conduct the \u2018Stratification of Clinically Vulnerable People for COVID-19 Risk using Antibody Testing (STRAVINSKY)\u2019 study over the next two years, to identify the patient groups most vulnerable to COVID-19.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Pandemic Sciences Institute and the UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have agreed to jointly study the dangerous pathogens that could cause future pandemics.
\n \n\n\n \n 21 March 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nAcademic representatives from Benem\u00e9rita Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Puebla (BUAP), one of the leading universities in Mexico, paid a visit to NDM\u2019s Jenner Institute.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Medical Research Council Prize Committee has awarded the RECOVERY trial team the MRC Impact Prize 2022 for Outstanding Team Impact.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Dr Stanley Ho Medical Development Foundation will continue its funding support for The Centre for Personalised Medicine (CPM) for further seven years.
\n \n\n\n \n 10 March 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nRare diseases are a global health challenge. To address this, organisations around the world, including the Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM), are working together to find solutions for patients.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Coronavirus Vaccines Research and Development Roadmap is a comprehensive plan to galvanize a global effort to protect the world from this large and dangerous family of viruses.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Lithuanian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Mr Eitvydas Bajar\u016bnas, paid a visit to Professor Skirmantas Kriau\u010dionis of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at the Nuffield Department of Medicine.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDART (Dengue Advanced Readiness Tools), is a new project supported by Wellcome to use climate data to better predict and prepare for infectious diseases outbreaks.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) has begun a Phase II trial to demonstrate that R21/matrix M is well-tolerated and immunogenic when administered with the antimalarial drug combination.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDPhil student at the Jenner Institute, Romain Guyon is among the researchers who received the 2022 Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants, announced by Michelson Medical Research Foundation and Human Immunome Project.
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