A team of researchers including Dr Shobhana Nagraj from NDM Centre for Global Health Research, has received an INTERPROFESSIONAL.GLOBAL award for outstanding interprofessional teamwork and collaboration.
Professor Deirdre Hollingsworth, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at NDM\u2019s Big Data Institute and Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, has been named one of this year\u2019s 50 Leading Lights for Kindness & Leadership in the UK. This campaign highlights the leaders who are impacting others through kindness.
The AELIX-002 study group research was awarded the European Hector Research Award in HIV for research on the therapeutic vaccine against HIV. The researchers include Prof Tom\u00e1\u0161 Hanke, Professor of Vaccine Immunology at the Jenner Institute at NDM.
Professor Philippe Gu\u00e9rin, Director of the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory and WorldWide Antimalarial Network, has been awarded the Bailey K. Ashford Medal for his 'distinguished' work in tropical medicine.
Professor Arjen Dondorp has been awarded the highly prestigious 2023 George Macdonald Medal. This medal recognises outstanding contributions to conducting research leading to significant improvements in health in the tropics. It is a joint award from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (RSTMH).
Dr Bipin Adhikari, Research Physician in Social Sciences and Infectious Diseases at NDM\u2019s Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, has recently received the \u20182023 Emerging Leaders Award\u2019 from the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in recognition of his leadership, service and significant contributions to the fields of tropical medicine and global health.
Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, who became the Oxford Project Leader for the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Nuffield Department of Medicine in 2020, has received the Freedom of the City of London, in recognition of her outstanding achievements in, and contribution to, science and public health.
Three research teams from the University of Oxford, including those of Prof Frank von Delft, Professor for Structural Chemical Biology at NDM's Centre for Medicines Discovery and Dr Parinaz Mehdipour, Leadership Fellow at NDM\u2019s Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, have been selected for the final stages of Cancer Grand Challenges.
One year on from the launch of the Ling Felce Award for the training of researchers in Oxford, we reflect on the impact of the award and the generosity of our donors.
The Society for Melanoma Research is devoted to alleviating the suffering of people with melanoma and was founded to unify the field by increasing communication among researchers and building bridges of collaboration between basic, translational, and clinical investigators.
NDM is pleased to announce that Professor Paul Brennan has been appointed to be the new Director of the Centre for Medicines Discovery (CMD). Dr Emma Mead will take over as interim Chief Scientific Officer of the Alzheimer's Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute (ODDI) until a permanent replacement is identified.
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.
A DPhil Symposium hosted at the the Jenner Institute last month brought together over 80 DPhil Students, Research Assistants, Technicians and Apprentices across the Nuffield Department of Medicine to network and share their research and career aspirations.
The Nuffield Department of Medicine\u2019s Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics (WHG) has received a Silver Engage Watermark from the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) for its public engagement efforts.
A delegation from the Ministry of Education (MoE) of the People's Republic of China visited the University of Oxford and was hosted at the Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM) by Professor Tao Dong, Ita Askonas Professor of Translational Immunology and Director of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Oxford Institute (COI).
In order to support the Nuffield Department of Medicine in seeking out new opportunities for innovation and delivering impact across its 24 units, Prof Richard Cornall, the Head of Department, has appointed Prof Bountra in a new role within NDM Strategic.
We are delighted to announce that six researchers have been awarded the Associate Professor title, in recognition of their research achievements, contribution to teaching, and contribution to the general work of the Nuffield Department of Medicine.
The RECOVERY trial was announced as the winner in the \u2018Best Public Sector Innovation\u2019 category in the 2023 Prix Galien UK Awards. The award ceremony took place at the Natural History Museum, London last week.
The multi-partner COVID Moonshot consortium was a runner-up in the Innovation Enabled by Partnership category, which recognises and celebrates scientific innovation that has been enabled as a direct result of collaborative partnerships.
Eric 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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