On June 7, 2024, the second annual Jenner Institute Early Researchers Symposium was held at St Anne's College, bringing together a vibrant community of over 80 DPhil Students, Research Assistants, Technicians and Apprentices from across the Nuffield Department of Medicine to network, share their research and discuss career aspirations.
We are delighted to announce that seven 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.
A global, interdisciplinary team of researchers, including the Centre for Medicines Discovery\u2019s Professor Frank von Delft, has been selected to receive a Cancer Grand Challenges award of up to $25m over five years to tackle the solid tumours in children challenge. The Cancer Grand Challenges PROTECT team is led by Professor Stefan Pfister of the Hopp Children's Cancer Center in Heidelberg.
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit\u2019s host and partner in Ho Chi Minh City, the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, was recently honoured with the Vietnam 2023 Medical Achievement Award at an event hosted by Voice of Ho Chi Minh City (VoH).
The AI-driven Structure-enabled Antiviral Platform (ASAP) has won an Exemplary Achievement Award from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The prize recognises data practices in biological and biomedical research labs during the active phase of research.
Researchers from a wide range of disciplines have been appointed to be the next cohort of NIHR Oxford Senior Research Fellows - seven mid-career researchers identified as having the potential to become future translational research leaders. The cohort includes Dr Matthias Friedrich from the Translational Gastroenterology Unit in NDM\u2019s Experimental Medicine Division.
Dr Azim Ansari, Sir Henry Dale Fellow and Group Leader at NDM\u2019s Experimental Medicine Division, is among the three outstanding hepatitis researchers who have been announced as winners of the Medical Research Foundation\u2019s Emerging Leaders Prize.
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.
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