9 December 2022
\n \n \n \nA new systematic review from Cochrane ENT at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences says antihistamines are likely to reduce the risk of developing motion sickness (travel sickness) in susceptible adults under naturally occurring conditions of movement, but they may be more likely to cause drowsiness than placebo.
\n \n\n \n \n28 November 2022
\n \n \n \nWe are delighted to share the fantastic news that Miss Catherine Lovegrove is one of two winners of the Society for Endocrinology (SfE) 2022 Early Career Prize Lecture.
\n \n\n \n \n14 November 2022
\n \n \n \nA new documentary film launched by the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation (DRWF) on World Diabetes Day 2022 features an interview with Professor Paul Johnson, as he describes life-changing results from the DRWF Human Islet Isolation Facility at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS).
\n \n\n \n \n10 November 2022
\n \n \n \nDr Dimitrios Doultsinos, a John Black Research Fellow in Prostate Oncology at Oxford University's Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS), was one of this year\u2019s recipients of the highly coveted Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) Young Investigator Award.
\n \n\n \n \n1 November 2022
\n \n \n \nIt is with great sadness that we report Peter Morris\u2019s death. Peter died peacefully of metastatic colon cancer on Saturday 29 October at the age of 88, at home in Witney, surrounded by his wife Jocelyn and members of his large family. Peter has been one of the greatest Oxford medicine figures and was the third Nuffield Professor of Surgery between 1974 and 2001.
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\n \n \n \nMany congratulations to Ashok Handa who has been awarded the title of Professor of Vascular Surgery in this year's Recognition of Distinction exercise at the University of Oxford.
\n \n\n \n \n31 October 2022
\n \n \n \nDr Anna Furmanski has recently been appointed as Course Director for the MSc in Integrated Immunology programme ahead of Professor Jon Austyn\u2019s retirement after 19 years in the role. Dr Furmanski is an experienced educator, course leader, academic supervisor, and research immunologist.
\n \n\n \n \n28 October 2022
\n \n \n \nThe Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) were excited to once again be part of IF Oxford Science + Ideas Festival.
\n \n\n \n \n17 October 2022
\n \n \n \nAfter many years, Professor Jon Austyn is stepping down as Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) for the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS), prior to his retirement at the end of this academic year. We are delighted to welcome Professor Claire Edwards as his successor.
\n \n\n \n \n14 October 2022
\n \n \n \nHealth and care research in Oxford is to receive \u00a3122 million in government funding over the next five years to improve diagnosis, treatment and care for NHS patients.
\n \n\n \n \n11 October 2022
\n \n \n \nThe Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) is pleased to announce its success at the 29th International Congress of The Transplantation Society (TTS 2022) in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 10 to 14 September. Hisashi Hashimoto and Professor Fadi Issa received a Mentee-Mentor Award and Marie Sion won a Young Investigator Award.
\n \n\n \n \n23 September 2022
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Miss Catherine Lovegrove from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences on winning the Best Poster Prize at the 2022 British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) Endourology Section Annual Meeting.
\n \n\n \n \n21 September 2022
\n \n \n \nThe Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences is thrilled to announce that Professor Peter Friend has been recognised for his outstanding achievements in clinical transplantation by the British Transplantation Society (BTS).
\n \n\n \n \n8 September 2022
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The University enjoyed a close relationship with the Queen throughout her reign and gives thanks for her 70 years of service to the nation.
\n \n\n \n \n6 September 2022
\n \n \n \nOn Saturday 10 September 2022 from 12.30 to 4pm, the Old Road Campus Research Building (ORCRB) will open to the public as part of the Oxford Open Doors scheme.
\n \n\n \n \n5 September 2022
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Miss Katie Hurst and Mr Michael Silva who were elected in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) 2022 Council and Trainee Elections.
\n \n\n \n \n2 September 2022
\n \n \n \nA new issue of Journal of the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (JNDS) is out now.
\n \n\n \n \n19 August 2022
\n \n \n \nWe are delighted to announce that Alex Green has had the title of Professor of Neurosurgery conferred upon him by the University of Oxford.
\n \n\n \n \n19 August 2022
\n \n \n \nStudents from across Oxfordshire and beyond spent a week in the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) this summer being introduced to our cutting-edge research and the different career paths in science and medicine.
\n \n\n \n \n11 August 2022
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, and the Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden, have found that individual prostate tumours contain a previously unknown range of genetic variation.
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