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The Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences is the academic department of surgery at the University of Oxford, and hosts a multidisciplinary team of senior clinical academic surgeons, senior scientists, junior clinicians and scientists in training.
Fadi Issa wins academic session prize at Inaugural Oxford Surgical Symposium
28 August 2015
Congratulations to Dr Fadi Issa who was awarded the prize for the best presentation in the academic session at the recently held Inaugural Oxford Surgical Symposium.
Recruitment begins on major genetics project
27 August 2015
Patients with rare diseases and cancers are being signed up to a massive genetic study that could improve the treatment of their conditions.
Oxford Medical School remains top for student satisfaction
18 August 2015
For the eighth year running, the University of Oxford’s Medical School is ranked highest of all UK medical school in terms of student satisfaction.
Manipulation of the immune system for skin grafts
6 August 2015
TRIG member Dr Fadi Issa is investigating ways to help patients with extensive burns that need skin grafts.
ECMINT 1.3 is open for registration
4 August 2015
The third event in the European Course in Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ECMINT) teaching series, themed on treatments for 'Stroke', will take place this December in Oxford.
Latest PSA newsletter published
3 August 2015
The Patient Safety Academy (PSA) has published its latest newsletter, keeping you up-to-date on their projects, courses and seminars.
Taking targeted autoimmune therapies to the next level
28 July 2015
The TRIAD project has been featured on the HORIZON 2020 website in an article entitled 'Taking targeted autoimmune therapies to the next level.'
Major funding announced to develop materials and cell based treatment for diabetes
15 July 2015
A research consortium, in which the Oxford Consortium for Islet Transplantation is a member, has been awarded major new EU funding to develop novel treatment options for reversing diabetes.
DPhil student searches for new ways to make transplants last longer
9 July 2015
Liz Wallin, a DPhil student in the Transplantation Research Immunology Group (TRIG), is leading an exciting new three-year study on transplant failure. The study centres around 60 kidney transplant patients from Central and South West England and could be the first step towards extending the lifespan of kidney transplants.
Double success at national urology conference
6 July 2015
At the British Association of Urological Surgeon (BAUS) Annual Meeting, held in Manchester from 15 to 18 June, final year undergraduate medical student Joel Ward was awarded the BAUS 2015 Medical Student Essay prize. Also during the meeting, Clinical Lecturer in Urology Dr Richard Bryant received the Best Academic Paper award.
Oxford's precision cancer medicine work boosted by Cancer Research UK
29 June 2015
Oxford University's work on precision cancer medicine has received a significant boost after Cancer Research UK announced that it would give the existing Cancer Research UK Oxford Centre Major Centre status and increase funding for research in the city.
Patient Safety Academy one year on
28 May 2015
The Patient Safety Academy (PSA) is celebrating their one year anniversary. To find out what they've been up to throughout the past year, take a look at the latest issue of the PSA newsletter.
Oxford host first surgical research training course
15 May 2015
On 29 April and 1 May 2015, thirty-eight surgical trainees from the Oxford and Severn Deaneries attended the first Bristol Oxford Surgical Trials Course (BOSTiC) - a joint initiative between the Oxford Surgical Intervention Trials Unit (SITU) at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences and the Bristol Surgical Trials Centre (BSTC).
Our BRC Theme and SITU in the picture!
8 May 2015
The BRC have released a video summarising the six-hour event that was part of the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre’s (BRC) Open Weeks series of events. The event featured talks and exhibitions about BRC-supported research such as trials of a “bionic eye” microchip implanted underneath the retina to partially restore vision for those who have lost their sight.
NDS’s Tipu Aziz on pioneering anorexia neurosurgery on BBC news
23 April 2015
NDS professor Tipu Aziz appeared on BBC National news to speak about the pioneering surgery he delivered to a British woman who has had electrodes placed deep inside her brain in an experimental operation to help cure her of anorexia. Wires carrying electricity were connected to parts of her brain that register her feeling of reward when she eats. Professor Aziz said: “Anorexics have a 40 times higher mortality rate compared to the normal population and people forget that. Otherwise healthy people, mostly girls, die of this disease.” See him interviewed on BBC News.
Upcoming Presentations: Ergonomics and Human Factors 2015
30 March 2015
Three members of the Patient Safety Academy team will be presenting posters at the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors annual conference in Daventry (13-16 April 2015).
Patient Safety Academy - Workshop with Susan Moffatt-Bruce
30 March 2015
On the 24 March 2015, the Patient Safety Academy (PSA) hosted a workshop to share knowledge and experiences on patient safety from the UK and USA.
Dr Sushma Shankar (Transplantation Research Immunology Group) wins prestigious award at the BTS congress.
24 March 2015
Many congratulations to Dr Sushma Shankar who was awarded the Medawar Medal for best scientific presentation at the recent Joint British Transplantation Society and Nederlandse Transplantatie Vereniging Congress which was held in Bournemouth on 11 – 13 March 2015. Dr Shankar won this prestigious award for her presentation of “B cells from a tolerant environment can control a T cell allograft response in an antigen specific, IL-10 dependent mechanism” by Jessica Stolp, Masaaki Zaitsu, Sushma Shankar and Kathryn Wood.