Congratulations to our new Professors and Associate Professors
19 September 2023
Awards and appointments Department Women
It is our great pleasure to announce that six of our colleagues have been promoted in the University of Oxford’s 2023 Recognition of Distinction exercise.
Oxford HPB surgical team tackle coast-to-coast cycle route to help cure pancreatic and liver cancer
18 September 2023
A group of surgeons and health care workers specialising in the treatment of pancreas, liver, and bile duct cancer are taking part in a coast-to-coast charity bike ride on Friday 21 September.
Professor Massimo Loda to give the 2023 Newton-Abraham Lecture
8 September 2023
Professor Massimo Loda, the David D. Thompson Professor and Chairman of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Newton-Abraham Visiting Professor at Oxford University, will give the 2023 Newton-Abraham Lecture on Wednesday 20 September at 5pm.
Old Road Campus Open Doors 2023
6 September 2023
On Saturday 9 September, Oxford University's Old Road Campus Research Building (ORCRB) will open to the public as part of the Oxford Open Doors scheme run by the Oxford Preservation Trust.
Katherine Gordon-Quayle saddles up for cancer charity race
11 August 2023
Saturday 26 August will be a big day for Research Nurse Katherine (Katy) Gordon-Quayle, who will compete in the inaugural Pat Smullen Charity Race on Ireland’s most famous racecourse in aid of Cancer Trials Ireland and the OPAL (Oxford Pancreatic and Liver) Fund.
Latest issue of JNDS published
7 August 2023
The latest issue of the Journal of the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (JNDS) has been published.
Broadening horizons through the NDS Work Experience Programme
4 August 2023
Two groups of bright and motivated students interested in pursuing a career in medicine and medical research recently attended the 2023 NDS Work Experience Programme.
Could removing fat from donor livers help save more lives?
3 August 2023
The liver transplant team at the Royal Free Hospital (RFH) has successfully recruited the first liver to be used in a revolutionary new study — looking at whether fat can be removed from donor livers to make them suitable for transplantation. The study is being run from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) at the University of Oxford.
Mihir Sheth named Young Engineer of the Year by Royal Academy of Engineering
28 July 2023
Awards and appointments Innovation
Mihir Sheth from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences has been recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering with a Young Engineer of the Year award.
Awards success for SITU NDS
19 July 2023
Awards and appointments Department
The Surgical Intervention Trials Unit in the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (SITU NDS) enjoyed success at the recent Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit (OCTRU) CTU Awards.
First NDS Student Symposium Day
17 July 2023
Awards and appointments Department Research
On Monday 3 July, the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) hosted its inaugural NDS Student Symposium Day.
NDS researchers enjoy international awards success
28 June 2023
Awards and appointments Research Women
Dr Amy Cross and Dr Sarah Short from the Transplantation Research Immunology Group at NDS have both enjoyed award success at the 2023 International Transplantation Science Meeting (ITS 2023).
NDS teams among winners of the Vice-Chancellor’s Environmental Sustainability Awards 2023
26 June 2023
Awards and appointments Department
Several Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) teams and labs were among the winners of the 2023 Vice-Chancellor’s Environmental Sustainability Awards, which celebrate the exceptional contributions of staff and students advancing environmental sustainability in the collegiate University.
Local young artists recognised in the University of Oxford's science-inspired art competition
21 June 2023
Oxford University has announced the winners of Beyond Boundaries, its science-inspired schools’ art competition. Their work will be going on public display at Oxford University Museum of Natural History for all to see, from Friday 30 June – Monday 3 July 2023.
NDS awards its first grant from the Philip Allison Foundation
14 June 2023
Awards and appointments Department Research
The Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) has awarded its first annual grant to an early career researcher from the Philip Allison Foundation. The award went to Dr Hisashi Hashimoto, a postdoctoral researcher at NDS with a research focus on regulatory T cells (Tregs).
NDS hosts another successful Away Day
6 June 2023
Awards and appointments Department
On Thursday 18 May, staff and students from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) assembled at St Catherine’s College in Oxford for the annual Away Day.
Information day held for patients on WINGMEN trial
16 May 2023
On Thursday 4 May, the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) hosted a special information day for patients with prostate cancer participating in the WINGMEN clinical trial.
Professor Claire Edwards receives the European Calcified Tissue Society Mike Horton Award
27 April 2023
Awards and appointments Research Women
Claire Edwards, Associate Professor of Bone Oncology at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, was awarded the prestigious 2023 Mike Horton Basic/Translational Award from the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) in recognition of her significant contributions to the field of bone and calcified tissue.
Edward O'Neill wins Prostate Cancer UK Career Acceleration Fellowship
14 April 2023
Awards and appointments Research
Oxford University's Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) is thrilled to announced that Dr Edward O'Neill will join NDS after securing a prestigious Prostate Cancer UK Career Acceleration Fellowship.
NDS researchers win poster prizes at CRUK Oxford Centre Annual Symposium
30 March 2023
Awards and appointments Research
Congratulations to Dr Sandy Figiel and Mr George Adigbli for winning first and second prizes respectively for their poster presentations – out of 53 entries – at the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Oxford Centre 2023 Annual Symposium on Thursday 16 March.