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NDS Staff Awards presented at garden party

16 September 2021

A number of staff from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) have been honoured at an annual awards ceremony.

NDS staff who received awards at the awards ceremony in Oxford Botanic Garden.

The ceremony was held during the NDS Away Day Garden Party in the beautiful Oxford Botanic Garden on Thursday 9 September 2021.

Plaques and certificates were awarded to staff in recognition of their achievements and hard work by NDS's Deputy Head of Department Professor Ian Mills.

Congratulations to all the winners of the NDS Staff Awards

NDS Early-stage Researcher of the Year - Gurdeep Mannu

NDS Scientific Achievement of the Year - The ONE Study Team

NDS Team of the Year - HR Team

NDS Employee of the Year - Gkentiana Zavalani

NDS Citizen of the Year - Ian Mills

NDS COVID Champions

Administrative Staff - Louise King, Nicky Iyer, Susan Patchett, Lucy Davies, Lucy Paterson

Academic Researchers - Amy Cross, Lucia Cerundolo

Clinical Staff - Matthew Bottomley

Team Effort - Virtual Work Experience Team, NDS Events Team, Rutger Ploeg's QUOD Team, ORB/OCHRE and NDS Tissue Handling Team, Finance Team

JNDS: new issue published

22 March 2023

A new issue of Journal of the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (JNDS) has just been published.

NDS SITU host first ever Surgical Trials Showcase

24 February 2023

The first ever showcase of the Surgical Intervention Trials Unit, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS SITU) was hosted on Monday 23 January 2023 at the Richard Doll Building on Old Road Campus, Oxford, and also online.

Mr Gurdeep S. Mannu awarded Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist Fellowship

8 February 2023

Many congratulations to Mr Gurdeep S. Mannu who has been awarded a five-year Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist Fellowship.

Blog posts

Running stick figure alongside the words 'I'm running for Prostate Cancer UK'

Marathon challenge for Prostate Cancer UK

Runners of all abilities started 2023 by challenging themselves to run 26.2 miles across January to fundraise for Prostate Cancer UK as part of the charity’s Run the Month: Marathon Edition.

Blue background with silhouettes of six people filled with different colours, with two silhouettes are missing colour, highlighting the personnel data that is missing.

Staff Census: We need you!

All Medical Sciences staff are invited to log into HR self-service and ensure their contact, diversity background and disability details are up to date. Between 6% and 27% of staff in the Division are missing their diversity data which makes it difficult to complete statutory reporting, understand or track our population changes and to plan actions around staff diversity and equality – make sure your data is complete today!

Professor Claire Edwards, academic champion in NDS quotes “The Athena Swan Charter has helped us to better understand our department, and establish new practices to build an inclusive working environment that is supportive for all.”

Oxford MedSci goes silver: 10 Years of Athena SWAN

The Medical Sciences Division is celebrating 10 years since its first Athena Swan bronze application, and the first year in which all 16 of its departments have achieved a silver award. The silver award recognises commitment to gender equality, understanding culture and context, and more. Read about our department’s hard work and innovation.