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Home page of the AI web section with the heading 'NDS is at the interface between modern clinical care and cutting-edge data science', alongside an animation with the text 'Detection and Diagnosis', 'Evaluation and Prognosis', 'Clinical Intervention' and 'Disease Monitoring'.

Announcing the launch of our new AI web section

21 November 2023

The Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) has launched a new section on its website offering an overview of the many artificial intelligence (AI) projects underway in the department.

The Medical Sciences Divisional Panel has conferred the title of Associate Professor on four members of NDS's academic staff.

Congratulations to our new Professors and Associate Professors

19 September 2023

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.

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.

Six work experience students standing in a hospital corridor, smiling at the camera.

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.

Certificate with the words 'Congratulations MACRO Trial. Winner of the OCTRU CTU Awards 2022 in the category Trial of the Year'.

Awards success for SITU NDS

19 July 2023

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.

A picture of each prize winner being presented with a certificate from Professor Ian Mills

First NDS Student Symposium Day

17 July 2023

On Monday 3 July, the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) hosted its inaugural NDS Student Symposium Day.

Vase of flowers in the forefront with the Bodleian Library and attendees in the background.

NDS teams among winners of the Vice-Chancellor’s Environmental Sustainability Awards 2023

26 June 2023

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.

NDS awards its first grant from the Philip Allison Foundation

14 June 2023

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).

Various chairs and speakers presenting at the NDS Away Day 2023.

NDS hosts another successful Away Day

6 June 2023

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.

JNDS: new issue published

22 March 2023

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

Professor Richard Bryant and Professor Michael Douek presenting at the Surgical Trials Showcase

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.

UNIQ+ Research Internship at NDS – applications invited

31 January 2023

We are delighted to announce a new UNIQ+ Research Internship in the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS).

Sheraz Markar awarded Associate Professor title

16 January 2023

We are very pleased to announce that Sheraz Markar has been awarded the title of Associate Professor by the University of Oxford.

New Associate Professor at NDS

5 January 2023

The Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) is very happy to report that Joanna Hester has been promoted to Associate Professor.

Obituary: Professor Sir Peter J. Morris FRS (17 April 1934 – 29 October 2022)

1 November 2022

It is with great sadness that we report Peter Morris’s 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.

Dr Anna Furmanski and Professor Jon Austyn

New course director for MSc in Integrated Immunology: Anna Furmanski

31 October 2022

Dr Anna Furmanski has recently been appointed as Course Director for the MSc in Integrated Immunology programme ahead of Professor Jon Austyn’s retirement after 19 years in the role. Dr Furmanski is an experienced educator, course leader, academic supervisor, and research immunologist.

A young female visitor learning about the human brain and how to suture a banana skin to stimulate surgery at the NDS stall in Templars Square Shopping Centre.