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\n \n\n \n30 March 2023
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Dr Sandy Figiel and Mr George Adigbli for winning first and second prizes respectively for their poster presentations \u2013 out of 53 entries \u2013 at the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Oxford Centre 2023 Annual Symposium on Thursday 16 March.
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\n \n\n \n8 February 2023
\n \n \n \nMany congratulations to Mr Gurdeep S. Mannu who has been awarded a five-year Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist Fellowship.
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\n \n\n \n16 January 2023
\n \n \n \nWe are very pleased to announce that Sheraz Markar has been awarded the title of Associate Professor by the University of Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n5 January 2023
\n \n \n \nThe Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) is very happy to report that Joanna Hester has been promoted to Associate Professor.
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\n \n\n \n20 December 2022
\n \n \n \nProfessor Martin Burton, Professor of Otolaryngology in Oxford University\u2019s Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) and Director of Cochrane UK, has been elected as the next Master of Sidney Sussex College at the University of Cambridge.
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\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.
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\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.
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\n \n\n \n1 November 2022
\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.
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\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.
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\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.
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\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.
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\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.
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\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.
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\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).
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\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.
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\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.
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\n \n\n \n22 July 2022
\n \n \n \nMiss Catherine Lovegrove and Dr Alexander Sagar from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) have been awarded highly competitive Clinical Research Training Fellowships by the Medical Research Council (MRC).
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\n \n\n \n21 July 2022
\n \n \n \nWe are delighted to announce that Tom Cosker has been awarded the title of Associate Professor in the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS).
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\n \n\n \n8 July 2022
\n \n \n \nA new project titled Mapping the Evidence for the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Tumours: A Living Evidence Gap Map by Tumour Type (WCT EVI MAP), led by researchers of the WHO Classification of Tumours programme at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), has received a grant of \u20ac3.5 million from the European Commission. This four-year project, which will be undertaken in collaboration with six other international institutions, including Oxford University's Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS), was launched on 1 July 2022.
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\n \n\n \n27 June 2022
\n \n \n \nOn 16 June, the winners of the 2022 NDS Staff Awards were announced at a departmental summer BBQ at the Cherwell Boathouse in Oxford.
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