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« Back to NewsNDS project awarded Public Engagement Seed Funding 2020-21
3 February 2021
Awards and appointments Public engagement
Seven projects from the Medical Sciences Division, including a project from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, have received funding in the 2020-21 round of the Public Engagement with Research Seed Fund for innovative projects to engage the public with medical research.
Cochrane ENT awarded NIHR funding for COVID-19 project
11 December 2020
Awards and appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 Research
Cochrane ENT at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences has been awarded funding by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to complete a suite of living systematic reviews investigating the effectiveness and safety of interventions to prevent and treat loss of smell after COVID-19 infection.
Applications for Oxford-Wolfson-Marriott-Patel Scholarship now open
24 November 2020
Awards and appointments Department Research
The Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) are pleased to confirm that one scholarship will be available for Home (UK) and Republic of Ireland (ROI) candidates for the DPhil in Surgical Sciences, starting in Michaelmas Term 2021.
Breast cancer study wins 2020 ONS Research Excellence Award
30 October 2020
Awards and appointments Research
Dr Gurdeep Mannu from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, has won the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Research Excellence Award for a study which highlighted early risk factors for breast cancer patients.
NDS appoints new professor to lead the way in the treatment of colorectal disease
27 October 2020
Awards and appointments Department
Oxford University's Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) has appointed Mr Simon Buczacki as its first Richard Blackwell Pharsalia Professor of Colorectal Surgery.
Government boost for digitisation and AI in pathology services
3 September 2020
Awards and appointments Clinical Women
Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) is one of the NHS trusts that will benefit from a £13.5m national funding boost to further enhance cellular pathology services and provide faster and more accurate diagnosis of deadly diseases such as cancer.
New academic promotions at NDS
14 July 2020
Awards and appointments Department
We are thrilled to announce that five researchers from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) have been successfully promoted in the 2019-20 academic promotion round.
Dr Elisha Ngetich elected President of the Oxford University Africa Society
24 June 2020
We are pleased to announce the election of Dr Elisha Ngetich, a DPhil candidate at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, as President of the University of Oxford Africa Society for the 2020/2021 academic year.
QUOD Awarded Five-Year Funding Renewal from NHSBT
27 May 2020
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has awarded £2.4 million to the Quality in Organ Donation (QUOD) programme, hosted by the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences at the University of Oxford on behalf of the national consortium of transplant centres, to extend the biobank infrastructure until 2025.
Professor Peter Friend honoured by the Academy of Medical Sciences
13 May 2020
The Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences is proud and delighted to announce that Peter Friend, Professor of Transplantation, has been elected to the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
NDS Research Away Day 2020: winners and highlights
13 February 2020
Awards and appointments Department Research
Around 150 staff and students from across the department gathered at Lady Margaret Hall in Oxford on Thursday 6 February for our sixth annual NDS Research Away Day.
Oxford named best for medicine for ninth consecutive year
21 November 2019
Oxford University has been ranked as the world's best institution for medical and health teaching and research for the ninth consecutive year in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
NDS professor receives teaching excellence award
28 October 2019
Awards and appointments Teaching
The 2019 MSD Teaching Excellence Awards were celebrated in a ceremony at Merton College on Wednesday 23 October.
NDS clinical lecturer wins prestigious prize at ESOT Congress
11 October 2019
Awards and appointments Research Women
Dr Sushma Shankar from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) has been awarded the second prize for the very first European Society of Organ Transplant (ESOT) Leonard da Vinci Transplant Research Innovation Award, the most prestigious award of the ESOT 2019 Congress in Copenhagen.
Professor Ashok Handa to receive lifetime achievement accolade at 2019 Teaching Excellence Awards
30 September 2019
Awards and appointments Teaching
Professor Ashok Handa has been announced as the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement prize at the 2019 Teaching Excellence Awards.
Professor Rutger Ploeg recognised for lifetime achievements
23 September 2019
Awards and appointments Research
Congratulations to Professor Rutger Ploeg who has been recognised by UEMS Europe with the first-ever Honorary Diploma of the Division of Transplant Surgery for his lifetime achievements in transplant surgery research and training.
Richard Colling elected Junior Research Fellow of Kellogg College
1 August 2019
Awards and appointments Research
Our congratulations go to Dr Richard Colling from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) who has been elected to a Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) at Kellogg College in Oxford.
Neil Mortensen awarded Honorary Membership of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
22 July 2019
Neil Mortensen, Professor of Colorectal Surgery in the University of Oxford Medical School, has been awarded Honorary Membership of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI).
Oxford’s OrganOx is shortlisted for the MacRobert Award 2019
9 June 2019
Awards and appointments Research
The Royal Academy of Engineering has announced the finalists for the 2019 MacRobert Award, the most prestigious prize for UK engineering innovation.
Dr Lauren Morgan selected to deliver the 2019 Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors award lecture
14 May 2019
Congratulations to Dr Lauren Morgan for being asked to give the prestigious Institute Lecture at the 70th anniversary meeting of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF).