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\n \n\n \n \n \nStaff and students from across the department gathered on Thursday 19 January for the annual NDS Research Away Day.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nAn NDS project was amongst 10 from across the University to receive funding from the second-round of the Public Engagement with Research Seed Fund.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford launched its first Public Engagement with Research Strategic Plan to an audience of over 100 staff at a reception at the Pitt Rivers Museum on 12 December 2016.
\n \n\n\n \n 9 December 2016\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nIn a guest post for the Oxford Science Blog, Professor Peter McCulloch from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences explains the importance of randomised trials in deciding whether subsequent trials are necessary.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nTo mark World Diabetes Day, patients and members of the public were invited to learn more at an open day about the condition at the Churchill Hospital.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new online training tool being developed by the Genomics Education Programme for scientists processing tumour samples for whole genome sequencing will feature Dr Clare Verrill, a Senior Clinical Lecturer in Pathology at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nSeveral members of the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences\u2019 Outreach Working Group have run their second \u2018Science Outreach\u2019 session in an Oxfordshire primary school.
\n \n\n\n \n 20 October 2016\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA research nurse at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences has won an award in recognition of the huge difference she has made to health research.
\n \n\n\n \n 29 September 2016\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nMedical and health teaching and research at Oxford University has been ranked as the world's best for the sixth year running in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
\n \n\n\n \n 26 September 2016\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Emma Morris has been named as the first ever recipient of the annual Neil Mackenzie Public Engagement Award by the Bone Research Society (BRS).
\n \n\n\n \n 15 September 2016\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nNDS Head of Department makes a splash in many international news sites with the published results of his 10 year ProtecT Study. A trial of 1,643 men with small prostate cancers resulted in the same 99% survival rate after a decade for those who had had surgery, radiotherapy or simply monitored the tumour.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nActive monitoring is as effective as surgery and radiotherapy, in terms of survival at 10 years, reports the largest study of its kind, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford and local NHS partners have won \u00a3126.5 million to support medical research.
\n \n\n\n \n 30 August 2016\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new study from Oxford University reveals that many patients are not aware that they are having a stroke when they are experiencing symptoms.
\n \n\n\n \n 26 August 2016\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Fadi Issa has received a gentleMACST Octo Dissociator from global biotechnology company Miltenyi Biotec following a competition draw.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nAn Oxford University researcher has been awarded nearly \u00a31m from Cancer Research UK to investigate a new form of treatment for prostate cancer.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nAt the heart of the Medical Sciences Division graduate student community is the annual DPhil Day \u2013 a one day event, which brings together DPhil students from all 16 departments, to showcase the breadth and depth of basic and clinical research taking place across the Division.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers at Oxford University have launched a pioneering project to tackle crippling bone pain suffered by thousands of cancer patients.
\n \n\n\n \n 13 July 2016\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Tinashe Chandauka, a University of Cape Town alumnus who will be pursuing a DPhil in Surgical Sciences at Oxford University, has been named in the 200 Young South Africans 2016 list by the online newspaper Mail & Guardian.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nMr Prasanna Sooriakumaran, a Senior Clinical Researcher in Robotic Surgery and Urology at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, has been awarded The Urology Foundation (TUF) medal for \u2018Best Research Proposal\u2019 of 2016.
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