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« Back to NewsMei Nortley awarded inaugural Averil Mansfield Trainer of the Year Award
12 December 2024
Ms Mei Nortley, Deputy Director of Teaching in Surgery at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, has been presented with the inaugural Averil Mansfield Trainer of the Year Award 2024.
Master’s student awarded Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Scholarship
6 November 2024
Farah Khan, an MSc in Surgical Sciences student at NDS, has been awarded a Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Scholarship.
Professor Valentine Macaulay, 1955-2024
8 July 2024
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our colleague Valentine (Val) Macaulay from cancer on Tuesday 2 July.
Congratulations to our newly appointed Associate Professors
15 May 2024
We are pleased to announce that four NDS academics have been promoted to the position of Associate Professor in the University of Oxford’s most recent Recognition of Distinction Awards.
Fire and Wire podcast: Oxford women making a global impact
25 March 2024
This International Women's Day (8 March), Professor Irene Tracey sat down with women from across the University who are making a global impact with their work.
Success for researchers at the CRUK Oxford Centre Symposium
15 March 2024
Congratulations to Dr Wencheng Yin and Sophia Abusamra who were awarded winner and runner-up respectively in the poster presentation competition at the 2024 CRUK Oxford Centre – Oxford Cancer Symposium on Wednesday 13 March.
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.
NDS researchers enjoy international awards success
28 June 2023
Dr Amy Cross and Dr Sarah Short from the Transplantation Research Immunology Group at NDS have both enjoyed award success at the 2023 International Transplantation Science Meeting (ITS 2023).
Professor Claire Edwards receives the European Calcified Tissue Society Mike Horton Award
27 April 2023
Claire Edwards, Associate Professor of Bone Oncology at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, was awarded the prestigious 2023 Mike Horton Basic/Translational Award from the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) in recognition of her significant contributions to the field of bone and calcified tissue.
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.
Society for Endocrinology 2022 Early Career Prize Lecture awarded to Catherine Lovegrove
28 November 2022
We 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.
Double success at The Transplantation Society Conference
11 October 2022
The 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.
Catherine Lovegrove wins Best Poster Prize at BAUS Endourology Meeting
23 September 2022
Congratulations 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.
Two Oxford surgeons elected in the 2022 RCSEd Council and Trainee Elections
5 September 2022
Congratulations 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.
Study reveals that bone changes energy requirements of cancer cells to promote growth and survival
11 March 2022
Interrogating metabolic cross-talk in the tumour-bone microenvironment, new research from the Edwards Group shows how the pentose phosphate pathway contributes to prostate cancer bone metastasis.
Dr Lisa Browning wins Golden Microscope Award for training in pathology
7 February 2022
Congratulations to Dr Lisa Browning who has been announced as this year’s winner of the Golden Microscope Award by the Pathological Society.
Clare Verrill receives Turing Fellowship
1 October 2021
Thirty-three University of Oxford researchers have been named Turing Fellows for the 2021/22 academic year, including Associate Professor Clare Verrill from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS).
New Associate Professors announced
16 September 2021
The University of Oxford has announced the promotion to Associate Professor of two senior academics at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences.
Largest trial of carotid artery surgery and stenting finds similar long-term effects on stroke risk
30 August 2021
Results from a major clinical trial demonstrate that both stenting and surgery are low-risk and similarly effective procedures for treating carotid artery disease.
Developing new ways to assess kidneys so transplants last for longer
15 July 2021
With funding from Kidney Research UK, a team of researchers from the University of Oxford, the University of Nottingham and University College London will develop ways to assess donor kidneys and predict how well they will work after transplant.