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\n \n\n \n \n \nTwo members of the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation (CET) at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences have been elected to the committees of the British Transplantation Society (BTS).
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA multi-disciplinary team led by the Transplantation Research Immunology Group (TRIG) in the University of Oxford\u2019s Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences has been awarded a grant of c\u00a32.5m from the Medical Research Council to undertake a pioneering clinical trial of cellular therapy in renal transplantation.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Keryn Williams has been made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), the highest award that the Queen can make in Australia.
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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 \nEmeritus Professor of Clinical Neurology, Professor Christopher Kennard joins the Medical Sciences Division as its new interim Head of Division today, replacing Professor Alastair Buchan, who will be taking a new role as the University\u2019s Head of Brexit Strategy.
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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 Clinical School at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences is pleased to announce the winners of their annual teaching awards.
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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.
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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 \nProfessor Paul Johnson visited Mexico City last month (25-27 October) to be part of the official launch of the TRANSDIA project \u2013 a UK-Mexico collaboration to tackle type 1 diabetes.
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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.
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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.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences at Oxford University is very proud to receive an Athena SWAN Silver award in recognition of its commitment to tackling gender inequality; as announced by the Equality Challenge Unit today.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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