The Scholarship is available to UK/EU students only. To work with a named Principal Investigator in NDS in the field of Neurosurgery. Open to new students who begin their programme of study in October 2014
Prasanna Sooriakumaran, Senior Fellow in Robotic Surgery & Urology with the Surgical Intervention Trials Unit spoke about his research on local radio on Thursday evening and Friday morning (27th and 28th February) in an attempt to raise public awareness of prostate cancer and it's treatment.\r\n\r\nHis paper on \"Surgery v Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer\" is published in the BMJ.
The Lecture was founded in 1646 by Mr. Edward Arris, and under the will of Mr. John Gale in 1655, to provide lectures in anatomy for the members of the Company of Barbers & Surgeons. It was transferred to the Company of Surgeons in 1745. It continues to be a highly regarded and prestigious award within the field of surgery, awarded annually in stiff competition
Erlick, a senior neurosurgical registrar, received the award from the Royal College of Surgeons for 2014 and 2015. He has been with Professor Tipu Aziz\u2019s group since joining as a medical student ten years ago, with whom he has co-written the basal ganglia chapter of the forthcoming 41st edition of Gray\u2019s Anatomy. Other recent awards include the Congress of Neurological Surgeons' Ron Tasker Award and American Association of Neurological Surgeons' William Sweet Award.
Nicola Blackwood, the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, spent the day in NDS with Professor Kathryn Wood and her research group (TRIG) last Friday, 17th January 2014. This was a reciprocal visit arranged through the Royal Society\u2019s MP- Scientist pairing scheme which aims to build bridges between parliamentarians and some of the best scientists in the UK.
Professor Kathryn Wood from the University of Oxford will be swapping a lab coat for legislation, when she visits Ms Nicola Blackwood, MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, at the House of Commons for a \u201cWeek in Westminster\u201d commencing Monday 2 December as part of a unique \u2018pairing\u2019 scheme run by the Royal Society \u2013 the UK\u2019s national academy of science.
We are delighted to highlight the excellence of Vikram Sharma who has been awarded three prestigious awards over the past four months .Vikram, whose speciality is in craniofacial surgery, has presented his findings in front of large audiences and world renowned academics; which were received with great interest resulting in the rewarding of multiple prizes and a RCS fellowship.
Oxford University Medical School have maintained their top place in the National Student Survey, 2013 with the highest ever score recorded for a medical course.
The funding of a full scholarship for one surgeon to complete the MSc in Surgical Science and Practice has been made possible by Nuffield Health, The Manor Hospital Oxford.
Trevor Yeung was presented with the award for the best basic scientific podium presentation at the recent ASCRS meeting in Phoenix. For His work on fluorescent lectins and colorectal cancer
The Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, visited Oxford University on 13 February to find out how how world-class Oxford research gets translated into commercial applications with benefits for the economy, health and the environment.
Congratulations to Professor Paul Johnson who has been awarded the David Tapper Lectureship for 2012 from the Seattle Children's Hospital USA. This is the first occasion that this prestigious award has been given to someone outside the USA.
At the recent 24th International Congress of The Transplantation Society held in July 2012 in Berlin, Professor Kathryn Wood and Dr Fadi Issa won three awards for outstanding contributions to basic science.
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