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The Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences is the academic department of surgery at the University of Oxford, and hosts a multidisciplinary team of senior clinical academic surgeons, senior scientists, junior clinicians and scientists in training.
Reflections on gratitude during lockdown
Louise King collates our words of gratitude amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kindness for mental health
Mental Health Awareness Week is an opportunity to reflect on kindness. Louise King, NDS Communications and Public Engagement Officer, discusses the role kindness plays in mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Taking advantage of the NDS Staff Training Fund
The NDS Staff Training Fund was set up to support a greater level of external training for NDS staff to equip them with skills they might not otherwise have access to. The fund ensures our department has the best trained staff, allowing us to deliver the best academic, research and support activities. Three members of staff - Gemma Horbatowski, Ashley Raghu and Liset Pengel - talk about their experiences of using the training fund.
Strengthening ties between Oxford and Tanzania
Professor Kokila Lakhoo, along with colleagues from the Oxford University Global Surgery Group, is developing paediatric surgery through a link in Tanzania. In this blog post, Professor Lakhoo reports on their latest trip, which was part of a continuous ongoing strengthening of ties between the Oxford team and Muhimbili National Hospital in Tanzania.
Inspiring the next generation of excellent teachers
Professor Ashok Handa was a recipient of a 2019 Lifetime Achievement prize at the annual Medical Sciences Division Teaching Excellence Awards. Here Professor Handa tells us more about the award and the ways in which he has been impacting or hoping to make an impact on his students' lives, as well as surgical teaching in Oxford.
Bullying and Harassment? Not on my watch!
No member of our staff deserves to go home at the end of a day feeling bullied and the responsibility rests with all of us to remain aware of our own impact on others and to be watchful of such behaviours around us. Susan Patchett, NDS Bullying and Harassment Advisor, talks about bullying in the workplace.
Christmas gifts which make a huge difference
NDS was delighted to participate in a Secret Santa Scheme for underprivileged children and young people. Executive Assistant Odette Dawkins writes about the scheme and why it was important for her to give something back to the community.
First Nobel Prize for Oxford Clinical School
Sir Peter Ratcliffe FRCP FRS was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, sharing it with Dr Gregg Semenza of Johns Hopkins University and Dr William Kaelin of the Dana-Farber Cancer Centre in Boston.
Why you should get involved in public engagement
Each year, the department participates in a number of organised events that help us engage with and connect with our local, and wider, community. Jo Cook, NDS Clinical Research Coordinator and a member of the NDS Outreach Working Group, explains why taking part in outreach activities is so rewarding.
“You’re too nice to be a surgeon”
Why is Athena SWAN important to NDS? In this new blog series, Athena SWAN Coordinator Emily Hotine discusses different topics around gender equality and shares with us all the wonderful gender related work that is happening within the department and across the University.
Yoga and mental health
During Mental Health Awareness Week, NDS Communications and Public Engagement Officer Louise King reflects on the benefits of yoga.
Sir David Weatherall GBE, FRCP, FRS (1933-2018)
Sir Peter J Morris remembers his good friend and colleague, Sir David Weatherall.
70th birthday of the NHS – some personal recollections
The NHS was created in 1948 based on the principle of healthcare provided free at the point of need, a commitment that is as strong today. Sir Peter J Morris shares some of his experiences and engagement with this much loved institution since his first experience with the NHS in 1961.
#LetsCycleIt – 550 miles, 15 Surgeons, 8 Cities, 1 College
NDS DPhil student Miss Katherine Hurst spearheaded and took part in the first ever Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) Travelling Surgical Symposium. Here's what happened on the road...
The 12th Biennial PAPSA Congress
Professor Kokila Lakhoo reports on the Pan African Paediatric Surgical Association (PAPSA) meeting and the pre-conference training course for the PAPSA meeting in Ethiopia.
Research workshop for medical students held in Bangladesh
Professor Kokila Lakhoo writes about an interactive research workshop for young doctors in Bangladesh.