26 January 2017
\n \n \n \nStaff and students from across the department gathered on Thursday 19 January for the annual NDS Research Away Day.
\n \n\n \n \n20 January 2017
\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.
\n \n\n \n \n16 January 2017
\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.
\n \n\n \n \n11 January 2017
\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.
\n \n\n \n \n20 October 2016
\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 \n6 October 2016
\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.
\n \n\n \n \n14 September 2016
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford and local NHS partners have won \u00a3126.5 million to support medical research.
\n \n\n \n \n10 August 2016
\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.
\n \n\n \n \n13 July 2016
\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.
\n \n\n \n \n7 July 2016
\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.
\n \n\n \n \n29 April 2016
\n \n \n \nResearchers at Oxford\u2019s Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) and the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG) have received several awards and accolades for their work on a novel software algorithm that analyses kidney stones.
\n \n\n \n \n15 April 2016
\n \n \n \nA multi-disciplinary team of scientists led by Oxford University has been shortlisted along with eight other groups, to the final stages of Cancer Research UK's global Grand Challenge \u2013 an ambitious series of \u00a320m cancer grants tackling some of the toughest questions in cancer research.
\n \n\n \n \n13 April 2016
\n \n \n \nThe IDEAL Conference 2016, held at St Catherine\u2019s College in Oxford on 7 April, closed with a presentation for Best Poster.
\n \n\n \n \n25 November 2015
\n \n \n \nMrs Jenny Bellorini, Managing Editor in the Cochrane ENT Disorders Group which is hosted by the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, has won the 2015 Chris Silagy Prize.
\n \n\n \n \n16 November 2015
\n \n \n \nWe are delighted to announce that Associate Professor Claire Edwards will be assuming the mantle of Athena SWAN Champion for the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences with immediate effect.
\n \n\n \n \n2 November 2015
\n \n \n \nMr Prasanna Sooriakumaran has been honoured by the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) with a 2015 Young Investigator Award during the 22nd Annual Scientific Retreat in Washington, held 8-10 October.
\n \n\n \n \n14 October 2015
\n \n \n \nThe Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences\u2019 Research Away Day was held on Thursday 1 October in St Catherine\u2019s College in Oxford. The event aimed to showcase the current research activities in the department.
\n \n\n \n \n29 September 2015
\n \n \n \nProfessor Kathryn Wood has been awarded a visiting professorship from the National University Centre for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT) at the National University Hospital in Singapore. The appointment will officially commence in October for a term of five years.
\n \n\n \n \n17 September 2015
\n \n \n \nDr Trevor Yeung was awarded the prize for the Best Higher Surgical Trainee Presentation at the recent Inaugural Oxford Surgical Symposium.
\n \n\n \n \n8 September 2015
\n \n \n \nThe Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences has welcomed Professor David Neal who joined the department at the beginning of August as professor of surgical oncology.
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