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\n \n\n \n4 August 2016
\n \n \n \nResearchers at Oxford University have launched a pioneering project to tackle crippling bone pain suffered by thousands of cancer patients.
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\n \n\n \n12 May 2016
\n \n \n \nDr Lauren Morgan, a lecturer in the Patient Safety Academy, talks to the Oxford Science Blog about what human factors research can teach medics about improving healthcare.
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\n \n\n \n27 April 2016
\n \n \n \nDuring British Science Week, Dr Jo Snoeck ran a workshop on micro-organisms for children aged 6 and 7 years old at a primary school in Old Marston, Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n20 April 2016
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\n \n\n \n30 March 2016
\n \n \n \nWe are delighted to announce that Dr Jo Snoeck has been appointed as the new Senior Business Manager at Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, effective from 1 May 2016.
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\n \n\n \n2 March 2016
\n \n \n \nOn 25 February, an outreach event was held at St Edward\u2019s School in Oxford for sixth form pupils aged 16 to 18 who are considering a career in surgical sciences.
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\n \n\n \n26 February 2016
\n \n \n \nA giant touchscreen computer for junior doctors and medical students to study tumours in fine detail is the latest weapon in the battle against cancer at Oxford\u2019s John Radcliffe Hospital.
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\n \n\n \n3 February 2016
\n \n \n \nDr Lauren Morgan has been interviewed by the National Health Executive magazine about the small but growing impact of her profession, human factors, on the NHS.
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\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.
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\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.
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\n \n\n \n12 November 2015
\n \n \n \nProfessor Kathryn Wood recently took part in an outreach symposium organised by the Oxford International Biomedical Centre (OIBC).
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\n \n\n \n21 October 2015
\n \n \n \nOn 14 October a careers event was held for sixth form students from across the Oxfordshire area who are considering a career in science, nursing or medicine.
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\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.
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\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.
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\n \n\n \n9 July 2015
\n \n \n \nLiz Wallin, a DPhil student in the Transplantation Research Immunology Group (TRIG), is leading an exciting new three-year study on transplant failure. The study centres around 60 kidney transplant patients from Central and South West England and could be the first step towards extending the lifespan of kidney transplants.
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\n \n\n \n8 April 2015
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\n \n\n \n24 March 2015
\n \n \n \nMany congratulations to Dr Sushma Shankar who was awarded the Medawar Medal for best scientific presentation at the recent Joint British Transplantation Society and Nederlandse Transplantatie Vereniging Congress which was held in Bournemouth on 11 \u2013 13 March 2015.\r\n\r\nDr Shankar won this prestigious award for her presentation of \u201cB cells from a tolerant environment can control a T cell allograft response in an antigen specific, IL-10 dependent mechanism\u201d by Jessica Stolp, Masaaki Zaitsu, Sushma Shankar and Kathryn Wood.
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\n \n\n \n1 October 2014
\n \n \n \nThis was a universally acclaimed award.
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