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\n \n\n \n15 October 2015
\n \n \n \nResearchers at Oxford\u2019s Nuffield Departments of Surgical Sciences (NDS) and Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN) have discovered that deep brain stimulation (DBS) of one particular brain location improves performance in a complex eye movement task that is known to require high level cognitive input.
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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 \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.
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\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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\n \n\n \n4 September 2015
\n \n \n \nOxford scientists are celebrating after being given a \u00a32m boost for medical research.
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\n \n\n \n28 August 2015
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Dr Fadi Issa who was awarded the prize for the best presentation in the academic session at the recently held Inaugural Oxford Surgical Symposium.
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\n \n\n \n27 August 2015
\n \n \n \nPatients with rare diseases and cancers are being signed up to a massive genetic study that could improve the treatment of their conditions.
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\n \n\n \n18 August 2015
\n \n \n \nFor the eighth year running, the University of Oxford\u2019s Medical School is ranked highest of all UK medical school in terms of student satisfaction.
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\n \n\n \n6 August 2015
\n \n \n \nTRIG member Dr Fadi Issa is investigating ways to help patients with extensive burns that need skin grafts.
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\n \n\n \n4 August 2015
\n \n \n \nThe third event in the European Course in Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ECMINT) teaching series, themed on treatments for 'Stroke', will take place this December in Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n3 August 2015
\n \n \n \nThe Patient Safety Academy (PSA) has published its latest newsletter, keeping you up-to-date on their projects, courses and seminars.
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\n \n\n \n28 July 2015
\n \n \n \nThe TRIAD project has been featured on the HORIZON 2020 website in an article entitled 'Taking targeted autoimmune therapies to the next level.'
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\n \n\n \n15 July 2015
\n \n \n \nA research consortium, in which the Oxford Consortium for Islet Transplantation is a member, has been awarded major new EU funding to develop novel treatment options for reversing diabetes.
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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 \n6 July 2015
\n \n \n \nAt the British Association of Urological Surgeon (BAUS) Annual Meeting, held in Manchester from 15 to 18 June, final year undergraduate medical student Joel Ward was awarded the BAUS 2015 Medical Student Essay prize. Also during the meeting, Clinical Lecturer in Urology Dr Richard Bryant received the Best Academic Paper award.
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\n \n\n \n29 June 2015
\n \n \n \nOxford University's work on precision cancer medicine has received a significant boost after Cancer Research UK announced that it would give the existing Cancer Research UK Oxford Centre Major Centre status and increase funding for research in the city.
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\n \n\n \n28 May 2015
\n \n \n \nThe Patient Safety Academy (PSA) is celebrating their one year anniversary. To find out what they've been up to throughout the past year, take a look at the latest issue of the PSA newsletter.
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\n \n\n \n15 May 2015
\n \n \n \nOn 29 April and 1 May 2015, thirty-eight surgical trainees from the Oxford and Severn Deaneries attended the first Bristol Oxford Surgical Trials Course (BOSTiC) - a joint initiative between the Oxford Surgical Intervention Trials Unit (SITU) at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences and the Bristol Surgical Trials Centre (BSTC).
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\n \n\n \n8 May 2015
\n \n \n \nThe BRC have released a video summarising the six-hour event that was part of the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre\u2019s (BRC) Open Weeks series of events. The event featured talks and exhibitions about BRC-supported research such as trials of a \u201cbionic eye\u201d microchip implanted underneath the retina to partially restore vision for those who have lost their sight.
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