Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences

Four NDS academics awarded title of full professor

7 September 2024

Clare Verrill, Fadi Issa, Sheraz Markar and Regent Lee have each been conferred the title of full professor at the University of Oxford, through the University’s annual Recognition of Distinction Exercise.

NDS teams receive environmental sustainability awards

6 August 2024

We are delighted to announce that five Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) teams have received LEAF (Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework) and Green Impact awards for 2024.

ASPI honours ProtecT Trial for pioneering research demonstrating the safety of active surveillance

5 August 2024

The ProtecT Trial has been named the 2024 recipient of the Active Surveillance Patients International (ASPI) Special Award for game-changing research in the development of the Active Surveillance approach to managing low-risk prostate cancer.

Global Surgery DPhil student wins best presentation prize at BAPS 70th Anniversary Congress

29 July 2024

Dennis Mazingi, a DPhil student in Global Surgery, has won the David Lloyd Global Papers Prize at the 70th Annual Congress of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) in Sheffield from 2-5 July 2024.

More awards success for SITU NDS

24 July 2024

The exceptional achievements of staff at the Surgical Intervention Trials Unit in the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (SITU NDS) have been celebrated at the Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit (OCTRU) CTU Awards.

The second NDS Student Symposium held

23 July 2024

The Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) hosted its second annual NDS Student Symposium on Monday 1 July, held in the Richard Doll Building on Old Road Campus.

Catherine Lovegrove wins best presentation at international conference

3 July 2024

NDS DPhil student and MRC Clinical Research Training Fellow, Miss Catherine Lovegrove, was awarded 'Best Presentation' in the session 'Stones / Imaging / Upper Tract Disorders 2' at the 2024 BAUS Annual Scientific Meeting, held in Birmingham from 24 to 26 June.

Head of Department recognised in the King's Birthday Honours 2024

18 June 2024

Professor Freddie Hamdy, Nuffield Professor of Surgery and Head of the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, has been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the King's Birthday Honours 2024. The honour recognises his services to Surgical and Cancer Sciences.

Professor Tipu Aziz receives inaugural lifetime achievement award

13 June 2024

We are pleased to announce that Professor Tipu Aziz has been awarded the lifetime achievement award by the British Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (BSSFN) in May 2024.

Highlights from the NDS Away Day

24 May 2024

On Thursday 9 May, the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) held its best Away Day yet at St Catherine’s College in Oxford.

Congratulations to our newly appointed Associate Professors

15 May 2024

We are pleased to announce that four NDS academics have been promoted to the position of Associate Professor in the University of Oxford’s most recent Recognition of Distinction Awards.

Prestigious medal presented to tutor in surgery

23 April 2024

A tutor in surgery at Oxford University's Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences has been awarded the prestigious Colyer Gold Medal from the Royal College of Surgeons.

Director of NDS SITU secures exchange fellowship from American Surgical Association

9 April 2024

Congratulations to Associate Professor Sheraz Markar who has been awarded the 2024 American Surgical Association - European Surgical Association (ASA-ESA) Exchange Program Fellowship.

Fadi Issa shortlisted for Vice-Chancellor's Awards

22 March 2024

We are thrilled to announce that Professor Fadi Issa has been shortlisted for this year's Vice-Chancellor's Awards.

Success for researchers at the CRUK Oxford Centre Symposium

15 March 2024

Congratulations to Dr Wencheng Yin and Sophia Abusamra who were awarded winner and runner-up respectively in the poster presentation competition at the 2024 CRUK Oxford Centre – Oxford Cancer Symposium on Wednesday 13 March.

Professor Neil Mortensen recognised in New Year Honours

3 January 2024

Professor Neil Mortensen has been appointed a Knight Bachelor in the King's New Year Honours 2024 for services to surgery and in recognition of his contribution during the COVID-19 pandemic.

NDS surgeon scientist leads an international transdisciplinary consortium towards delivering NetZero healthcare

12 December 2023

The European Union Horizon Europe (with joint funding from UK Research Innovation) has awarded NetZeroAICT Consortium major funding to develop a novel technology with great potentials to promote climate neutral and sustainable healthcare.

Prostate Cancer UK awards NDS researchers significant grant to understand why some cancers become more aggressive

8 December 2023

Prostate Cancer UK has awarded nearly £430,000 to Dr Srinivasa Rao and Associate Professor Clare Verrill from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) to lead a three-year project investigating why some prostate cancers change shape and become more dangerous, with the aim of helping men with prostate cancer to get the most effective treatment.

DPhil student wins award at international congress

7 December 2023

At the recent IPITA-IXA-CTRMS Joint Congress in San Diego, Dr Mohamed Elzawahry was announced as one of the successful recipients of a TTS Scientific Congress Award for the work he has been undertaking over the past year as a DPhil student in the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences.

Triple award success for academic clinical lecturer

6 December 2023

Mr Keaton Jones, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS), has three reasons to celebrate after scooping three prestigious awards.

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