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« Back to NewsIrene Roberts delivers Ham-Wasserman Lecture
13 January 2023
Awards & Appointments Children's Health Haematology
Presented at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, the award and lectureship recognises individuals from outside the United States who have made significant contributions to Haematology.
Oxford gets £122m funding for healthcare research
19 October 2022
Awards & Appointments Research
Health and care research in Oxford is to receive £122 million in government funding over the next five years to improve diagnosis, treatment and care for NHS patients. The funding was awarded to the two NIHR Biomedical Research Centres.
Oxford scientist named Australian of the Year in the UK
9 May 2022
Awards & Appointments COVID-19 Public Engagement Vaccinology
The Oxford Vaccine Group’s Lead Statistician, Professor Merryn Voysey, received the prestigious Australian of the Year in the UK award at a gala dinner recently.
University of Oxford researchers among recipients of Ireland and UK joint research awards for digital humanities in €6.5m boost for interdisciplinary research partnerships
9 August 2021
Awards & Appointments Research
Dr Samantha Vanderslott (Oxford Vaccine Group) and Dr Claas Kirchhelle (University College Dublin) have had their three-year project ‘Typhoid, Cockles, and Terrorism’ about the history of typhoid in Dublin successfully funded.
Oxford Vaccine Group among winners at NHS Parliamentary awards
9 July 2021
Awards & Appointments COVID-19 Vaccinology
Researchers behind the Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine have been recognised for their excellence at a healthcare awards ceremony.
Innovation award for Paediatrics researcher to develop new treatments for childhood cancer
18 March 2021
Awards & Appointments Haematology Research
Associate Professor Andi Roy leads one of the five research teams across the UK that have been awarded the 2021 Cancer Research UK-Children with Cancer UK Innovation Award. The awards, which provide a total of £4.3 million in scientific funding, will allow leading researchers in the field to delve into the biology of children’s and young people’s cancers, with the hope of finding new ways to prevent and treat these complex cancers.
Professor Matthew Snape named NIHR Senior Investigator
4 March 2021
Awards & Appointments Vaccinology
Four academics supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre have been awarded a prestigious national award, among them Matthew Snape from the Oxford Vaccine Group.
University spinout PepGen awarded major financing to target Duchenne muscular dystrophy
9 December 2020
Awards & Appointments Neuromuscular Diseases
PepGen, a therapeutics company targeting severe neuromuscular diseases, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), has closed a $45 million Series A funding round led by RA Capital Management with participation from Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI), the company’s original seed investor.
Enriching Engagement (Round 2) awardees announced
25 August 2020
Awards & Appointments Neuromuscular Diseases Public Engagement
The awardees for the second round of the University of Oxford’s Enriching Engagement funding scheme have now been announced, including a project from Paediatrics.
Typhoid vaccine project wins Vice-Chancellor award
27 July 2020
Awards & Appointments Vaccinology
Congratulations to Professor Andrew Pollard who is the Winner of the Policy Engagement category in the Vice-Chancellor Innovation Awards 2020 for his work on Global policy on typhoid vaccines through research at Oxford!
Paediatrics project receives funding to assess novel coronavirus infection rates in children and teenagers across the UK
20 April 2020
Awards & Appointments COVID-19 Vaccinology
A multi-site project, called ‘What’s the STORY?’ has received funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to assess novel coronavirus infection rates in children and teenagers across the UK. Given the importance of this study to the national Covid-19 response it has been deemed a priority study for the National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR) Urgent Public Health Response.
Funding for new COVID-19 studies awarded to OVG's project on infectious disease immunity in children
17 April 2020
Awards & Appointments COVID-19 Research Vaccinology
Five projects from across Oxford University's Medical Sciences Division, including a project led by Professor Matthew Snape from the Oxford Vaccine Group, are among twenty-one new studies into the novel coronavirus which have been funded by the UK government.
A new research centre tackles neuromuscular diseases
19 November 2019
Awards & Appointments Children's Health
The launch of the MDUK Oxford Neuromuscular Centre marks an exciting new stage in the partnership between Muscular Dystrophy UK and the University of Oxford, with the goal of delivering new experimental medicines and developing enhanced clinical trial capacity in adult and paediatric neuromuscular diseases.
Professor Pollard among the world's most distinguished paediatricians
9 October 2019
Awards & Appointments Vaccinology
Congratulations to Professor Andrew Pollard, named as one of three 2019 Rosén von Rosenstein laureates.
Fellowship success for Paediatrics researcher
27 August 2019
Many congratulations to Prof Andi Roy who was awarded a fellowship to further develop her independent research.
Professor Irene Roberts recognised for mentorship role
19 June 2019
Awards & Appointments Haematology
Many congratulations to Prof Irene Roberts, recipient of the European Hematology Association (EHA) Education & Mentoring Award 2019.
A prize-winning poster on personalised medicine
8 April 2019
Dr Dominik Aschenbrenner from the Mucosal Immunology Group was awarded the first prize at the Falk Foundation Symposium for his poster titled “IBD: From Pathophysiology to Personalized Medicine”.
Prestigious fellowship awarded to Paediatrics scholar
28 November 2018
Awards & Appointments Neuroimaging Research
Dr Caroline Hartley, a Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Paediatric Neuroimaging Group, has been awarded the highly competitive Sir Henry Dale Fellowship.
Bliss to fund the study of pain relief in newborns
9 November 2018
Awards & Appointments Neuroimaging Research
The Paediatric Neuroimaging research team from the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Oxford will receive a £145,987 grant from Bliss, over three years, to fund a project which seeks to improve the measurement and treatment of pain in premature babies.
Paediatrics DPhil student awarded the Inez Oliver Prize
15 August 2018
Awards & Appointments Neuroimaging
Deniz Gursul won the Inez Oliver Prize for an outstanding essay on how brain imaging is used for measuring pain in babies, and how it can assist in developing pain relief measures.