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Oxford success in the 2024 Lasker Essay Contest
16 July 2024
Subashan Vadibeler, a recent Oxford Rhodes scholar and MRes student, is one of five co-winners of the international 2024 Essay Contest sponsored by the Lasker Foundation.
Prof Anindita Roy awarded CRUK funding to study infant acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
30 May 2024
Congratulations to Professor Anindita Roy who successfully applied for a CRUK Data4CYP award!
Oxford Cancer: 5 minutes with Professor Dame Molly Stevens
23 May 2024
Professor Dame Molly Stevens is John Black Professor of Bionanoscience in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics and the Institute of Biomedical Engineering. She recently moved her lab from Imperial College London to the University of Oxford and the Kavli Institute for nanoscience discovery, and she is joining the Oxford Cancer community.
Oxford Cancer researchers elected as Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences
22 May 2024
The Academy of Medical Sciences has elected four Oxford Cancer biomedical and health scientists to its fellowship in 2024.
Oxford Cancer Professor Yang Shi honoured by the Royal Society
16 May 2024
Ludwig Oxford Professor Yang Shi has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society for his contributions to epigenetics research.
OxCODE travel awards 2023
25 September 2023
Congratulations to James Chettle, Masato Inoue and Eoghan Mulholland who have been awarded OxCODE funds to attend this year’s Early Detection of Cancer conference in London.
Ludwig Oxford’s Richard White receives 2023 Outstanding Research award from the Society for Melanoma Research
18 August 2023
Richard White has received the 2023 Outstanding Research award from the Society for Melanoma Research.
Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group Funding for Anindita Roy
20 July 2023
New research, led by Professor Anindita Roy, is to be funded by families affected by childhood cancer through Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG)'s Special Named Fund programme.
Oxford to launch UK’s first trials unit dedicated to conducting precision prevention and early detection studies
17 July 2023
Oxford researchers have been given a £1 million boost to support their strategy of developing cancer prevention treatments and early diagnostic tools for people at high risk of cancer.
Professor David Hunter appointed as a Companion of the Order of Australia
15 June 2023
David Hunter, Richard Doll Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine at Oxford Population Health, has been appointed as a Companion of the Order of Australia in the Australian King’s Birthday Honours List.
Royal Society elects eight Oxford scientists as new Fellows
25 May 2023
Eight academics from the University of Oxford have joined the Royal Society as Fellows, including Professor Michael Dustin FRS, Kennedy Trust Professor of Molecular Immunology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) and Director of Research at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology.
Monica Olcina receives Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard Award
12 May 2023
Monica is one of 40 recipients of the 2023 Springboard Award, which is awarded to biomedical and health researchers in their first independent post to help launch their careers.
The Howat Foundation to fund Chair in Clinical Oncology
10 May 2023
Oxford Cancer is pleased to announce the endowment of a Chair in Clinical Oncology, thanks to generous philanthropic support from The Howat Foundation.
Edward O'Neill wins Prostate Cancer UK Career Acceleration Fellowship
17 April 2023
Dr Edward O'Neill will is to join Oxford University's Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences after securing a prestigious Prostate Cancer UK Career Acceleration Fellowship.
Four Oxford researchers awarded €2.5 million European Research Council Advanced Grants
12 April 2023
Four University of Oxford researchers have been awarded European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants of €2.5 million each over five years to explore their most innovative and ambitious ideas. These grants recognise ground-breaking projects led by researchers with a track record of significant research achievements.
Mark Hill becomes Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
20 March 2023
Dr Mark Hill was awarded the honour of Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (FIPEM) after ‘demonstrating scientific and professional attainment of outstanding merit’. Mark has over 35 years of experience in the field of radiation biology and physics, spanning basic, pre-clinical and clinically related research.
Jan Bornschein receives MRC Clinical Academic Research Partnership (CARP) Award
8 December 2022
Dr Bornschein will join the Simmons Group for a project developing strategies to identify patients at high risk of gastritis/gastric cancer.
Dr Lennard Lee recognised as one of the world's 21 outstanding young physicians below the age of 40
19 October 2022
Dr Lennard Lee, academic clinical lecturer at the Department of Oncology was recognised as part of the InterAcademy Partnership Young Physician Leaders Programme 2022
Oxford Cancer researchers elected to the European Molecular Biology Organization
6 July 2022
Congratulations to Ivan Ahel, Adrian Hill and Yang Shi on their election to the membership of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Eileen Parkes awarded Wellcome Clinical Research Career Development Fellowship
10 January 2022
Eileen will investigate the expression of genetic instability and how it shapes the immune microenvironment of oesophageal cancers.