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£50,000 dementia drug discovery project gets underway
Award Clinical Neurology Research
7 October 2015
Researchers in our Department are embarking on a £50,000 study to develop treatments for dementia. The funding from Alzheimer’s Research UK will kick off new drug discovery efforts that specifically target dementia with Lewy bodies.
Athena SWAN Silver Award
Award
2 October 2015
Our Department has received an Athena SWAN Silver Award. This recognises that we are a thriving community, not only undertaking groundbreaking research, but also nurturing our staff and promoting women in science.
Anaesthetist Jaideep Pandit wins British Medical Association Award
Anaesthetics Award
22 September 2015
Aarti Jagannath wins 2015 For Women In Science Award
Award Ophthalmology
25 June 2015
She received one of the five highly contested 2015 L’Oréal-UNESCO UK & Ireland For Women In Science Fellowships.
Irene Tracey awarded Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Anaesthetics Award Integrative Neuroimaging
11 May 2015
48 of the UK's leading medical researchers have been recognised for excellence in medical science with their election to the Academy Fellowship.
Celebrating the work of our Department
Award Event
18 March 2015
Our annual Thomas Willis Day is a chance to celebrate the work of our Department, with a particular focus on our postgraduate students.
Russell Foster recognised in New Year Honours
Award
5 January 2015
Professor Russell Foster, FRS, Professor of Circadian Neurosciences, Head of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Director of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute and Fellow of Brasenose College, has been appointed CBE for services to science.
Royal Society of Medicine prize for gene therapy researcher
Award Ophthalmology
17 December 2014
Ophthalmologist Miss Samantha de Silva has been named the RSM Wesleyan Trainee of the Year 2014 for her research into gene therapy to restore visual function in end-stage retinitis pigmentosa.
Russell Foster receives Excellence in Bioscience Communication Award
Award
30 October 2014
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has recognised outstanding contributions to bioscience made by members of its research community.
Smart Glasses Win Google Impact Challenge
Award
1 August 2014
A project in our Department is a winner of the 2014 Google Impact Challenge, and will receive £500,000.
Tom Okell wins Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship
Award Research
28 July 2014
The Royal Academy of Engineering has awarded seven fellowships to engineering researchers whose projects have the potential to bring radical innovation to their fields. Dr Tom Okell is the recipient of one of the fellowships. He will benefit from financial support and mentoring for five years for his research into novel imaging techniques to visualise blood flow in the brain.
Department’s Researchers ‘Highly Cited’
Award Research
27 June 2014
Several researchers in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences appear in the 2014 ‘Highly-Cited Researchers’ list published by Thompson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.
Stephen Hicks Wins Prize for Smart Glasses
Award Clinical Neurology
7 April 2014
Stephen Hicks, Research Fellow in Neuroscience and Visual Prosthetics, has won the 2014 SET for BRITAIN Gold Award and Engineering Medal
Tipu Aziz awarded lectureship at Baylor College of Medicine
Award Clinical Neurology
27 February 2014
Tipu Aziz, Professor of Neurosurgery in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, has been awarded the 6th Phillip Gildenberg lectureship in Functional Neurosurgery.
Researcher’s company wins innovation award
Award Ophthalmology
20 December 2013
One of the senior researchers in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Professor Colin Espie, has received a prize for the digital sleep improvement programme that he co-founded with Peter Hames.
Stroke research group wins Queen's Anniversary Prize
Award Clinical Neurology Stroke & Dementia
22 November 2013
The Stroke Prevention Research Unit has been awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education, the highest form of national recognition that UK higher education institutions can achieve.
Stephen Hicks wins award for glasses for blind people
Award Clinical Neurology
11 November 2013
A researcher in the Division of Clinical Neurology has won a major award for his intelligent glasses that can help blind people to 'see'.