1 July 2016
\n \n \n \nThe 12 winners of the inaugural University of Oxford's Vice-Chancellor\u2019s Awards for Public Engagement with Research were announced on Friday 1 July by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Louise Richardson, in a ceremony at Merton College.
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\n \n \n \nThe British Neuroscience Association (BNA) has awarded Angela Vincent, FRS the 2016 Outstanding Contribution to British Neuroscience Award.
\n \n\n \n \n2 November 2015
\n \n \n \nProfessor Martin Turner has received the prestigious Graham Bull Prize for Clinical Science from the Royal College of Physicians.
\n \n\n \n \n7 October 2015
\n \n \n \nResearchers in our Department are embarking on a \u00a350,000 study to develop treatments for dementia. The funding from Alzheimer\u2019s Research UK will kick off new drug discovery efforts that specifically target dementia with Lewy bodies.
\n \n\n \n \n2 October 2015
\n \n \n \nOur 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.
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\n \n \n \n\n \n \n25 June 2015
\n \n \n \nShe received one of the five highly contested 2015 L\u2019Or\u00e9al-UNESCO UK & Ireland For Women In Science Fellowships.
\n \n\n \n \n11 May 2015
\n \n \n \n48 of the UK's leading medical researchers have been recognised for excellence in medical science with their election to the Academy Fellowship.
\n \n\n \n \n18 March 2015
\n \n \n \nOur annual Thomas Willis Day is a chance to celebrate the work of our Department, with a particular focus on our postgraduate students.
\n \n\n \n \n5 January 2015
\n \n \n \nProfessor 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.
\n \n\n \n \n17 December 2014
\n \n \n \nOphthalmologist 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.
\n \n\n \n \n11 December 2014
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\n \n \n \nThe Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has recognised outstanding contributions to bioscience made by members of its research community.
\n \n\n \n \n1 August 2014
\n \n \n \nA project in our Department is a winner of the 2014 Google Impact Challenge, and will receive \u00a3500,000.
\n \n\n \n \n28 July 2014
\n \n \n \nThe 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.
\n \n\n \n \n27 June 2014
\n \n \n \nSeveral researchers in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences appear in the 2014 \u2018Highly-Cited Researchers\u2019 list published by Thompson Reuters, the world\u2019s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.
\n \n\n \n \n7 April 2014
\n \n \n \nStephen Hicks, Research Fellow in Neuroscience and Visual Prosthetics, has won the 2014 SET for BRITAIN Gold Award and Engineering Medal
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