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NEWRISK project awarded RIGHT 5 NHIR funding

Awards & Appointments KWTRP NDM-CGHR

Led by Benjamin Tsofa and Jacob McKnight, the project named "A Novel Extreme Weather Risk Insurance System for Kenya (NEWRISK)” will focus on using the latest methods to provide focused data on extreme weather, population vulnerability, and health system capacity readiness across various climatic zones in Kenya.

New interim director for the KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme

Awards & Appointments KWTRP

It is a bittersweet moment for the KWTRP family as we make changes to our Leadership team. After 10 years of tremendous growth and change in the Programme, Professor Philip Bejon officially steps down as the KWTRP Programme Executive Director. Professor Edwine Barasa takes over as the Interim Executive Director.

CGHR researcher part of the team that received an INTERPROFESSIONAL.GLOBAL award for outstanding interprofessional teamwork and collaboration

Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR

Dr Shobhana Nagraj (HSC) is part of the Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE) research group. The team received a prestigious Interprofessional Global Award from the Global Confederation for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice, for outstanding interprofessional teamwork and collaboration in healthcare research. The award was presented to team members at the Altogether Better Health XI conference in Doha, Qatar, November 6-9th 2023.

Prof Deirdre Hollingsworth recognised for Kindness & Leadership

Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR

Professor Deirdre Hollingsworth, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology has been named as one of this year’s 50 Leading Lights for Kindness & Leadership in the UK. This campaign highlights the leaders who are impacting others through kindness.

Professor Paul Newton, head of the Medicine Quality Research Group, receives MSD award

Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR

Professor Paul Newton, head of IDDO’s Medicine Quality Research Group has received an ‘Excellent Supervisor’ award.

IDDO and WWARN Director receives ASTMH medal

Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR

Professor Philippe Guérin, IDDO and WWARN’s Director, has been awarded the Bailey K. Ashford Medal for his “distinguished” work in tropical medicine.

RSTMH recognises Prof Arjen Dondorp’s contributions to significantly improving health in the tropics

Awards & Appointments MORU

We were delighted to hear that MORU Deputy Director of MORU and Head of Malaria & Critical Illness, Prof Arjen Dondorp, has been awarded the highly prestigious 2023 George Macdonald Medal!! This medal recognises outstanding individual contribution for conducting research leading to significant improvements in health in the tropics. It is a joint award from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (RSTMH).

Bipin Adhikari awarded RSTMH Emerging Leaders Award

Awards & Appointments MORU

On 28 Sept, MORU Malaria Clinical Researcher Bipin Adhikari received a 2023 Emerging Leaders Award from the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) to recognise his significant contributions in leadership and service, including mentoring and capacity building, to the fields of tropical medicine and global health.

Oxford University is the world’s top university for a record eighth year

Awards & Appointments General

The University of Oxford has once again topped the Times Higher Education World University Rankings as the best university in the world for a record eighth consecutive year. The rankings – announced in Sydney, Australia today – rate 1,904 universities from 108 countries around the world.

Three CTMGH researchers awarded Professorships

Awards & Appointments KWTRP MORU OUCRU

We are delighted to announce that three of our researchers have been awarded the Professor title, in recognition of their research achievements, contribution to teaching, and contribution to the general work of the Nuffield Department of Medicine.

Two CTMGH students receive awards from the Oxford Student Union

Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR

Congratulations to Gloria Ngaiza, winner of the Race Equality Award, and to Abdulazeez Imam, winner of the Student Voice Award. The Race Equality Award recognises students who are working to help racialised members of the University and have been involved in the fight against racism at Oxford. The Student Voice Award Acknowledges students who have amplified the students’ views and priorities through representation and campaigning on behalf of their peers.

Four CTMGH researchers awarded Associate Professorships

Awards & Appointments KWTRP MORU OUCRU

We are delighted to announce that four of our researchers have been awarded the Associate Professor title, in recognition of their research achievements, contribution to teaching, and contribution to the general work of the Nuffield Department of Medicine.

Abhilasha Karkey, new OUCRU Nepal Director

Awards & Appointments OUCRU OUCRU-Nepal

OUCRU Nepal is pleased to announce that as of 01 October 2022, Dr Abhilasha Karkey will assume the role of Director.

Oxford University named world’s top university for the 7th consecutive year

Awards & Appointments General

The University of Oxford has been named the best university in the world for a record seventh consecutive year in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023.

Four CTMGH researchers awarded full professorships

Awards & Appointments KWTRP MOCRU MORU

We are delighted to announce that four of our researchers have been awarded the title of Professor, in recognition of their research achievements, contribution to teaching, and contribution to the general work of the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford.

Dengue Research Article Awarded The 2021 – 2022 Alexandre Yersin Prize for Outstanding Publications

Awards & Appointments OUCRU

OUCRU research article titled ‘Combination of inflammatory and vascular markers in the febrile phase of dengue is associated with more severe outcomes’ was recently awarded the 2021-2022 Alexandre Yersin Prize for Outstanding Publications.

Gail Carson chair of GOARN

Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR

Dr Gail Carson from the International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) is nominated chair of WHO Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network (GOARN)

Congratulations to our new Associate Professors

Awards & Appointments KWTRP OUCRU

Our heartfelt congratulations to Melissa Kapulu, Francis Ndungu and Emelda Okiro from KWTRP, and to Hoa Thi Ngo and Sophie Yacoub from OUCRU who have been awarded Associate Professorships

Congratulations to Professor Sir David Warrell, appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George!

Awards & Appointments MORU NDM-CGHR

David Warrell, MORU founding director, has been appointed by the Queen ‘Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George for services to global Health Research and Clinical Practice’. Please join us in congratulating Sir David on receiving this richly deserved high honour!

Congratulations Professor Kathryn Maitland, awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours

Awards & Appointments KWTRP

Kathryn Maitland, Professor of Paediatric Tropical Infectious Diseases and based at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kilifi, Kenya, was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours

Cross-species vaccination by Professor George Warimwe

Awards & Appointments KWTRP Video

Royal Society 2021 Africa Prize lecture from Professor George Warimwe. More than 70% of emerging infectious diseases (including viruses) are zoonotic, meaning they are acquired from animals, with some causing serious illness and death in humans as well as the animal host. But, what if we could immunise both humans and animals with the same vaccine?

RECOVERY trial team members appointed MBEs

Awards & Appointments General

Two RECOVERY Trial team members have been recognised in the New Year Honours list 2022. RECOVERY Trial coordinator, Professor Richard Haynes, has been appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Global Health, and Senior Clinical Trial Manager, Lucy Fletcher, has been appointed MBE for services to Clinical Trials. The New Year Honours list recognises outstanding achievements by a wide range of extraordinary people from across the United Kingdom. People are awarded honours for achievements in their field of work (including health, education, science and technology), as well as for making a difference to their community.

Susie, Phaik Yeong, Richard and Paul among new full Oxford professors!

Awards & Appointments COMRU MORU NDM-CGHR

In the 2021 Oxford Recognition of Distinction round, four MORU colleagues were awarded Full Professor title.

RECOVERY Trial wins ‘Oscar of Higher Education’ for STEM Research Project of the year

Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR

The RECOVERY Trial has been awarded the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) Award in the ‘Research Project of the Year: STEM’ category.

Paul Newton named ASTMH Distinguished International Fellow

Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR

Professor Paul Newton was announced new Distinguished International Fellow at the ASTMH Annual Meeting Awards Ceremony on the 17th November. This distinction formally recognizes individuals who have made eminent contributions to a particular aspect of tropical medicine or hygiene.

Peter Horby receives prestigious award for outstanding service to public health

Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR

The Faculty of Public Health has awarded its prestigious Alwyn Smith Prize to Professor Sir Peter Horby for 2020/2021 in recognition of his outstanding service to public health as a global leader in epidemic science.

Peter Macharia wins RSTMH Emerging Leader Award

Awards & Appointments KWTRP

Peter Macharia is a spatial epidemiologist and a postdoc interested in disease mapping, healthcare access and mapping population vulnerabilities at KEMRI Wellcome. He received the RSTMH 2021 Emerging Leader Award, which recognises significant contributions in leadership, mentoring and capacity building in those who are early in their careers.

RECOVERY Trial paper on dexamethasone wins BMJ’s 2021 UK Research Paper of the Year Award

Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR

A RECOVERY Collaborative Group paper has been announced as the 2021 winner of The British Medical Journal’s prestigious UK Research Paper of the Year Award. This award recognises original UK research that has the potential to contribute significantly to improving health and healthcare. The paper, “Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19”, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, described the discovery in June 2020 of the world’s first effective, readily available treatment for COVID-19 – the inexpensive steroid, dexamethasone.

Tropical Medicine DPhil Students awarded NDM Prize

Awards & Appointments MORU NDM-CGHR

Every year, the Nuffield Department of Medicine awards NDM Prizes to our most outstanding students. This year, Mo yin and Rebecca Inglis (both at MORU) were highly commended in the category NDM Overall Prize, for conducting research with an outstanding impact. Will Schilling (MORU) received a prize as first year DPhil student, and Mohammad Ali (NDM-CGHR) as second year DPhil student. Our warmest congratulations to you all!

Congratulations new Associate Professors

Awards & Appointments KWTRP MORU OUCRU

Following the meeting of the Medical Sciences Divisional Committee to consider applications for the conferral of the title of Associate Professor, we are pleased to announce that Rashan Haniffa, Dorcas Kamuya, Isabella Oyier, Le Van Tan and Timothy Walker have been awarded the title Associate Professor

Oxford retains top spot in world rankings for sixth consecutive year

Awards & Appointments General

The University of Oxford remains top of the table in latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings. In a year dominated by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the rankings reflect the vital role of universities in understanding and managing the crisis as a number of institutions around the world saw significant boosts in their citation scores from Covid-19 focused research.

Royal Society Africa Prize 2021 awarded to George Warimwe

Awards & Appointments KWTRP

The Royal Society Africa Prize 2021 is awarded to Professor George Warimwe for his work on zoonoses vaccine development, capacity building in Africa, and his innovative research proposal. This Prize recognises research scientists based in Africa who are making an innovative contribution to the sciences.

RECOVERY Trial announced as overall winner of Best COVID-19 Response Project Award in the UK

Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR

The RECOVERY Trial has won the Project Management Institute’s Special Covid-19 UK Response Project Award. The award specifically recognised RECOVERY’s work to investigate whether the cheap steroid dexamethasone was an effective treatment for patients hospitalised with severe COVID-19.

Professors Peter Horby and Guy Thwaites recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR OUCRU

The pioneering work of members of the University of Oxford has been recognised in The Queen's Birthday Honours List. The honorands include Professor Peter Horby and six researchers that have played key roles in leading the University’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic, from the development of new vaccines to the discovery of new drug treatments. Professor Guy Thwaites is appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire.

RECOVERY trial named David Sackett Trial of the Year 2020

Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR

The RECOVERY trial has been named David Sackett Trial of the Year by the Society for Clinical Trials. The award was presented today at the Society for Clinical Trials’ 42nd Annual Meeting.

Buddha Basnyat joins the RSTMH Board of Trustees

Awards & Appointments OUCRU OUCRU-Nepal

Director for the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit Nepal, Professor Buddha Basnyat is a medical doctor based in Kathmandu, Nepal. His research interests are infectious diseases and high altitude medicine, and he has almost 300 publications in peer-reviewed medical journals. One of his primary interests is to encourage young people to do clinical research.

Arjen Dondorp, Peter Horby and Rose McGready elected Academy of Medical Sciences Fellows

Awards & Appointments MORU NDM-CGHR

"Although it is hard to look beyond the pandemic right now," says President of the Academy of Medical Sciences Professor Dame Anne Johnson, "I want to stress how important it is that the Academy Fellowship represents the widest diversity of biomedical and health sciences. The greatest health advances rely on the findings of many types of research, and on multidisciplinary teams and cross-sector and global collaboration."

Susie Dunachie awarded flagship NIHR career development award

Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR

Susie Dunachie joins a prestigious group of leading health researchers in the latest cohort of NIHR Global Research Professors. These awards fund research leaders of the future to promote effective translation of research and to strengthen health, public health and care research leadership at the highest academic levels. Research conducted by Global Research Professors directly benefits people in LMICs. A Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Susie works on the development of a vaccine to prevent death from melioidosis in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in LMICs, and supports vaccine research in Thailand. Congratulations!

Clare Ling awarded honorary FRCPath

Awards & Appointments MORU SMRU

Dr Clare Ling has been made an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath). Currently running Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU) Microbiology department and supporting the unit’s molecular activities, Clare is a clinical scientist who has worked at SMRU on the Thai-Myanmar border since 2012.

Congratulations new NDM professors

Awards & Appointments LOMWRU MORU

The University of Oxford has awarded CTMGH two new Professors. Elisabeth Ashley - UK-trained physician who specialises in infectious diseases and medical microbiology & virology, and Director of the Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU) in Lao PDR since 2019, Liz is conferred the title of Professor of Tropical Medicine. Stuart Blacksell - Senior Research Scientist based at the Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) in Thailand, Stuart is conferred the title of Professor of Tropical Microbiology.

British Pharmacology Society honours Joel Tarning

Awards & Appointments MORU

We are pleased to announce that Prof Joel Tarning has been awarded the biennial Grahame-Smith Prize by the British Pharmacological Society for outstanding contributions to clinical pharmacology. Joel has headed MORU's Clinical Pharmacology Department since 2012. Since then, the Department has grown into large, productive group that conducts laboratory- and computer-based pharmacology research.

MORU students Mo Yin and Myo Maung Maung Swe receive NDM awards

Awards & Appointments MOCRU MORU

MORU’s Mo Yin and MOCRU’s Myo Maung Maung Swe were awarded a prize by the NDM’s Graduate Studies Committee. Very competitive awards, the prizes are given annually to current or recently graduated students of NDM supervisors on the basis of their publication record, the impact and novelty of their research, references, and research within their department.

Trudie Lang Highly Commended in Vice-Chancellor Innovation Awards 2020

Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR

Professor Trudie Lang is Highly Commended for 'Enabling Research in Low-Income Settings During Disease Outbreaks: Implementing, Learning and Preparing' in the Building Capacity category of the University Vice-Chancellor Innovation Awards 2020.

Professor Paul Newton wins the Helen Clark-JoPPP Award

Awards & Appointments MORU NDM-CGHR

We are delighted to announce that Professor Paul Newton has won the Helen-Clark-JoPPP Award for Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Research. This award is based on the scientific merit of his work, as well as its impact on patients, decisions makers, and on governments. It recognizes the talents of exceptional researchers who are making a significant contribution to the field of pharmaceutical policy and practice.

Five years at the top: Oxford retains first place in World University Rankings

Awards & Appointments General

Oxford University’s enduring global reputation, cutting edge research and unique teaching environment have helped retain first place in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for a fifth consecutive year. THE rankings use 13 separate performance indicators to cover universities’ core missions across teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The award follows a year when the University of Oxford has been at the centre of international attention for its work on finding a vaccine for COVID-19 as well as taking a leading role in trialling therapeutic drugs and antibody testing.

New Tropical Medicine Associate Professors and University Research Lecturers

Awards & Appointments COMRU OUCRU OUCRU-Indonesia OUCRU-Nepal

This year has seen a high level of recognition of distinction in the Africa and Asia Programmes and Global Health research. Many congratulations to our researchers.

Sophie Yacoub nominated Emerging Leader in Infectious Diseases

Awards & Appointments OUCRU

In recognition of her past contributions to the field of international infectious diseases and in anticipation of her future impact on the discipline, Sophie Yacoub, Dengue Research Group Head at OUCRU, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is recognised as ISID Emerging Leader in International Infectious Diseases.

Joel Tarning wins Ashford award at ASTMH 2019

Awards & Appointments MORU

Professor Joel Tarning received a Bailey K. Ashford Medal at the ASTMH 2019 Conference. The medal is awarded annually for distinguished work in tropical medicine by an early- to mid-career ASMTH member. Joel is Head of Clinical Pharmacology at MORU and his work focuses on applying pharmacokinetic-phamacodynamic modelling to optimise antimalarial drug therapies, in particular for at-risk groups such as malnourished children and pregnant women.

Oxford named best for medicine for ninth consecutive year

Awards & Appointments General NDM-CGHR

Oxford University has been ranked as the world's best institution for medical and health teaching and research for the ninth consecutive year in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The ranking is based on criteria measuring teaching, research, industry income, international outlook and citations, which are combined to provide a comparison of universities worldwide.

MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine well represented at the Medical Sciences Divisional 2019 Teaching Awards

Awards & Appointments NDM-CGHR

Congratulations to Proochista Ariana (Major Educator Award), Kevin Marsh (Lifetime Achievement Award), Caroline Jones (Excellent Supervisor Award), Vicki Marsh (Excellent Teacher Award), Prabin Dahal (Early Career Excellent Teacher Award), and Judy Irving (Learning Support Award) who were recognised at the 2019 Teaching Excellence Awards Ceremony, at Merton College on Wednesday 23 October.

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