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PSI’s Md Zakiul Hassan recognised as 2024 ISID Emerging Leader
10 December 2024
The award from the International Society for Infectious Diseases acknowledges early-career excellence in the field.
£5.5m funding boost for health protection research on emerging and zoonotic infections
7 November 2024
University of Oxford collaborators from the Pandemic Sciences Institute and the Department of Statistics will keep contributing actively to the new iteration of the Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections.
Professor David Aanensen honoured with 2025 Translational Microbiology Prize
7 November 2024
The award recognises the PSI Investigator’s work in the areas of translational microbiology and genomic epidemiology.
Professor Sassy Molyneux awarded NIHR Global Health Research Professorship
5 September 2024
PSI Investigator Professor Sassy Molyneux has received a prestigious five-year NIHR Global Health Research Professorship. This award, granted to only five distinguished scientists annually, will support Professor Molyneux’s research on protecting frontline staff from moral distress.
Professor Teresa Lambe elected to Fellowship of Academy of Medical Sciences
21 May 2024
Professor Teresa Lambe OBE, Calleva Head of Immunology at the Oxford Vaccine Group, and Principal Investigator at the Pandemic Sciences Institute, has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, one of the most prestigious awards in the field.
PSI Director Professor Sir Peter Horby elected Fellow of Royal Society
16 May 2024
Professor Sir Peter Horby has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, joining a cohort of the world’s most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists who have made substantial contributions to the advancement of science.
Pandemic policy roadmap for funders commended in prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Awards
9 May 2024
A team from PSI’s Policy and Practice Research Group are finalists in the University of Oxford’s Vice-Chancellor Awards for outstanding research engagement.
Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert awarded Freedom of the City of London
5 October 2023
Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, the Oxford Project Leader for the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and Pandemic Sciences Institute researcher, has received the Freedom of the City of London in recognition of her outstanding achievements in, and contribution to, science and public health.
Sarah Gilbert receives King Faisal Prize for Medicine
31 March 2023
Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert has been awarded the prestigious King Faisal Prize in recognition of her work to co-create a COVID-19 vaccine that has saved an estimated six million lives.
Oxford vaccinologist Teresa Lambe honoured with Irish Abroad award
11 January 2023
A vaccine scientist from the University of Oxford recently received the prestigious Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad for 2022, which recognises the contribution of members of the Irish diaspora.
Sarah Gilbert awarded 2023 King Faisal Prize
10 January 2023
Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, the Saïd Chair of Vaccinology in the Nuffield Department of Medicine has been selected to receive King Faisal Prize for Medicine for 2023, along with Professor Dan Barouch of Harvard Medical School.
Oxford’s RECOVERY trial team amongst MRC‘s Outstanding Team Impact prize finalists
9 December 2022
The inaugural MRC Impact Prize recognises teams who have made outstanding impacts in health and medical research. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in the spring.
Oxford scientists honoured with eight Royal Society Awards
5 September 2022
Each year, the Royal Society recognises exceptional research achievements through a series of prestigious medals and prizes named after great scientists of the past. Eight of the 2021-22 awards, announced today, honour Oxford University researchers for their outstanding contributions to science and medicine.
Dame Sarah Gilbert joins Myleene Klass and Adam Kay at UEA's 2022 graduation ceremonies
22 July 2022
Number-one best-selling authors, nationally-renowned TV presenters, campaigners for justice and equality and the project leader for one of the UK’s most widely used vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic – all of them and more headed to University of East Anglia’s (UEA’s) campus to receive honorary degrees during the University’s graduation celebration this month.
Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert recognition from University of Hull
22 July 2022
Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert was given an honorary degree at the University of Hull.
Covid vaccine pioneer Dame Professor Sarah Gilbert receives honorary degree
22 July 2022
The University of Bath honoured the life-saving work of vaccinologist Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, at a graduation ceremony at Bath Abbey on 15 July.
Sarah Gilbert becomes recipient of Sunhak Peace Prize
17 February 2022
The University of Oxford's Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert has been named a Laureate of the 5th Sunhak Peace Prize for her efforts to protect global health during the COVID-19 pandemic.