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« Back to NewsProfessor Michael Dustin named AAI Distinguished Fellow
20 January 2025
The American Association of Immunologists (AAI) has recognised the outstanding work of the Kennedy Institute’s Professor of Molecular Immunology Michael Dustin by naming him a Distinguished Fellow of AAI.
Dr Kate Coldwell awarded Daphne Jackson Fellowship to study links between liver disease and gut bacteria
17 September 2024
Dr Kate Coldwell has joined the Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies at the Kennedy Institute to study the links between liver disease and gut bacteria, having been awarded the Daphne Jackson Fellowship, co-funded by the Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research (KTRR) and the Medical Research Council.
Kennedy scientists honoured with Royal Society Medal
16 September 2024
Professor Sir Ravinder Maini and Professor Sir Marc Feldmann have jointly received The Royal Society’s Royal Medal (Applied) for inventing anti-TNF therapy to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA), bringing it from bench to bedside in one of the biggest success stories of modern medicine.
NDORMS researchers awarded Associate Professor title
9 May 2024
The University of Oxford has awarded the title of Associate Professor to Calliope Dendrou and Siim Pauklin.
Kennedy DPhil selected for 2024 Schmidt Science Fellow program
7 May 2024
Dr Ashwin Jainarayanan has been selected to become a 2024 Schmidt Science Fellow – an honour bestowed on only 32 exceptional early career researchers worldwide.
Tom Hosack awarded an MRC Fellowship
28 November 2023
A DPhil candidate at NDORMS, Tom Hosack received the MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship to further his research into tissue tropism in PD-1 therapy in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases.
University of Oxford DPhil Student attends Kenya Reception at Buckingham Palace
17 November 2023
Ruth Nanjala, DPhil student in Molecular and Cellular Medicine funded by the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) Kennedy Trust Prize Studentship, attended a reception at Buckingham Palace hosted by King Charles III and Queen Camilla to mark the 60th anniversary of Kenya’s independence. Ruth was invited in her capacity as student leader within the Oxford University Africa Society (AfriSoc).
New professor named at the Kennedy
10 October 2023
Marco Fritzsche has been honoured in the 2023 Recognition of Distinction Scheme, the University of Oxford’s annual exercise to confer the title of full professor for excellence in research and teaching.
Professor Michael Dustin elected to the Royal Society
10 May 2023
The Kennedy professor is one of eight researchers from Oxford University who received a prestigious fellowship from the Royal Society in recognition of their work in the fields of science and medicine.
Professor Michael Dustin appointed new Chair in Molecular Immunology
6 December 2022
A generous gift from the Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research has enabled the creation of a new Chair in Molecular Immunology at the University of Oxford.
Two prestigious Hunterian Professorships awarded to NDORMS researchers
1 December 2022
Conrad Harrison and Tom Layton have both been awarded Hunterian Professorships for 2022 by the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Dr Alex Clarke wins Emerging Leaders Prize for lupus research
30 November 2022
Alex is one of three exceptional lupus researchers that have been announced as winners of the Medical Research Foundation’s sixth Emerging Leaders Prize.
Yoshi Itoh wins the International Dupuytren Award 2022
30 June 2022
Yoshi Itoh, Associate Professor and Principal Investigator Cell Migration Group at the Kennedy Institute has been awarded the International Dupuytren Award 2022.
NDORMS researchers awarded Associate Professor title
22 June 2022
The University of Oxford has awarded the title of Associate Professor to Adam Cribbs and Luke Jostins.
Fiona Powrie honoured by British Society for Immunology
3 December 2021
Fiona Powrie was one of four researchers from the University of Oxford recognised for their outstanding contributions to immunology with Honorary Lifetime Membership of the British Society for Immunology.
The Kennedy Institute scoops sustainability award
2 December 2021
A new roof extension was awarded the 2021 Green Award for Sustainability by the Oxford Preservation Trust alongside a Certificate in the New Building category.
Oxford-Bristol Myers Squibb Fellowships awarded to NDORMS researchers
18 October 2021
Researchers from the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology have been awarded fellowships as part of the Oxford-Bristol Myers Squibb Fellowship Programme. Among six researchers from across NDORMS, the programme provides them with an opportunity to gain exposure to the field of commercial drug discovery and development.
New Associate Professors announced at NDORMS
17 September 2021
The Medical Sciences Division has awarded the title of Associate Professor to five senior researchers at NDORMS
Doctor Ghada Alsaleh awarded a Versus Arthritis Career Development Fellowship
21 June 2021
Postdoctoral Researcher Ghada Alsaleh has been awarded a research grant by Versus Arthritis which she will use to develop a new therapy for osteoarthritis.
NDORMS researchers awarded ECTS prizes
18 May 2021
Professor Anjali Kusumbe and Professor Cyrus Cooper have been presented with research awards by the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS).