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Congratulations to Professor Andrew Pollard who is the Winner of the Policy Engagement category in the Vice-Chancellor Innovation Awards 2020 for his work on Global policy on typhoid vaccines through research at Oxford!
Student wins award for Individual Excellence in Clinical Data Management
Awards & Appointments General
7 March 2024
Many congratulations to Yama Farooq Mujadidi, DPhil student and Clinical Trials IT & Development Lead at the Oxford Vaccine Group, who has been awarded the prize for Individual Excellence by the Association for Clinical Data Management.
OVG professor named in New Year's Honours list
Awards & Appointments COVID-19
4 January 2024
Matthew Snape, Professor of Paediatrics and Vaccinology at the Oxford Vaccine Group (OVG) before moving to Moderna in August 2022, has been appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Public Health, particularly during COVID-19 while working at the OVG.
OVG Researcher awarded prestigious NIHR Professorship
Awards & Appointments COVID-19 Department Methods Research
20 November 2023
Daniela Ferreira, Professor of Respiratory Infection and Vaccinology at the University of Oxford’s Department of Paediatrics and the Department of Clinical Sciences at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has been awarded one of six prestigious Research Professorships by the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR).
CEPI funding announced for development of vaccine prototype
Awards & Appointments COVID-19 Research
2 November 2023
The University of Oxford and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) today announced the launch of a new project to initiate early development of prototype vaccines against the Junín virus, selected as an exemplar of the Arenavirus family which is responsible for multiple deadly haemorrhagic fevers with epidemic and pandemic potential.
Future of Chair in Global Health secured with £5 million gift
Awards & Appointments Department Public Engagement
20 September 2023
The University of Oxford’s commitment to tackling major global health challenges has been strengthened following the endowment of a chair in global health and clinical development. The new permanent post was made possible by a £5 million donation from Brazilian healthcare organisation SAIL for Health.
Director of Global Operations at OVG recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours 2023
Awards & Appointments COVID-19
22 June 2023
Dr Parvinder Aley, Director of Global Operations at the Oxford Vaccine Group, has been recognised and celebrated in the 2023 King’s Birthday Honours list. Dr Aley has been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Professor Sir Andrew Pollard Awarded the James Spence Medal in 2022
Awards & Appointments
1 July 2022
Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, BSc MA MBBS MRCP(UK) FRCPCH PhD DIC FHEA FIDSA FMedSci, is Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity at the University of Oxford, Honorary Consultant Paediatrician at Oxford Children’s Hospital and Vice Master of St Cross College, Oxford.
Professor Sue Ann Costa Clemens awarded an Honorary CBE
Awards & Appointments
24 September 2021
Congratulations to Professor Sue Ann Costa Clemens for her Honarary CBE award for her positive contribution towards public health. Here at the Oxford Vaccine Group and the Paediatrics department, we are extremely proud of what Sue and her team have achieved.
University of Oxford researchers among recipients of Ireland and UK joint research awards for digital humanities in €6.5m boost for interdisciplinary research partnerships
Awards & Appointments
9 August 2021
Dr Samantha Vanderslott (Oxford Vaccine Group) and Dr Claas Kirchhelle (University College Dublin) have had their three-year project ‘Typhoid, Cockles, and Terrorism’ about the history of typhoid in Dublin successfully funded.
Oxford Vaccine Group among winners at NHS Parliamentary awards
Awards & Appointments COVID-19
9 July 2021
Researchers behind the Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine have been recognised for their excellence at a healthcare awards ceremony.
OVG's director recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Awards & Appointments
11 June 2021
Andrew Pollard, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, and Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity, becomes a Knight Bachelor for services to Public Health, particularly during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Professor Matthew Snape named NIHR Senior Investigator
Awards & Appointments
4 March 2021
Four academics supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre have been awarded a prestigious national award, among them Matthew Snape from the Oxford Vaccine Group.
Philharmonic Orchestra film special tribute concert for the Oxford vaccine team
Awards & Appointments COVID-19
7 December 2020
A special concert to say thank you and pay tribute to the achievements of the Oxford vaccine team has been recorded at the Sheldonian Theatre for a film screening in time for Christmas
Oxford vaccine team shortlisted for parliamentary awards
Awards & Appointments COVID-19
24 November 2020
The University of Oxford team who have developed a COVID-19 vaccine in record time have been shortlisted for the Excellence in Healthcare Award at the NHS Parliamentary Awards.
Award for OVG's learning games
Awards & Appointments Public Engagement
19 November 2020
Learning games explaining the links between typhoid, sewage systems and food hygiene have won the gold prize at the Learning Technologies Awards 2020.
Typhoid vaccine project wins Vice-Chancellor award
Awards & Appointments
27 July 2020
Congratulations to Professor Andrew Pollard who is the Winner of the Policy Engagement category in the Vice-Chancellor Innovation Awards 2020 for his work on Global policy on typhoid vaccines through research at Oxford!
Alice in Typhoidland wins film trophy
Awards & Appointments Public Engagement
15 June 2020
Bristol Science Film Festival awarded the Professional Science Fact Film Prize to "The Adventures of Alice in Typhoidland" co-created by the Oxford Vaccine Group.
Paediatrics project receives funding to assess novel coronavirus infection rates in children and teenagers across the UK
Awards & Appointments COVID-19 Research
20 April 2020
A multi-site project, called ‘What’s the STORY?’ has received funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to assess novel coronavirus infection rates in children and teenagers across the UK. Given the importance of this study to the national Covid-19 response it has been deemed a priority study for the National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR) Urgent Public Health Response.
Funding for new COVID-19 studies awarded to OVG's project on infectious disease immunity in children
Awards & Appointments COVID-19 Research
17 April 2020
Five projects from across Oxford University's Medical Sciences Division, including a project led by Professor Matthew Snape from the Oxford Vaccine Group, are among twenty-one new studies into the novel coronavirus which have been funded by the UK government.
Professor Pollard among the world's most distinguished paediatricians
Awards & Appointments
14 October 2019
Congratulations to Professor Andrew Pollard, named as one of three 2019 Rosén von Rosenstein laureates.