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Dr Junaid Saleem Malik of the UCL Eastman Dental Institute has won first prize at AIOP (Accademia Italiana di Odontoiatria Protesica) YOUNG 2025, becoming the first international participant to do so.

Dr Daniel Hawkes has been awarded the Tyson Medal at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh.

Professor Sir Ali Zumla and co-authors from around the world warn that recent United States Agency for International Development funding cuts are already impacting the fight against tuberculosis.

The Division of Medicine is proud to support its students and staff who are parents or about to become parents.

Research involving UCL scientists has shown that the amount of a protein called CD74 can indicate which people with bowel cancer may respond best to immunotherapy.

An innovative treatment for radiotherapy-induced dry mouth (xerostomia) is being trialed at UCLH sites, including the Eastman Dental Hospital, providing hope to survivors of head and neck cancer.

UCL Cancer Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of neurosurgeon and neuroscientist, Dr Thomas Wälchli as an Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon and Principal Clinical Research Fellow.

As the year draws to a close and reflections on the student's successes throughout 2024 take place, staff within the Division of Surgery & Interventional Science (DSIS) were delighted to see so many achievements that extend beyond their academic commitments.

A UCL academic based at the Cancer Institute has been chosen as a European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Young Investigator, a programme that supports young science group leaders in Europe and beyond.

Emeritus Professor Irving Taylor of UCL Surgery & Interventional Science has been awarded a lifetime achievement award for his contributions to surgical oncology by BASO - The Association for Cancer Surgery.

MClinDent Prosthodontics (Advanced Training) student, Dr Nurul Liyana Aminuddin, was awarded the 2nd place in the Oral Presentation research competition at the 47th European Prosthodontic Association (EPA) meetin, recently held in Poland.

Eight academics from the UCL Eastman Dental Institute have been listed in the Scopus/Elsevier August 2024 update for 'Updated science-wide author databases of standardised citation indicators'.

Dr Salman Pirmohamed has been awarded the Tyson Medal at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. The Medal is awarded for the most meritorious performance in the Membership in Prosthodontics Examinations of the College in the UK during that year.

The CRUK City of London Radiation Research Centre of Excellence – a partnership uniting leading radiation researchers from UCL, Barts Cancer Institute, King’s College London and The Francis Crick Institute - received the funding to continue world-class radiotherapy research.