Sir Bernard Silverman FRS, Emeritus Professor of Statistics was appointed as Chair of the Geospatial Commission in June 2021.

When disasters such as earthquakes happen, governments and humanitarian organisations need to rapidly allocate aid resources to facilitate recovery, minimise the number of people displaced and reduce the long-term effects. This is a complex task that needs be undertaken in a very short space of time, with potentially serious consequences if not done well.

An international team has come together to assess the impact of COVID-19 deaths of parents or caregivers on children. The team includes Professor Christl Donnelly, and the results of their work is published in the Lancet.

We are delighted to announce that two researchers from the Department of Statistics have won awards in this year’s Divisional Impact Awards scheme: Christl Donnelly and Matthew Raybould.

Oxford Statistician and Mathematician Professor Alison Etheridge has been appointed Chair of the Council for the Mathematical Sciences

Researchers at Oxford have found that limiting gatherings to fewer than 10 people and closing educational institutions were among the most effective non-pharmaceutical interventions at suppressing transmission of COVID-19.

Professor Chris Holmes, The Alan Turing Institute’s Programme Director for Health and Medical Science, and Professor of Biostatistics in Genomics at the Department of Statistics and the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, will co-lead a new Statistical Modelling and Machine Learning Lab. 

We congratulate Gesine Reinert on her election to the Council of the Royal Statistical Society.

Many congratulations to Professor Christl Donnelly who has been awarded The Zoological Society of London's premier award, the Frink Award, for significant and original contributions by a professional zoologist to the development of zoology.