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Ísak Valsson wins the RSC’s 7th AI in Chemistry People’s Poster Prize

20 Sep 2024

Congratulations to 2nd Year DPhil in Statistics student Ísak Valsson on winning the People’s Poster Prize at the RSC’s 7th "AI in Chemistry" symposium!

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Happy Postdoc Appreciation Week 2024!

13 Sep 2024

This week is National Postdoc Appreciation Week. To celebrate, we would like to share with you some of the amazing postdocs and their research from our department. 

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Two Department Academics are Awarded the Title of Full Professor

12 Sep 2024

Congratulations to Professor George Deligiannidis and Professor Julien Berestycki!

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SMARTbiomed: A New International Pioneer Centre focused on Medical Data Research

The University of Oxford (OU), the University of Copenhagen (KU), and Aarhus University (AU) are delighted to announce the launch of the recently established Pioneer Centre for Statistical and Computational Methods for Advanced Research to Transform Biomedicine (SMARTbiomed) This Centre will become a vital international partner for data-driven medical research.

A new paper on Genomic England’s haplotype reference panel and the UK Biobank has been published.

13 Aug 2024

Dr. Sinan Shi and Prof. Simon Meyers from the Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford have collaborated with Sir Mark Caufield of Queen Mary University of London to produce this insightful new research.

Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowships

18 Jul 2024

The Department of Statistics is looking to support applications to the Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowships for the most talented mid-career researchers.

Remembering Sir David Cox on what would have been his 100th birthday 

15 Jul 2024

A former colleague who left us with an amazing legacy.

Green Impact Gold Award

12 Jul 2024

The Green Team for the Department of Statistics have received a Gold Green Impact Award!

Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate Position to be Funded by Google DeepMind

6 Jun 2024

A gift from Google DeepMind will enable the Department of Statistics to recruit a new Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate.

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