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Dr Meritxell Huch awarded Hamdan Award for Medical Research Excellence 2015-2016

Dr Meritxell Huch, Group Leader at the Wellcome Trust/ Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, has been awarded a Hamdan Award for Medical Research Excellence 2015-2016 for her work on liver disorders.

Two Cambridge researchers recognised by the inaugural Royal Society Athena Prize

Professor Valerie Gibson (Cavendish Laboratory) and Dr Mateja Jamnik (Computer Laboratory) have both received a Royal Society award for their efforts to increase and advance women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

Susanne J. Levinson Prize

Professor Nick Hopwood, of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, recognised for his book 'Haeckel’s Embryos: Images, Evolution, and Fraud'.

Chairman of the Cambridge Central Asia Forum receives the Musa Jalil commemorative medal

Dr Siddharth Saxena has been recognised for his role in the preservation of ethnic and cultural traditions of the people of Central Asia and assistance in establishing international cultural cooperation.

Ontology prize for Reader in Biomedical Informatics

Dr Paul Schofield, from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, is awarded the Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative prize.

Professor Russell Cowburn awarded the 'Clifford Paterson Medal and Lecture'

The Experimental Physicist will deliver the prestigious lecture in recognition of his remarkable academic, technical and commercial achievements in nano-magnetics.

Cambridge academic awarded Fellowship by the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Professor Dino Giussani acknowledged for his major contributions to obstetrics, gynaecology and to the wellbeing of women .

Barak Kushner wins the American Historical Association’s 2016 John K. Fairbank Prize

Barak Kushner, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge, has been selected as the winner of the 2016 John K. Fairbank Prize for his book Men to Devils, Devils to Men: Japanese War Crimes and Chinese Justice (Harvard University Press, 2015).

Royal Society appoints four Cambridge academics as new University Research Fellows for 2016

The Royal Society has announced the appointment of 44 new University Research Fellows for 2016, including four academics from the University of Cambridge.

Study by Cambridge medical student awarded 'Royal College of General Practitioners Paper of the Year 2016'

Gwylim Thomas, from the Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research, is recognised for his research on informal carers.

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