Sixty seconds with Adam Handel
MRC New investigator, Associate Professor and Consultant Neurologist
Prof. Handel was an OUCAGS Academic Foundation doctor and an NIHR Clinical Lecturer, before becoming an MRC New investigator.
Read also about Prof. Handel’s experience as a CL at OUCAGS.
Sixty Seconds with Fadi Issa
Professor of Transplantation, Associate Head of the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, and Surgical Sciences Theme Lead
Prof. Issa was an OUCAGS NIHR Clinical Lecturer. In 2025, he became the Academic Lead for Research Funding with the University’s Medical Sciences Division. In this role, he provides leadership support to the Head and Associate Heads of Division in areas related to funding for the Division’s research activity.
Sixty Seconds with Catherine Swales
Consultant Rheumatologist, Director of Clinical Studies (University of Oxford Medical School) and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS)
Dr. Swales was an OUCAGS Local Clinical Lecturer. It was during her lectureship that she added medical research to her portfolio of clinical academic activities at Oxford, culminating in her current role with the Medical School and her role within NDORMS.
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Sixty Seconds with Annina Schmid
Professor of Pain Neuroscience and Head of the Neuromusculoskeletal Health and Science Lab
Prof. Schmid is a specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist and an OUCAGS Academic Training Programme Director (ATPD). She is supporting the professional development of OUCAGS’ Health and Care Professional Local Clinical Lecturers who are funded currently by the NIHR Oxford BRC and an Oxford-led NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit.