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The BMJ has highlighted the contribution of clinical academic trainees to clinical duties during the pandemic. It has emphasised how they brought clinical and research expertise to the Covid effort – in many cases to the detriment of their academic work and career.
OUCAGS alumnus leads research on cancer vaccines using AI
12 June 2026
An Oxford University team, including Prof. Lennard Lee, OUCAGS CL alumnus, has received support in building the "new generation of personalised cancer vaccines" using artificial intelligence (AI).
‘Sixty seconds with’ OUCAGS alumni
2 June 2026
Three OUCAGS alumni who have become senior clinical academics at the University of Oxford provide an overview of their career paths and current roles in recent ‘sixty seconds’ features.
James Fullerton, OUCAGS Deputy Director, appointed as John Climax Professor of Clinical Therapeutics
5 May 2026
Congratulations to Professor Fullerton, who will take a leading role in clinical pharmacology and experimental medicine research in Oxford to help bridge the gap between discoveries in the laboratory and the development of new drug treatments.
OUCAGS and Oxford BRC boost health and care professionals’ research career pathway with new Clinical Lectureships
27 April 2026
OUCAGS are delighted to welcome the first cohort of Health and Care Professional clinical lecturers to the Oxford University Clinical Academic Graduate School. These first appointments signal our intent to improve the support for clinical academic careers in these underrepresented professional groups.
OUCAGS Academic Clinical Fellows awarded Distinctions in Postgraduate Diploma in Health Research
4 February 2026
We are delighted to share that the Board of Examiners has awarded the Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) in Health Research to all 13 Academic Clinical Fellows (ACFs) who completed the programme last year, with 11 receiving Distinctions.
OUCAGS CL contributes to key government report on mental health
28 May 2025
Dr Graham Blackman, an NIHR Clinical Lecturer in General Psychiatry, has contributed to a key government report for MPs and other policy makers.
New NIHR Research Support Service launching in October
31 August 2023
NIHR’s newly-established Research Support Service will be available from 1st October 2023.
Multiple heart-related conditions linked to dementia risk, finds OUCAGS alumnus
20 June 2022
Having multiple conditions that affect the heart is linked to a greater risk of dementia than having high genetic risk. This is according to findings from a large-scale new study co-led by the University of Oxford and published by OUCAGS alumnus Dr Xin You Tai and colleagues.
Oxford MedSci Goes Silver: 10 Years of Athena Swan
8 June 2022
Celebrating a gender equality milestone in Oxford's Medical Sciences Division: all departments have achieved an Athena Swan silver award
NIHR Women’s Day blog: OUCAGS alumna on ‘smashing’ gender stereotypes in academia
22 March 2022
Dr Mirae Harford, former NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow at OUCAGS, writes about her experiences and how funders can help break down barriers to women’s success in academia.
COVID-19: Clinical academic trainees joined the front-line effort en masse
8 April 2021
The BMJ has highlighted the contribution of clinical academic trainees to clinical duties during the pandemic. It has emphasised how they brought clinical and research expertise to the Covid effort – in many cases to the detriment of their academic work and career.
COVID-19 survivors at risk of psychiatric illness, finds OUCAGS ACF
7 April 2021
Dr Maxime Taquet, Academic Clinical Fellow (ACF), and colleagues have found ‘evidence for substantial neurological and psychiatric morbidity in the 6 months after COVID-19 infection’.
Oxford ACFs and CLs - tackling COVID-19 through clinical work, research, and teaching
5 August 2020
Our Academic Clinical Fellows and Clinical Lecturers have been actively responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in many different ways. Here is a small selection of the clinical work, research, and innovative medical student teaching that some of them have been doing.
COVID-19 Career Support space launched
5 June 2020
The Academy of Medical Sciences launch their COVID-19 career support space for biomedical and health researchers during the pandemic.
OUCAGS celebrates 10th anniversary
18 October 2019
OUCAGS 2009-2019 – celebrating our 10th anniversary!