More Wolfson members included in Vice-Chancellor’s Awards shortlist

We were delighted to hear that several members of the Wolfson community have been nominated in this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Awards, which celebrate the success of members of the University who have demonstrated dedication, courage, ambition and a commitment to excellence in pursuit of Oxford’s core mission.

In the Teaching and Learning category, Wolfson RF Dr Sally Frampton has been shortlisted for her involvement in the medical student museum experience, Diversity in Death and Dying. A collaboration between the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of History, Ashmolean Museum and Faculty of Theology & Religion, this innovative teaching session removes medical students from hospitals and immerses them in the Ashmolean Museum. It deploys objects and images enabling them to interrogate aspects of end-of-life care and invites them to reflect on the challenges presented by this unavoidable part of professional practice in a diverse cultural environment.

Meanwhile in the Research Culture category, TORCH Medical Humanities Research Hub has been shortlisted. The Oxford Centre for the Humanities (TORCH)’s Medical Humanities Research Hub (MedHum) supports the Humanities Division and social science-based research on health and medicine. It highlights the contribution of the humanities to a proper understanding of health, disease, and medicine. MedHum challenges the assumption that cutting-edge medical research and innovation in healthcare are solely the domain of physicians and laboratories. Wolfson GBF Professor Erica Charters is the Academic Lead at MedHum, and both Wolfson JRF Dr Hohee Cho and RF Sally Frampton (above) are included in the nominated team.

This news follows the announcement last week that Wolfson JRF Becky Im has been shortlisted in the Breakthrough Researcher category.

It is fantastic to see so many members of the Wolfson community included in this year’s shortlists and we wish all our nominated members the very best when the winners are announced on 15th May at the Sheldonian Theatre.