History Faculty Success at 2025 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards
The Medical Humanities Team receiving their award from the Vice-Chancellor
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Medical Humanities was celebrated for its collaborations and interdisciplinary approaches to teaching and research. The TORCH Research Hub Medical Humanities (MedHum) was awarded the 2025 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Research Culture, recognizing those who have contributed to a positive, inclusive, and equitable research culture. Headed up by Academic Lead Erica Charters (History), MedHum draws its steering group members from across Divisions and from a variety of career points, supporting Humanities and social-science based research on health and medicine at the University of Oxford. History Faculty members named in the award include Sally Frampton, Eleanor Kerfoot, Hohee Cho, Yuxin Peng, Utsa Bose, Andrew Moeller, and Alexia Lewis, all of whom have played a role in promoting awareness of the contribution the Humanities make to a proper understanding of health, disease, and medicine.
Diversity in Death and Dying team receiving the VC award
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The interdisciplinary medical training Diversity in Death and Dying was also celebrated with a 2025 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching and Learning. This award recognizes colleagues ‘who have demonstrated a commitment to high-quality teaching and learning for Oxford’s students’. The interdisciplinary Diversity in Death and Dying incorporates the Ashmolean Museum and Humanities expertise to prepare medical students for end-of-life care. History Faculty member Sally Frampton is a key part of the teaching team, working closely with colleagues in the Humanities, the Ashmolean Museum, and the Medical Sciences as well as NHS practitioners and the innovative Expert Patient Tutor programme.
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Catherine Jenkinson was also ‘highly commended’ in the Breakthrough Researcher Award, recognizing ‘researchers at the early stages of their careers who have made a significant impact at the University'.
This recognises her work as part of the ‘(Hi)stories of Violence: Myth-making, Imprisonment and the Cultural Identity of the Tower of London’ project, working with Historic Royal Places and the Royal Armouries.
You can find out more about Catherine's research below.
