Centre for Personalised Medicine

Could advances in immunology help us prevent cancer before it develops?

In the 2026 Dr Stanley Ho Memorial Lecture, Professor Tim Elliott explores the potential for a new era of personalised cancer prevention, including preventative cancer vaccines for people with defined cancer predispositions or pre-cancerous lesions.

He also considers the scientific, clinical and ethical challenges that will need to be addressed to make this approach a reality.

🎥 Watch 'Personalising Vaccines for Cancer Prevention' ⬇️
https://cpm.ox.ac.uk/lecture/personalising-vaccines-for-cancer-prevention/

What do the new frontiers of personalised medicine look like?

At our 2026 Research Showcase, researchers approached this question from very different perspectives - from genomics and AI to rare disease, digital healthcare, public engagement and clinical practice.

The talks from the 2026 Research Showcase are now available to watch online 🎥

Explore the series and discover different perspectives on the future of personalised medicine ⬇️

2026 Research Showcase – New Frontiers in Personalised Medicine - cpm These talks were recorded at the CPM Research Showcase – ‘New Frontiers in Personalised Medicine’, which took place at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford on 3rd June 2026.

🧬 What happens as medical testing moves beyond the clinic and into consumers’ hands?

Our event, 'Direct-to-Consumer Medical Testing: Exploring Opportunities & Challenges', brought together different perspectives on this rapidly developing area.

From new opportunities to potential risks and wider implications, watch the talks from the event here: https://cpm.ox.ac.uk/watch-our-lectures-interviews/direct-to-consumer-medical-testing-exploring-opportunities-challenges/

You can also read a blog about the event from a work experience student who joined us. Grace reflects on helping behind the scenes to hearing discussions from experts across academia, healthcare, industry, and regulation.

https://cpm.ox.ac.uk/my-work-experience-at-the-direct-to-consumer-medical-testing-conference/

My Work Experience at the Direct-to-Consumer Medical Testing Conference - cpm Introduction from the Centre for Personalised Medicine On the 5th of May 2026, the Centre for Personalised Medicine hosted a one day symposium on direct-to-consumer medical testing. The event was held at St Anne’s College and organised by Sally Sansom, Francesca Dakin, Thea Perry, Anneke Lucassen ...

📽️ New to watch from the Centre for Personalised Medicine 📽️

We’ve recently added a range of new talks to our website, exploring some of the most exciting - and challenging - questions in personalised medicine.

From direct-to-consumer medical testing and genomic medicine to AI-enabled healthcare and personalised vaccines for cancer prevention.

Over the next few days, we’ll be sharing some of the highlights.

Explore our latest talks ⬇️

Watch our lectures & interviews - cpm Our extensive library of event recordings and vlogs is gathered here for you to browse. At the bottom of the page, you can click to see all videos and interviews, where you can search for specific recordings. Our recordings can also be found on our YouTube channel.

Finally, we're pleased to share with you the group category winner of our 2025-26 Art Competition, which comes from Cleo & Sadie (12), Channing School, London.

The competition explored the meaning of ‘personalised medicine’, with entrants showing us what it means to them 🧬🎨🖌️💊

Cleo and Sadie explained ‘our artwork shows how personalised medicine can affect people’s lives, but not just the lifespan, we tried to capture how medicine can affect your social life, how it can really interfere with your friends, family and education.’

The judges thought it was a great concept and enjoyed how the hourglass brought in the idea of personalised medicine being delivered and experienced over time.

Well done to Cleo & Sadie! And thank you to everyone who entered and supported the competition this year.

We plan to run the competition again in the autumn, so keep an eye on our website and socials for all the details!

In the meantime, check out all of the 2025-26 finalists here: https://cpm.ox.ac.uk/centre-for-personalised-medicine-art-competition-2025-26/

We're pleased to share this highly commended entry from our 2025-26 Art Competition. This entry comes from Umara, age 14, Guildford High School, Surrey.

The competition explored the meaning of 'personalised medicine', with entrants showing us what it means to them 💊🎨🖌️🧬

Umara’s artwork is entitled 'One Body, One Story'. Umara wrote ‘my artwork shows the human body as a jigsaw puzzle, where every person appears whole, but in reality everyone is missing a different piece.' She continued, 'Personalised medicine exists to find that missing piece so treatment fits the person, not just the illness. No two bodies are the same, and no two stories are the same.’

The judges thought the use of puzzle pieces was a great concept and very relevant, especially the idea that personalised medicine involves finding ‘missing pieces’.

A huge well done to Umara! And thank you to everyone who entered and supported the competition this year.

You can check out all of the finalists here: https://cpm.ox.ac.uk/centre-for-personalised-medicine-art-competition-2025-26/

Do you want to join the CPM team?
We are recruiting two Non-Stipendiary Junior Research Fellows. A great opportunity for early-career researchers interested in interdisciplinary personalised medicine research and public engagement.
➡️ Apply here: https://www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk/job-opportunities/centre-for-personalised-medicine-non-stipendiary-junior-research-fellowships-2-in-medical-sciences-social-sciences-or-mathematical-physical-and-life-sciences/

We're pleased to share this highly commended entry from our 2025-26 Art Competition. This entry comes from Ahsaan, 12, from Magdalen College School, Oxford.

The competition explored the meaning of 'personalised medicine', with entrants showing us what it means to them 💊🎨🖌️🧬

Ahsaan explained that his artwork is ‘based on the Vitruvian man by Leonardo Da Vinci that signifies the ‘ideal proportions’ of the human form. I have characterised the Vitruvian man in my artwork, that shows the ideal proportions of personalised medicine specific to our needs and requirements.'

The judges thought this was a fantastic reinvention of the Vitruvian man, and really enjoyed how it drew a strong parallel between Da Vinci’s notion of ideal human proportions and medicine tailored to the individual.

A huge well done to Ahsaan! And thank you to everyone who entered and supported the competition this year.

You can check out all of the finalists here: https://cpm.ox.ac.uk/centre-for-personalised-medicine-art-competition-2025-26/

We're pleased to share this highly commended entry from our 2025-26 Art Competition. This entry comes from Ace, age 13, Holland Park School, London.

The competition explored the meaning of 'personalised medicine', with entrants showing us what it means to them 💊🎨🖌️🧬

Ace explained ‘I drew this to show the difference between medicine in the past and now. During the war, nurses treated everyone the same, but today medicine is moving towards treatments based on each person’s own DNA and conditions.'

Ace shows how 'healthcare is changing from one-size-fits-all to something more personal'. The judges thought that this was a visually compelling and original idea, which cleverly brought in historical contexts around medicine and situated personalised medicine within a changing world.

A huge well done to Ace! And thank you to everyone who entered and supported the competition this year.

You can check out all of the finalists here: https://cpm.ox.ac.uk/centre-for-personalised-medicine-art-competition-2025-26/