Survival rates following severe burns and complex injuries have improved dramatically over recent decades. Today, the focus of care has shifted. For many patients, the greatest challenges lie not only in closing a wound, but in how well it heals — including function, scarring, infection risk, and long-term quality of life.

Each year, the Blond McIndoe Research Foundation supports early-stage ideas with the potential to change lives. Our Pump Priming Grants provide small-scale funding to help launch ambitious research projects that can pave the way for major breakthroughs. This year’s recipient, Christopher Bricogne from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, is exploring a new way to detect lung transplant rejection before irreversible damage occurs.

We are delighted to share that Professor Fadi Issa, BM BCh MA DPhil Oxf, MSc Birm, has been appointed to the Professorship of Transplantation in the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences at the University of Oxford, with effect from 1 August 2025. Professor Issa will also become a Fellow of Green Templeton College.