Congratulations to Professor Anke Ehlers, who has been awarded a prestigious National Institute for Health Research Senior Investigator Award. NIHR Senior Investigators are appointed through annual competitions informed by the advice of an international panel of experts. They are among the most prominent and prestigious researchers funded by the NIHR and the most outstanding leaders of patient and people-based research within the NIHR Faculty. Professor Ehlers is one of eight Oxford University medical researchers who have been recognised in this year's Awards.