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Department: Nuffield Department of Population Health
Talks:
Monday 23 February 2026
A Gentle Introduction to Python
Date: 23 February 2026, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker
:
Matthieu Miossec (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser:
Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 24 February 2026
The cause(s) of autism spectrum disorder
Date: 24 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Prof Stephan Sanders (University of Oxford)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Joanna Blaszczyk (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Sam Morris (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Michael Turner (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Dr Michelle Goonasekera (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 26 February 2026
Combining Machine Learning (ML) with Medical Statistics - A Worked Example
Date: 26 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
s:
Dr Lei Clifton (University of Oxford),
Greg Simond (University of Oxford),
Dr Joshua Fieggen (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organisers:
Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford),
Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Lei Clifton (University of Oxford)
Monday 2 March 2026
VS Code for Python Development: A Complete Beginner's Guide
Date: 2 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
:
Dr Mcebisi Ntleki (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser:
Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Thomas Nichols (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 3 March 2026
Assessing Representativeness and Bias in Large Prospective Biobanks: Insights from Our Future Health
Date: 3 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Prof. Melinda Mills (University of Oxford)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Joanna Blaszczyk (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Sam Morris (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Michael Turner (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Dr Michelle Goonasekera (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 4 March 2026
IDEU Symposium: 4-5 March 2026
Date: 4 March 2026, 9:30 - 17:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Richard Doll Building Lecture theatre
Organiser:
Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host:
Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Monday 9 March 2026
Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 9 March 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
:
Prof Shamil Sunyaev (Harvard Medical School)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser:
Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 10 March 2026
R Code Clinic: Variant Annotation Using Bioconductor, Tuesday 10 March 2026
Date: 10 March 2026, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker
:
Dr. Ana-Marija Krizanac (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organiser:
Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
AI 2026: The new researcher workbench
Date: 10 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
:
Dominik Lukes (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser:
Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Host:
Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Mortality impacts of rainfall and sea level rise
Date: 10 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Tom Bearpark (Princeton University)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Joanna Blaszczyk (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Sam Morris (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Michael Turner (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Dr Michelle Goonasekera (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 11 March 2026
Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 11 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Professor Mihaela van der Schaar (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organisers:
Aiden Doherty (University of Oxford),
Dr Anya Topiwala (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 12 March 2026
Infectious diseases, Vaccination and Dementia: From Quasi Experimental Studies to Trials
Date: 12 March 2026, 9:30 - 16:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Richard Doll Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Natasha Sahgal (University of Oxford),
Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford),
Oxford HDRUK,
Oxford Population Health
Host:
Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 28 April 2026
What is data cosmopolitanism?
Date: 28 April 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Jon Rueda (President’s Cabinet and the Ethics in Research Department, Spanish National Research Council)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lower Ground Seminar Room 0 OR Zoom
Organiser:
Olivia Lush (University of Oxford)
Host:
The Ethox Centre
