Department: Nuffield Department of Population Health
Talks:

Tuesday 11 November 2025

'Using genetics to adjust and improve biomarkers: application to prostate specific antigen screening for cancer’
Date: 11 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Prof John Witte (Stanford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr Nicky Whiffin (University of Oxford), Duncan Palmer (University of Oxford)

Targeting the sleep and circadian systems with behavioural intervention
Date: 11 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Simon Kyle (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 13 November 2025

AI Drop in session
Date: 13 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker s: Dr Lei Clifton (University of Oxford), Dr Anshul Thakur (University of Oxford), Dr Joshua Fieggen (University of Oxford), Ed Phillips (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

Friday 14 November 2025

Coming to an End: Panel Discussion Event reflecting on End-of-Life
Date: 14 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street OX1 2PH
Venue Details: Ashmolean theatre
Organiser: ANTITHESES (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 17 November 2025

Understanding determinants of health inequalities in respiratory medicine
Date: 17 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker s: Professor Jennifer Quint (Imperial College London), Dr Hannah Whittaker (Imperial College London)
Venue: St Luke's Chapel, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Organisers: Stuart Faulkner (University of Oxford), Natasha Sahgal (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Stuart Faulkner (University of Oxford), Natasha Sahgal (University of Oxford), Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Causes and consequences of stroke: new insights from China Kadoorie Biobank
Date: 18 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Zhengming Chen (Professor of Epidemiology, NDPH, 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 19 November 2025

Spatial Ecology of War and Peace: Perspective of Global Networked Tipping Dynamics
Date: 19 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Weisi Guo (Centre for Autonomous and Cyber-Physical Systems, Cranfield University)
Venue Details: Kindly register to our mailing list to receive the Teams invitation!
Organiser: Metrics and Models Management Group (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 20 November 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 20 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Catherine Tong (Isomorphic Labs)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organisers: Aiden Doherty (University of Oxford), Dr Anya Topiwala (University of Oxford)
Host: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Investigating the impact of genetic variation on the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis
Date: 25 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Hannah (Currant)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr Nicky Whiffin (University of Oxford), Duncan Palmer (University of Oxford)

Ethox Seminar - The Significance of Human Interaction in Consent to Research: ASCEND PLUS and Beyond
Date: 25 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:30
Speaker : Professor Mark Sheehan (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lower Ground Seminar Room 0 and on Zoom
Organiser: Aileen Mooney (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 26 November 2025

OxSTAI Seminar - Implementation Challenges of Medical AI: the view from the ground
Date: 26 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Dr Alex Novak (RCEM Associate Prof in Emergency Medicine, Director of Emergency Medicine Research Oxford (EMROx), Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Ambulatory Care), Dr Rubeta Matin (Consultant Dermatologist)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar Room 0 - in-person event only
Organisers: Angeliki Kerasidou (University of Oxford), The Ethox Centre
Hosts: TBA

Festival of Global Health screening of Spillover: Planet of Viruses
Date: 26 November 2025, 16:00 - 20:00
Speaker s: Associate Professor Toral Gathani (Oxford Population Health), Professor Miles Carroll (University of Oxford), Michael Wech (Broadview Films), Zoe McDougall (Oxford Nanopore)
Venue Details: This event will take place at the Curzon Cinema, Westgate Centre, Oxford
Organiser: Lulu Phillips (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 December 2025

The effect of ancestry on disease and other complex traits
Date: 2 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Peter Visscher (NDPH)
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 3 December 2025

From Job Descriptions to Occupations: Using Neural Language Models to Code Job Data
Date: 3 December 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Xi Song (University of Pennsylvania)
Venue Details: Metrics and Models
Organiser: Metrics and Models Management Group (University of Oxford)
Host: Metrics and Models Management Group (University of Oxford)

From Job Descriptions to Occupations: Using Neural Language Models to Code Job Data
Date: 3 December 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Professor Xi Song (University of Pennsylvania)
Venue Details: Kindly register to our mailing list to receive the Teams invitation!
Organiser: Metrics and Models Management Group (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 11 December 2025

AI Tools for Research: A Hands-On Workshop
Date: 11 December 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker s: Dr Lei Clifton (University of Oxford), Dr Bradley Segal (University of Oxf), Gavin Hubbard (NIHR CLAHRC Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organisers: Dr Lei Clifton (University of Oxford), Professor Thomas Nichols (University of Oxford)
Host: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 13 January 2025

Environmentally Sustainable Health Research: The Institutional Perspective  
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 13 January 2026, 12:00 - 18:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Ground Floor Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Dr Federica Lucivero (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 26 February 2025

ML Workshop: Combining Machine Learning (ML) with Medical Statistics - A Worked Example
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
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
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Lei Clifton (University of Oxford)