OxTalks is Changing
OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
Department: Nuffield Department of Population Health
Talks:
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
:
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
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)
Tuesday 9 December 2025
Putting the human at the centre of drug discovery
Date: 9 December 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
:
Dr Joanna Howson (Novo Nordisk)
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)
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
Tools for environmentally sustainable health research: opportunities, challenges and open questions
Date: 13 January 2026, 14:00 - 16:00
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)
Host:
The Ethox Centre
Wednesday 14 January 2025
Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 14 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Alicia Walker (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser:
Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Dr Aiden Doherty (University of Oxford),
Dr Anya Topiwala (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 27 January 2025
TBC
Date: 27 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Prof Neil Davies (UCL)
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
Friday 30 January 2025
HDRUK Oxford: Clinical Trials and Health Systems Data Masterclass
Date: 30 January 2026, 12:00 - 16:30
Speaker
s:
Professor Ly-Mee Yu (Primary Care Clinical Trials Unit),
Associate Professor Marion Mafham (Oxford Population Health),
Professor David Preiss (Oxford Population Health),
Dr Charlie Harper (Oxford Population Health, University of Oxford),
Ms Lucy Cureton (Primary Care Clinical Trials Unit)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organiser:
Natasha Sahgal (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Natasha Sahgal (University of Oxford),
Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 3 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 3 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Prof Patrick Mark (University of Glasgow)
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 February 2025
Using Hospital Episode Statistics Admitted Patient Care(HESAPC) data for research
Date: 4 February 2026, 11:00 - 13:30
Speaker
s:
Dr Charlie Harper (Oxford Population Health, University of Oxford),
Raph Goldacre (Oxford Population Health)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser:
Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 10 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 10 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Parminder Judge
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
Monday 23 February 2025
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
Thursday 26 February 2025
ML Workshop: 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
Organiser:
Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Lei Clifton (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 4 March 2025
IDEU Symposium 2026
Date: 4 March 2026, 9:30 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organiser:
Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host:
Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
