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INFECTIOUS DISEASES, VACCINATION AND DEMENTIA FROM QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES TO TRIALS
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES, VACCINATION AND DEMENTIA
FROM QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES TO TRIALS
Thursday 12th March 2026
VENUE: Richard Doll Lecture Theatre, Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF
ORGANISERS: Oxford HDRUK and Omics & Brain Health, Oxford Population Health
09:30 – 10:00 REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS (ATRIUM)
10:00 – 13:00 MAIN SESSION
10:00 – 10:15 From John Snow’s cholera map to the transmission of Mad Cow disease (BSE) across species and humans (Professor Cornelia van Duijn)
10:15 – 10:30 The recombinant shingles vaccine is associated with lower risk of dementia (Associate Professor Maxime Taquet)
10:30 – 10:45 Common infectious diseases and risk of dementia: evidence from the EPIC Norfolk study (Dr Tom Littlejohns)
10:45 – 11:00 The evidence of a role of viral infections in dementia: a cross-omics analysis in UK Biobank (Associate Professor Najaf Amin)
11:00 – 11:30 COFFEE AND TEA BREAK
11:30 – 13:00 KEYNOTE LECTURES
11:30 – 12:15 Trials and tribulations designing a quasi-experiment on VZV and dementia (Professor Angela Wood)
12:15 – 13:00 The study needed for repurposing VZV vaccination for dementia prevention (Professor Simon de Lusignan0
13:00 – 14:00 NETWORKING LUNCH (ATRIUM)
14:00 – 15:00 PANEL SESSION AND INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY
14:00 – 14:45 The significance and relevance of quasi experimental studies: What next? All speakers & additional experts
14:45 – 15:00 Audience Q&A
15:00 – 15:15 BREAK
15:15 – 15:55 EDUCATIONAL SESSION*
15:15 – 15:55 Discussion of the meeting for students (Master/DPhil) and Early Career Researchers (Dr Tom Littlejohns & Associate Prof Najaf Amin)
15:55 – 16:00 CLOSING REMARKS (Dr Tom Littlejohns)
Please note registrations close* Friday 6th March 2026 at 12:00
Date:
12 March 2026, 9:30
Venue:
Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details:
Richard Doll Lecture Theatre
Speakers:
Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford),
Dr Thomas Littlejohns (Nuffield Department of Population Health),
Professor Simon de Lusignan (University of Surrey),
Dr Maxime Taquet (University of Oxford),
Dr Najaf Amin (University of Oxford),
Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh (University of Oxford),
Professor Angela Wood (University of Cambridge)
Organising department:
Big Data Institute (NDPH)
Organisers:
Oxford HDRUK,
Oxford Population Health
Organiser contact email address:
hdroxford@bdi.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford)
Booking required?:
Required
Audience:
Public
Editors:
Sumeeta Maheshwari,
Natasha Sahgal
