For our first AI workshop we will be joined by Dr Lei Clifton, Programme Director of the MSc in Applied Digital Health, Primary Care Department; Dr Bradley Segal, Rhodes Scholar, practising physician and DPhil candidate in Biomedical Engineering, and Gavin Hubbard, Senior Communications Manager with extensive AI experience, Primary Care Department.

Title: AI Tools for Research: A Hands-On Workshop
When: 11 December 2025
Time: 11:00 – 12:00
Venue: BDI/Oxpop Seminar room 1

Overview:
Live demonstrations of AI tools that can cut admin time, speed up literature reviews, improve writing, and support research workflows – from hypothesis generation to peer review simulation. The content will be tailored on the experience levels and specific interests captured in the registration form.

Who it’s for:
Any researcher curious about AI applications. No coding required, all experience levels welcome.

Format:
Interactive, hands-on session with concrete examples relevant to primary care research. Attendees can bring laptops to try techniques during live demos. The session will cover practical applications many researchers are curious about but haven’t known where to start.

Bio:
Dr Lei Clifton: Programme Director of the MSc in Applied Digital Health, Primary Care Department
Lei has 20+ years of experience at the intersection of medical statistics and AI. As Programme Director of the MSc in Applied Digital Health, she specialises in foundation models and large language models for healthcare, bringing expertise from engineering, machine learning, and medical statistics.

Dr Bradley Segal: DPhil candidate, Computational Health Informatics (CHI) Lab
Bradley is a Rhodes Scholar, practicing physician, and DPhil candidate from the CHI Lab in the Engineering Department. He specialises in AI applications in healthcare, from deep learning in medical imaging to large-scale patient analytics platforms. His clinical experience and healthcare technology ventures provide practical insights into implementing AI tools in real-world medical settings.

Gavin Hubbard: Senior Communications Manager with extensive AI experience
Gavin brings a unique perspective combining medical biochemistry background, 8+ years in drug development, and extensive science writing experience. He supports researchers in communicating their work to diverse audiences and has been exploring AI tools for research communication for several years, training NIHR communications professionals in LLM use since early 2023.

Registration:
forms.office.com/e/RcbjScFzyW?origin=lprLink – spaces are limited for the interactive format.