Thursday 9 October 2025

• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - AGM and Ambulatory Care - 'The unseen crisis'
  Dr Jasmine Gan, Dr Nicola Lovett, Prof Sarah Pendlebury
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds

Friday 10 October 2025

• 09:15 - Vaccines targeting rabies and EBV's class III fusion proteins
  In person only
  Dr Sandy Douglas (Jenner Institute, University of Oxford)
  MRC TIDU Friday Morning Lab Meetings

Monday 13 October 2025

• 13:00 - Ivermectin to control malaria - a cluster-randomised trial
  Professor Marta Maia (University of Oxford)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series
• 13:30 - Integrating Interdisciplinary Strategies to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance in Mycobacterial Diseases
  Prof Sanjib Bhakta (Birkbeck, University of London & UCL)

Thursday 16 October 2025

• 09:30 - Navigating Health and Solidarity: Refugee Perspectives and Practical Challenges
  Various Speakers
  Tropical Medicine Seminars
• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - Neurology
  Dr Simon Rinaldi
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds

Thursday 23 October 2025

• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - Clinical Immunology - 'Managing immunoglobulin demand and ensuring evidence-based use – the role of peer review'
  Dr Siraj Misbah, Ms Letty Yeung
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds

Monday 27 October 2025

• 09:30 - Introduction to Presentation Skills (in-person)
  The course will cover the key principles of planning and delivering a successful talk, and help to build your confidence. Each subject area in the MPLS Division has its own specific requirements for research presentations: please note that this course does not seek to address these.
  Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)

Thursday 30 October 2025

• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - Ethics and Law
  Prof Dominic Wilkinson
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds
• 14:00 - Getting Started with Public Engagement with Research (online)
  This session provides an introduction to public engagement for anyone interested in getting started or looking for a bit of inspiration.
  Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 5 November 2025

• 09:30 - How to do a Career Development Review, for reviewers (in-person)
  Regular meaningful Career Development Reviews are an important part of developing a positive research culture.
  Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)

Thursday 6 November 2025

• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - Clinical Pharmacology
  Dr James Fullerton
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds

Monday 10 November 2025

• 13:30 - Host-pathogen interactions in the diseased lung
  Dr Josie Bryant (Wellcome Sanger Institute)

Thursday 13 November 2025

• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - Haematology
  TBA
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds

Wednesday 19 November 2025

• 09:30 - Get that job
  An interactive workshop for researchers on making successful job applications.
  Suzi Black (University of Oxford)

Thursday 20 November 2025

• 09:30 - How to prepare for a Career Development Review, for reviewees (in-person)
  A positive Career Development Review conversation can play a really positive role in your professional development.
  Jarlath Brine (University of Oxford)
• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - Medical Ophthalmology
  TBA
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds

Monday 24 November 2025

• 13:30 - The evolution of rabbits and the myxoma virus: invasions, pandemics and resistance
  Prof Frank Jiggins (University of Cambridge)

Thursday 27 November 2025

• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - Combined Surgical/Medical Grand Round
  TBA
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds

Monday 1 December 2025

• 13:30 - Development and use of enabling technologies to accelerate schistosome drug discovery​
  Prof Karl Hoffmann (Dept of Life Sciences Aberystwyth University)

Thursday 4 December 2025

• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  Dr Garry Tan
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds

Thursday 11 December 2025

• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - Gastroenterology
  TBA
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds

Tuesday 27 January 2025

• 09:30 - Advanced presentation skills (in-person)
  This session is for people who have experience of presentations and want to hone their skills.
  Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)

Monday 2 February 2025

• 13:30 - Is the bacterial accessory genome adaptive?
  Dr John Lees (Welcome Genome Campus Hinxton)