Monday 11 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 10:00 - iSkills for Medicine: An introduction to science communication: Translating your research for a non-specialist audience
  Hannah McGivern (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills for Medical Sciences and OUH Trust - workshops in information discovery and reference management for the Medical Sciences
• 11:30 - A Research Program on COVID-19: Three Examples
  Torsten Persson (Stockholm University)
  Political Economy Seminar
• 13:00 - mRNA vaccines for infections and beyond
  Prof Matthew Snape (Moderna)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

Wednesday 13 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 09:30 - Introduction to Good Clinical Research Practice (GCRP)
  Various Speakers

Thursday 14 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 10:00 - Telling stories that matter: Communicating your research through story
  Discover more about how to craft and apply storytelling skills to communicate your research.
  Robert Holtom (Narrative Coach)
• 12:00 - Moving on from Academia (Research Staff Only)
  Various Speakers
• 13:00 - Deep screening for antibody discovery
  This is a hybrid event - with the speaker attending in-person and viewable on Teams.
  Dr Philipp Holliger (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
  WIMM THURSDAY SEMINARS
• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - Week 11: Haematology
  TBA
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds

Monday 18 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 11:00 - iSkills for Medicine: Introduction to Endnote
  Carolyn Smith (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills for Medical Sciences and OUH Trust - workshops in information discovery and reference management for the Medical Sciences
• 12:00 - Introduction to public involvement in research
  This session will take place on Teams and you will be sent the joining link after registering
  Polly Kerr (University of Oxford), Angeli Vaid (Oxford BRC), Una Rennard (Applied Research Collaboration Oxford & TV)
• 13:00 - Fake vaccines: The problem - and finding solutions
  Prof Nicole Zitzmann (Oxford, Biochemistry/Kavli INsD)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

Tuesday 19 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 09:30 - The development of enteric fever vaccine
  Dr Xinxue Liu
  CAMS Oxford Institute Seminars
• 12:00 - "How to predict the next pandemic pathogen"
  This talk is for PSI staff and students. Members of the University who are not at the PSI are welcome to join, but please contact us beforehand to let us know (events.psi@ndm.ox.ac.uk).
  Dr Dalan Bailey (Pirbright Institute)
  Pandemic Sciences Institute seminar series
• 12:30 - Chinese global messaging campaigns on Western social media platforms
  Dr Naima Green-Riley (Princeton University)
  Oxford Martin School Events
• 13:00 - Epidemiology and Our Future Health
  Professor David Hunter (University of Oxford)
  Richard Doll Seminars
• 14:00 - 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.
  Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
• 15:00 - Open Scholarship: Your thesis, copyright and ORA
  David Watson (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Thomas Mitchell (Bodleian Libraries)
  Open Scholarship
• 17:00 - "The most Common and Fatal of all Diseases". Histories of Fever, 1770-1830
  Stefanie Gaenger (Heidelberg)
  Modern European History Seminar
• 17:30 - Black Women at Oxbridge: exhibition and panel discussion
  Dami Folayan (panel to be confirmed)

Thursday 21 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 09:30 - Scientific Writing: Getting Your Paper Published (in-person)
  This course will look at the aspects you need to consider when constructing your paper; demystify peer reviewed journals by giving insider insights from science journal editors and show you what they really want.
  Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
• 12:00 - From COVID-19 to MPox: lessons from the humanities?
  Dr Erica Charters (University of Oxford), Utsa Bose, Dr Alberto Giubilini (The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics), Dr Tolulope Osayomi (University of Ibadan), Mofeyisara Omobowale
• 12:30 - Narrative CVs for Funding Applications
  Mary Muers (Research Culture Facilitator, Medical Sciences Division), Tanita Casci (Director, Research Strategy & Policy Unit, University of Oxford), Kanza Basit (Senior Research Facilitator, Social Sciences Division), Dr Susan Black (Oxford University Careers Service), Gavin Bird (Research Facilitator, Earth Sciences)
• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - Week 12: Medical Ophthalmology
  Dr Samantha de Silva
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds
• 17:00 - Fighting misinformation on social media: the role of economic research
  Professor Sergei Guriev (Dean, London Business School)
  Oxford Martin School Events

Friday 22 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 09:15 - Can infection confer protection? Identifying determinants of response and toxicity to checkpoint immunotherapy
  in-person only
  Professor Benjamin Fairfax (University of Oxford)
  MRC TIDU Friday Morning Lab Meetings

Monday 25 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - The potential of vaccination to prevent congenital CMV
  Dr Seilesh Kadambari (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

Tuesday 26 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 09:30 - Thesis and report writing (in-person)
  The thesis and report writing course is relevant for research students at any stage.
  Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
• 13:00 - Risk factors for dementia in the Million Women Study
  Dr Sarah Floud (University of Oxford)
  Richard Doll Seminars

Wednesday 27 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - “An Imperfect Storm: A Pandemic and the Coming of Age of a Nigerian Institution” by Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu
  Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu (World Health Organization)
  Pandemic Sciences Institute seminar series

Thursday 28 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 10:00 - Putting stories to work
  This builds on the introductory workshop (Telling Stories that Matter) and introduces new elements of great storytelling including clarity, summary and message.
  Robert Holtom (Narrative Coach)
• 12:00 - Towards a liveable planet: land, energy and food system transitions
  Professor Paul Behrens (British Academy Global Professor)
  Oxford Martin School Events
• 13:00 - Insight into Academia: Teaching in Higher Education
  Various Speakers
• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - Week 13: Oncology
  Dr Elizabeth Smyth
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds

Friday 29 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 09:15 - A therapeutic atlas of inflammatory bowel disease
  in-person only
  Professor Calliope Dendrou (University of Oxford)
  MRC TIDU Friday Morning Lab Meetings
• 11:00 - Precision medicine and the immune response: insights from infection
  this is a hybrid event - please email marie-laure.foisneau-bates@ludwig.ox.ac.uk for zoom details
  Prof Julian Knight (Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
  Ludwig Institute Seminar Series
• 12:00 - 'A History of Herd Immunity: Between Observation and Cultivation' AND 'The Long-term Context of Medical Debates: A History of Herd Immunity'
  In person
  Dr David Robertson (University of Oxford), Prof Erica Charters (University of Oxford)
  Kennedy Institute Seminars

Thursday 5 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 09:30 - Interviewing for podcasts (online)
  You are behind the mic, ready to record your first podcast ... but wait! What do you ask? This hands-on training session helps you navigate the world of podcast interviews.
  Emily Elias (Podcast Producer)
• 09:30 - Interview and Presentation Skills for Researchers
  Various Speakers
• 13:00 - Securing an Internship as a postgraduate student or a researcher
  Various Speakers
• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - Week 14: Endocrine, Diabetes and Metabolism
  TBA
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds

Thursday 12 December 2024 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - Week 15: Tropical Medicine
  TBA
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds