Seminars relevant to NDM Tropical Medicine members
Description: Tropical Medicine Seminars
Tropical Medicine Global Health Seminars
AfOx insaka
Health Systems Collaborative
Global Health DPhil Discourse
Medical Grand Rounds
Talks:

Monday 27 October 2025

Introduction to Presentation Skills (in-person)
Date: 27 October 2025, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker : Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 28 October 2025

CANCELLED Ethox Seminar - The Age of Health
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 28 October 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Alex Broadbent (Durham University)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lower Ground Seminar Room 0 and on Zoom
Organiser: Aileen Mooney (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 October 2025

Medical Grand Rounds - Ethics and Law
Date: 30 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Dominic Wilkinson
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street, JR Hospital
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Getting Started with Public Engagement with Research (online)
Date: 30 October 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Friday 31 October 2025

Developing next-generation vaccines against SARS-CoV-2: overcoming imprinting and improving breadth
Date: 31 October 2025, 9:15 - 10:00
Speaker : Alexander Sampson (Lambe Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organisers: Alina Bovtenko (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford), Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 3 November 2025

Using AI to find, analyse, and share information sources
Date: 3 November 2025, 9:30 - 12:00
Speaker s: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Miguel Arana-Catania (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: 7-19 Banbury Road, 13 Banbury Road OX2 6NN
Venue Details: Isis room
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 5 November 2025

How to do a Career Development Review, for reviewers (in-person)
Date: 5 November 2025, 9:30 - 11:00
Speaker : Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Thursday 6 November 2025

Get that grant
Date: 6 November 2025, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker : Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Viva practice and preparation
Date: 6 November 2025, 10:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Molly Grace (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Telling stories that matter: Communicating your research through story (in-person)
Date: 6 November 2025, 10:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Robert Holtom (Narrative Coach)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Medical Grand Rounds - Clinical Pharmacology
Date: 6 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr James Fullerton
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street, JR Hospital
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Monday 10 November 2025

Counting the dead (from infections) with lessons from India on malaria and HIV, and from Sierra Leone on malaria
Date: 10 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Prabhat Jha (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Host-pathogen interactions in the diseased lung
Date: 10 November 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Dr Josie Bryant (Wellcome Sanger Institute)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, seminar rooms 7 & 8, Lower Ground Floor
Organiser: Andrea Kastner (Department of Biology)
Host: Dr Craig Maclean (Department of Biology University of Oxford)

Thursday 13 November 2025

Medical Grand Rounds - Haematology
Date: 13 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street, JR Hospital
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Monday 17 November 2025

Introduction to Endnote for medicine
Date: 17 November 2025, 9:30 - 11:00
Speaker : Carolyn Smith (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

A Life Identification Number Barcoding (LIN Code) System for Neisseria meningitidis: High resolution multi-level typing of meningococci
Date: 17 November 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Dr Kasia Parfitt (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, seminar rooms 7 & 8, Lower Ground Floor
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Sam Sheppard (INEOS Oxford Institute and Department of Biology, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Introduction to Zotero for medicine
Date: 18 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:30
Speaker : Matthew Henry (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Science communication: An introduction to translating your research for a non-specialist audience
Date: 18 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Hannah McGivern (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Health Care Libraries - Cairns Library, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Beeson Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 19 November 2025

Get that job
Date: 19 November 2025, 9:30 - 13:00
Speaker : Suzi Black (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: tbc
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Thursday 20 November 2025

How to prepare for a Career Development Review, for reviewees (in-person)
Date: 20 November 2025, 9:30 - 11:00
Speaker : Jarlath Brine (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Your thesis, copyright & ORA
Date: 20 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker s: David Watson (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Thomas Mitchell (Bodleian Libraries)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Narrative CVs for Funding Applications
Date: 20 November 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker s: Mary Muers (Research Culture Facilitator, Medical Sciences Division), Kanza Basit (Senior Research Facilitator, Social Sciences Division), Gavin Bird (Research Facilitator, Earth Sciences), Dr Susan Black (Oxford University Careers Service)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Medical Grand Rounds - Medical Ophthalmology
Date: 20 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street, JR Hospital
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 November 2025

EndNote for referencing
Date: 21 November 2025, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker s: Oliver Bridle (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Hannah Medworth (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: 7-19 Banbury Road, 13 Banbury Road OX2 6NN
Venue Details: Isis room
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 24 November 2025

The evolution of rabbits and the myxoma virus: invasions, pandemics and resistance
Date: 24 November 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Prof Frank Jiggins (University of Cambridge)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, seminar rooms 7 & 8, Lower Ground Floor
Organiser: Andrea Kastner (Department of Biology)
Hosts: Prof Sunetra Gupta (Department of Biology University of Oxford), Dr Bridget Penman (Department of Biology University of Oxford)

Thursday 27 November 2025

Zotero for referencing
Date: 27 November 2025, 9:30 - 11:00
Speaker s: Andrew Kernot (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxord), Georgina Kiddy (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Medical Grand Rounds - Combined Surgical/Medical Grand Round
Date: 27 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street, JR Hospital
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Monday 1 December 2025

Development and use of enabling technologies to accelerate schistosome drug discovery​
Date: 1 December 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Prof Karl Hoffmann (Dept of Life Sciences Aberystwyth University)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, seminar rooms 7 & 8, Lower Ground Floor
Organiser: Andrea Kastner (Department of Biology)
Host: Prof Gabriel Rinaldi (Department of Biology, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 3 December 2025

Introduction to Endnote for medicine
Date: 3 December 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Carolyn Smith (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 4 December 2025

Medical Grand Rounds - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Date: 4 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Garry Tan
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street, JR Hospital
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

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)

Medical Grand Rounds - Gastroenterology
Date: 11 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street, JR Hospital
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 January 2025

Advanced presentation skills (in-person)
Date: 27 January 2026, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker : Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Monday 2 February 2025

Is the bacterial accessory genome adaptive?
Date: 2 February 2026, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Dr John Lees (Welcome Genome Campus Hinxton)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, seminar rooms 7 & 8, Lower Ground Floor
Organiser: Andrea Kastner (Department of Biology)
Host: Professor Sam Sheppard (INEOS Oxford Institute and Department of Biology, University of Oxford)

This list contains talks from the following series:
AfOx insaka - a gathering for sharing ideas and knowledge about Africa-focused research
AfOx insaka - a gathering for sharing ideas and knowledge about Africa-focused research
AMR surveillance best practices
Global Health DPhil Discourse
Health Systems Collaborative Skills Seminars
HIGH-Q Exchange Webinar Series
MSD Medical Grand Rounds
NDM Seminar Series
Tropical Medicine Global Health Seminars
Tropical Medicine Seminars