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 19 May 2025

From Meningococcus to Gonococcus: The Journey of Vaccine Development and Cross-Protection
Date: 19 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Mariagrazia Pizza (Imperial College London)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Insight into Academia: Roles, CVs & Applications
Date: 19 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Panel Discussion: 'What turns spillovers into epidemics?'
Date: 19 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Research Data Management (in-person)
Date: 20 May 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Oliver Bridle (Radcliffe Science Library, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: LR6, Engineering
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 21 May 2025

Advanced presentation skills (in-person)
Date: 21 May 2025, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker : Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
Venue Details: LR6, Engineering
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Gender and intersectional analysis in health systems research: Lessons for studies in African hospitals - Webinar
Date: 21 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Dr Bintu Mansaray (University of Bristol), Prof. Ivy Lynn Bourgeault (University of Ottawa), Evelyn Kabia (KEMRI-Wellcome Trust)
Organisers: Yingxi Zhao (Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford), Claire-Lise Kessler (University of Oxford)
Host: Yingxi Zhao (Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford)

Thursday 22 May 2025

Medical Grand Rounds - Psychological Medicine - 'Bench to bedside: Implementation of SMaRT Oncology RCT into everyday practice in the cancer centre and beyond'
Date: 22 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Dr Luke Solomons, Dr Lindsay Carpenter
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital - Main Building, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

MIDD’s Growing Role in Global Health: A Case Study of Primaquine Exposures in Lactating Women and Breastfed Infants
Date: 22 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker s: Dr Karen Rowland-Yeo (Certara), Prof Joel Tarning (MORU), Dr Mellie Gilder (MORU), Dr Nada Abla Geiser (Medicines for Malaria Venture)
Organiser: Claire-Lise Kessler (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 May 2025

AI & Global Health
Date: 27 May 2025, 9:00 - 10:30
Speaker s: Dr Chris Paton (University of Oxford), Dr Pratap Kumar (UCL & Strathmore)
Organiser: Katherine Kalaris (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Introduction to Presentation Skills (in-person)
Date: 27 May 2025, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker : Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: LR6, Engineering
Organiser: James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Get that fellowship (in-person)
Date: 27 May 2025, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker s: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division), Zoe Lee (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Centenary Room, Careers Service
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

"Wicked" problems in public health: epidemics, climate change, and migration
Date: 27 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Caroline Buckee (Harvard University)
Venue: Biology South Parks Road, South Parks Road OX1 3RB
Venue Details: Biology building South Parks Road (former Plants Sciences Building), Large Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Prof Sunetra Gupta (Department of Biology)

Thursday 29 May 2025

Putting stories to work
Date: 29 May 2025, 10:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Robert Holtom (Narrative Coach)
Venue Details: ZOOM
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Medical Grand Rounds - Infectious Diseases - 'Sepsis: making sense of guidelines, management and underlying mechanisms'
Date: 29 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Dr Andrew McCallum, Dr Clare Hird, Ms Felicity Phillips, Dr Ping Zhang
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital - Main Building, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 June 2025

Spatial interaction models for the spread of species and diseases
Date: 2 June 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : John M Drake (University of Georgia/USA)
Venue: Biology Mansfield Road, 11a Mansfield Road OX1 3SZ
Venue Details: Biology building 11a Mansfield Road, OX1 3SZ, Seminar room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: Sunetra Gupta (University of Oxford), Tim Coulson (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Scientific Writing: Getting Your Paper Published (in-person)
Date: 3 June 2025, 9:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
Venue: Careers Service, 56 Banbury Road OX2 6PA
Venue Details: Centenary Room, Careers Service
Organiser: James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 4 June 2025

Three Minute Thesis - The Oxford Final
Date: 4 June 2025, 10:00 - 12:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Careers Service, 56 Banbury Road OX2 6PA
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Thursday 5 June 2025

Interviewing for podcasts
Date: 5 June 2025, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker : Emily Elias (Podcast Producer)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Medical Grand Rounds - Obstetric Medicine
Date: 5 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 June 2025

Towards a new treatment for tuberculosis
Date: 9 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Stewart Cole (Oxford, IOI; Institut Pasteur)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Tuesday 10 June 2025

Time Management
Date: 10 June 2025, 10:00 - 12:00
Speaker s: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford), James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: zoom
Organiser: James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Viva practice and preparation
Date: 10 June 2025, 10:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Emma Williams (EJW Solutions Ltd.)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Technologies in Medicines Quality
Date: 10 June 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker s: Paul Newton (University of Oxford), Dr Celine Caillet (IDDO, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Katherine Kalaris (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

You and your Supervisor
Date: 10 June 2025, 14:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr Emma Williams (EJW Solutions Ltd.)
Venue Details: online
Organiser: James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 11 June 2025

Getting started in policy engagement (in-person)
Date: 11 June 2025, 10:00 - 12:00
Speaker s: Naomi Gibson (Medical Sciences Division), Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
Venue: Radcliffe Science Library, off Parks Road OX1 3QP
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Completing Your DPhil (in-person)
Date: 11 June 2025, 14:00 - 17:00
Speaker s: Professor Dimitra Rigopoulou (University of Oxford), Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Venue Details: LR6, Engineering
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Thursday 12 June 2025

Podcast your science (in-person)
Date: 12 June 2025, 9:30 - 16:30
Speaker : Emily Elias (Podcast Producer)
Venue Details: LR6, Engineering
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Medical Grand Rounds - Sports, Exercise and Rehabilitation Medicine
Date: 12 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 June 2025

Preparing for the academic interview process (for Researchers)
Date: 13 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 16 June 2025

The burden of drug resistant infections, the GRAM project
Date: 16 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Christiane Dolecek (Oxford, NDM)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

The transcriptional architecture of developing schistosomes
Date: 16 June 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Matt Berriman (University of Glasgow)
Venue: Biology Mansfield Road, 11a Mansfield Road OX1 3SZ
Venue Details: Biology building 11a Mansfield Road, OX1 3SZ, Seminar room
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Gabriel Rinaldi (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 18 June 2025

Networking: A strategic approach (in-person)
Date: 18 June 2025, 9:30 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
Venue Details: LR2, Engineering, Thom Building
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Thursday 19 June 2025

Getting Started with Public Engagement with Research (online)
Date: 19 June 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: ONLINE
Organiser: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Medical Grand Rounds - Respiratory - 'Neutralising the neutrophil: new therapies in airway disease'
Date: 19 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor James Chalmers
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 June 2025

Clinical decision support: Examples from Viet Nam in dengue management and the South and Southeast Asian Community-based Trials Network (SEACTN) in Thailand
Date: 24 June 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker : Dr Chanh Ho Quang (OUCRU)
Organiser: Katherine Kalaris (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 26 June 2025

Medical Grand Rounds - Genitourinary Medicine - '’Oropharyngeal gonorrhoea infection: Where Mathematical Modelling and Sex Parties Meet'
Date: 26 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Dr Nell Freeman Romilly, Dr Karan Dahele, Ms Katherine Whitaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 3 July 2025

Medical Grand Rounds - Palliative Care/Pain
Date: 3 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 8 July 2025

Innovations in epilepsy diagnosis in Kenya
Date: 8 July 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker s: Professor Arjune Sen (Head of the Oxford Epilepsy Research Group), Dr Symon Kariuki (Africa Population and Health Research Centre,)
Organiser: Katherine Kalaris (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 10 July 2025

Medical Grand Rounds - Renal Medicine
Date: 10 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 17 July 2025

Medical Grand Rounds - Infectious Diseases
Date: 17 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 24 July 2025

Medical Grand Rounds - Stroke Medicine
Date: 24 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 31 July 2025

Medical Grand Rounds - Dermatology
Date: 31 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Rubeta Matin
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

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