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Talks of interest to the Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health
Description: This collection contains talks covering topics relevant to the research areas of Women’s & Reproductive Health.
Talks:
Tuesday 16 December 2025
A practical guide to using Secure Data Environments
Date: 16 December 2025, 12:15 - 16:00
Speaker
s:
Edward Burn (NDORMS, University of Oxford),
Bernardo Meza-Torres (CIHORG),
Kerry Woods (Thames Valley & Surrey Secure Data Environment),
Jim Davies (Thames Valley & Surrey Secure Data Environment),
Sophie North (Our Future Health)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: LG1 Seminar Room, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LF
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
OXSTAT (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 13 January 2025
Tools for environmentally sustainable health research: opportunities, challenges and open questions
Date: 13 January 2026, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Ground Floor Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Dr Federica Lucivero (University of Oxford)
Host:
The Ethox Centre
Wednesday 14 January 2025
Bayesian machine learning enables discovery of risk factors for hepatosplenic multimorbidity related to schistosomiasis
Date: 14 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Dr Yin-Cong Zhi (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser:
Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Dr Aiden Doherty (University of Oxford),
Dr Anya Topiwala (University of Oxford)
Monday 19 January 2025
Studying Navigation in Cities and on the Ocean
Date: 19 January 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor Hugo Spiers (UCL)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)
Thursday 22 January 2025
Dementia risk prediction and prevention: value of observational studies
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 22 January 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Dr Thomas Littlejohns (Nuffield Department of Population Health)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers:
Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford),
Professor Masud Husain (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford)
Monday 26 January 2025
Computation, neuromodulation and mental health relationships in affective decision-making
Date: 26 January 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Miriam Klein-Flügge (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 27 January 2025
TBC
Date: 27 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Prof Neil Davies (UCL)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Joanna Blaszczyk (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Sam Morris (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Michael Turner (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Dr Michelle Goonasekera (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 30 January 2025
HDRUK Oxford: Clinical Trials and Health Systems Data Masterclass
Date: 30 January 2026, 12:00 - 16:30
Speaker
s:
Professor Ly-Mee Yu (Primary Care Clinical Trials Unit),
Associate Professor Marion Mafham (Oxford Population Health),
Professor David Preiss (Oxford Population Health),
Dr Charlie Harper (Oxford Population Health, University of Oxford),
Ms Lucy Cureton (Primary Care Clinical Trials Unit)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organiser:
Natasha Sahgal (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Natasha Sahgal (University of Oxford),
Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Monday 2 February 2025
Psychology, Digital Data and the Study of Behaviour: A Golden Age for Social Psychology?
Date: 2 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor Mark Levine (Lancaster Univeristy)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Shelley McKeown-Jones (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 3 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 3 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Prof Patrick Mark (University of Glasgow)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Joanna Blaszczyk (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Sam Morris (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Michael Turner (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Dr Michelle Goonasekera (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 4 February 2025
Using Hospital Episode Statistics Admitted Patient Care(HESAPC) data for research
Date: 4 February 2026, 11:00 - 13:30
Speaker
s:
Dr Charlie Harper (Oxford Population Health, University of Oxford),
Raph Goldacre (Oxford Population Health)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser:
Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 9 February 2025
Where is my coffee cup? Spatial coding of objects in naturalistic environments
Date: 9 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Prof. Dr. Katja Fiehler (University Giessen)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Dejan Draschkow (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 10 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 10 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Parminder Judge
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Joanna Blaszczyk (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Sam Morris (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Michael Turner (NDPH, University of Oxford),
Dr Michelle Goonasekera (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 23 February 2025
A Gentle Introduction to Python
Date: 23 February 2026, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker
:
Matthieu Miossec (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser:
Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 26 February 2025
Combining Machine Learning (ML) with Medical Statistics - A Worked Example
Date: 26 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
s:
Dr Lei Clifton (University of Oxford),
Greg Simond (University of Oxford),
Dr Joshua Fieggen (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser:
Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Lei Clifton (University of Oxford)
Monday 2 March 2025
Neural underpinnings of language abilities in individuals who have lost the autism diagnosis
Date: 2 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor Inge-Marie Eigsti (University of Connecticut)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Kate Nation (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 4 March 2025
IDEU Symposium 2026
Date: 4 March 2026, 9:30 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organiser:
Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host:
Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Monday 9 March 2025
ECR - Fire Talks
Date: 9 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Tsvetomira Dumbalska (University of Oxford),
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)
Monday 27 April 2025
From perception and language to knowledge representation in primate brains
Date: 27 April 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor Yanchao Bi (Peking University)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Kate Watkins (University of Oxford)
Monday 18 May 2025
Anne Treisman Lecture 2026
Date: 18 May 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor Susan Carey (Harvard University)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Robin Murphy (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Monday 8 June 2025
Confidence judgments of perceptual and motor decisions
Date: 8 June 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Dr Pascal Mamassian (École normale supérieure)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)
Monday 15 June 2025
ECR Fire Talks
Date: 15 June 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Tsvetomira Dumbalska (University of Oxford),
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)
This list contains talks from the following series:
Women in Science