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Global Health events
Description: All global health related seminars, events, talks and workshops
Talks:
Monday 24 November 2025
Infectious disease challenges over time, the rise of zoonoses, and the impact on health today
Date: 24 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Astrid Iversen (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
Marie Curie and public histories of science
Date: 24 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
s:
Sarah Dry (Oxford),
Stéphane van Damme (CNRS/MFO)
Venue Details: Maison Française d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Rd, Oxford OX2 6SE
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 27 November 2025
New Medicines towards malaria elimination
Date: 27 November 2025, 10:15 - 11:00
Speaker
:
Dr Cristina Donini (Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Geneva)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Lisbeth Soederberg (University of Oxford, Jenner Institute)
Hosts:
TBA
An introduction to the UK Civil Service and routes from academia into science policy
Date: 27 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Dr Helena Dodd (FCDO, UK Government)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lower Ground Seminar Room 1
Organiser:
Jane Itzhaki (Training and Career Development Lead)
Host:
Jane Itzhaki (Training and Career Development Lead)
Monday 1 December 2025
Optimising global frameworks for pandemic relevant research
Date: 1 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Alice Norton (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
Anxious nurses and forgotten patients: psychoanalysing the hospital in mid-century Britain
Date: 1 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Grace Whorrall-Campbell (Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Seminar Room 00.063, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Integrating epilepsy into maternal health systems: lessons from Nepal and global insights
Date: 1 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker
s:
Deepesha Silpakar (Nepal Public Health Foundation),
Dr Mahesh Kumar Maskey (Nepal Public Health Foundation),
Professor Jane Hirst (Imperial College London),
Professor Arjune Sen (Head of the Oxford Epilepsy Research Group)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser:
Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 3 December 2025
PSI seminar: ‘Vaccine Development Evaluation Centre (VDEC): Countermeasure development to licensure in support of pandemic preparedness’ presented by Dr Bassam Hallis
Date: 3 December 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Dr Bassam Hallis (UK Health Security Agency)
Venue Details: Hybrid event. MS Teams or Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine (IDRM), Old Road Campus, University of Oxford.
Organisers:
James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow),
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host:
Pandemic Sciences Institute
Monday 19 January 2025
Using human genetics to understand the causes and consequences of childhood infection
Date: 19 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr James Gilchrist (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
Monday 26 January 2025
Recent advances in bioconjugate development including Streptococcus pneumoniae and Group A Streptococcus
Date: 26 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Brendan Wren (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser:
Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 2 February 2025
The rise and rise of extensively drug resistant Shigella
Date: 2 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Kate Baker (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser:
Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 9 February 2025
What are the population genetic signatures of co-evolution between human leukocyte antigens and pathogens?
Date: 9 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Bridget Penman (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
Monday 23 February 2025
Improving the treatment of TB/TB meningitis
Date: 23 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Guy Thwaites (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
Monday 2 March 2025
Nipah virus vaccine development
Date: 2 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Brian Angus (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
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
Do we still get diphtheria in the UK?
Date: 9 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr David Litt (UKHSA)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser:
Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 27 April 2025
Adeno-associated virus and hepatitis: cause or bystander?
Date: 27 April 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Judith Breuer (University College London)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser:
Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 11 May 2025
Early measles vaccination in Ugandan infants – an RCT
Date: 11 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Merryn Voysey (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Organiser:
Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 18 May 2025
IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Date: 18 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
s:
Dr Mehrunisha Suleman (University of Oxford),
Dr Josh Jones (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser:
Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 1 June 2025
IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Date: 1 June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor David Goldblatt (University College London)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser:
Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 8 June 2025
IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Date: 8 June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Charlene Rodrigues (LSHTM and St Marys Hospital London)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser:
Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 15 June 2025
Group B Streptococcus and other difficult to license vaccines – what is the problem?
Date: 15 June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Kirsty Mehring-Le Doare (World Health Organisation & St. George's)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser:
Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts:
TBA
This list contains talks from the following series:
AfOx insaka - a gathering for sharing ideas and knowledge about Africa-focused research
Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation
Global Health DPhil Discourse
HIGH-Q Exchange Webinar Series
IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series
Infectious Disease Seminar Series
Jenner Seminars
Management in Medicine seminar seies
Oxford Centre for the History of Science Medicine & Technology (OCHSMT) Seminars and Events
OxPop Festival of Global Health
Pandemic Sciences Institute seminar series
The Construction of Ageing
Translating Illness
Tropical Medicine Global Health Seminars
Tropical Medicine Seminars