Global Health events
Description: All global health related seminars, events, talks and workshops
Talks:

Wednesday 28 January 2025

PSI guest seminar: Speakers from Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Senegal
Date: 28 January 2026, 15:30 - 16:30
Speaker s: Dr Emily Adams (University of Oxford), Dr Ibrahima Socé Fall (Director of Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD), Senegal), Dr Cheikh Tidiane Diagne (MD DiaTropix, IPD, Senegal), Dr Joe Fitchett (IPD, Senegal)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: The Centre for Human Genetics - Room A/B, Old Road Campus, Headington, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7BN
Organisers: Dr Emily Adams (University of Oxford), Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host: Pandemic Sciences Institute

Thursday 29 January 2025

AMR tools and resources: An introduction for health professionals and researchers
Date: 29 January 2026, 9:30 - 11:00
Speaker s: Rachael Otuko (University of Oxford), Dr Esther van Kleef (University of Oxford), Dr Barney McManigal (University of Oxford), Anna Nebykova (university of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: The Global Health Network (TGHN) (University of Oxford), The Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (GRAM) Project (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

AMR tools and resources: An introduction for health professionals and researchers
Date: 29 January 2026, 15:00 - 16:30
Speaker s: Rachael Otuko (University of Oxford), Dr Esther van Kleef (University of Oxford), Dr Barney McManigal (University of Oxford), Anna Nebykova (university of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: The Global Health Network (TGHN) (University of Oxford), The Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (GRAM) Project (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 February 2025

Sex, drugs, and Shigella: connecting pathogen evolution to public health outcomes
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

Lithic New York: Scientific Groundings of the Metropolis in the Age of Revolutions (Soils, Surfaces, Depths)
Date: 2 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Stéphane van Damme (MFO)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 February 2025

AfOx Insaka
Date: 6 February 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker s: Professor June Bam (University of Johannesburg), Dr. Theofrida J. Maginga (Sokoine University of Agriculture)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub
Organisers: TBA
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

Disease and the Dead Body in Britain in the Long-Eighteenth Century
Date: 9 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Eleanor Kerfoot (Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 16 February 2025

Chronic Constitutions: Experts, Disease Risks and Remaking Indian Bodies in Post Colonial India (1940-70s)
Date: 16 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Kavita Sivaramakrishnan (Columbia)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 February 2025

PSI seminar: ‘From local to continental: how vector ecology shapes tick‑borne disease emergence in Europe’ presented by Dr Helen Esser
Date: 17 February 2026, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Helen Esser (Assistant Professor, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation group, Wageningen University)
Venue Details: Hybrid event: MS Teams or The Richard Doll Building Lecture Theatre, Old Road Campus.
Organisers: James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow), Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host: Pandemic Sciences Institute

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

The Mental After-Care Association, Recovery and Psychotherapy
Date: 23 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Hannah Blythe (Leeds)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
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

Popular Science Writing: Literary Approaches
Date: 2 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Michael Whitworth (Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
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

The quantification of famine in the British Empire, 1770-1801
Date: 9 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : John Lidwell-Durnin (Exeter)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 11 March 2025

PSI seminar: 'What makes evidence credible in policymaking?’ presented by Kathryn Oliver
Date: 11 March 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Kathryn Oliver (Professor of Evidence and Policy, LSHTM)
Venue Details: Hybrid event. MS Teams or LG 1 Seminar room, Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus Oxford OX3 7LF.
Organisers: James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow), Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host: Pandemic Sciences Institute

Thursday 12 March 2025

21st Annual Oxford Vaccine Group Immunisation Seminar
Date: 12 March 2026, 9:00 - 16:00
Speaker s: Professor Sir Andrew Pollard (Oxford Vaccine Group), Dr Dominic Kelly (Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford), Dr Robert Shaw (Oxford Vaccine Group), Professor George Warimwe (Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, University of Oxford), Professor Malick Gibani (Imperial College London), Dr James Gilchrist (University of Oxford), Professor Chrissie Jones (University of Southampton), Professor Simon Drysdale (Oxford Vaccine Group), Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam (UK Health Security Agency), Dr Kat Pollock (Oxford Vaccine Group), Charlie Firth (xford Vaccine Group), Professor Stefan Flasche (CharitéCenter for Global Health, Berlin)
Venue Details: University Suite
Organiser: Clara Lloyd (Conference Organiser, Oxford Vaccine Group)
Host: Karen Ford (Oxford Vaccine Group)

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