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

Thursday 16 October 2025

Navigating Health and Solidarity: Refugee Perspectives and Practical Challenges
Date: 16 October 2025, 9:30 - 11:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Organisers: Dr. Julian Natukunda (Global Health Solidarity Project, University of Oxford), Professor Caesar Atuire (University of Oxford), Claire-Lise Kessler (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr. Julian Natukunda (Global Health Solidarity Project, University of Oxford), Professor Caesar Atuire (University of Oxford)

Friday 17 October 2025

Ivermectin to Control Malaria —A Cluster-Randomized Trial
Date: 17 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Marta Maia (Oxford Global Health / KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Lower Ground Floor
Organiser: Lisbeth Soederberg (University of Oxford, Jenner Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 20 October 2025

The Science of Why Human Excrement Matters. Pierre Leroux and the circulus
Date: 20 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Michael Drolet (Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 0.018, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 October 2025

PSI seminar: ‘Quantifying social and environmental drivers of health in vulnerable communities from the Amazon to Ahmedabad’ presented by Professor Caroline Buckee
Date: 21 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Professor Caroline Buckee (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: St Cross College lecture theatre
Organisers: James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow), Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host: Pandemic Sciences Institute

Thursday 23 October 2025

Immunodominance in B Cell responses to Influenza A Virus: Challenges and Opportunities for Vaccine Development
Date: 23 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Organiser: Lisbeth Soederberg (University of Oxford, Jenner Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 27 October 2025

Regulation of Anglo-American medical education and its effects on educational cultures
Date: 27 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Susan Lamb (Ottawa)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 0.018, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 October 2025

PSI guest seminar: ‘AI for antibody design - going beyond the static’ presented by Professor Charlotte Deane
Date: 30 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Prof. Charlotte Deane (University of Oxford)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Hybrid event, MS Teams or Richard Doll Building - lecture theatre. The Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Headington, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7LF.
Organisers: James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow), Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host: Pandemic Sciences Institute

Monday 3 November 2025

Using digital health technologies to optimise antimicrobial use
Date: 3 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Timothy Rawson (Imperial College London)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

From Teatime to TV: 200 Years of Science Communication at the Royal Institution
Date: 3 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Katy Duncan (Royal Institution)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 0.018, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 November 2025

Discussion Panel on "Novel Perspectives on How to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance"
Date: 6 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: St Cross Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
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

Multispecies Interactions in bridging Folk and Biomedical Knowledge: hookworm, roundworm and wormweed in Jamaica, 1913-1936
Date: 10 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Jonathan David Roberts (Leeds)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 0.018, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 12 November 2025

Oxford Global Health Summit. "Collaboration across Boundaries"
Date: 12 November 2025, 15:00 - 18:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: The Life and Mind Building, University of Oxford
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 14 November 2025

Oxford Water Day
Date: 14 November 2025, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Saïd Business School, Park End Street OX1 1HP
Organiser: Oxford Water Network
Hosts: TBA

Monday 17 November 2025

Advancing point-of-care diagnostics through innovation
Date: 17 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Jesus Rodriguez-Manzano (Imperial College London)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Baconian Alchemy: Making Gold in the Novum organum and the Sylva (Co-organised with the research project NOTCOM, at the Maison Française d’Oxford)
Date: 17 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Daniel Garber (Princeton)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 0.018, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 18 November 2025

PSI seminar: 'Globalization, global change and emerging infectious diseases' presented by Professor John Drake
Date: 18 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor John Drake (Oliver Smithies Visiting Fellow)
Venue Details: Hybrid event. Online or Oxford Martin School - lecture theatre Address: Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford 34 Broad Street Oxford OX1 3BD
Organisers: James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow), Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host: Pandemic Sciences Institute

Wednesday 19 November 2025

Title TBC
Date: 19 November 2025, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker : Dr Vasee Moorthy (WHO)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Lisbeth Soederberg (University of Oxford, Jenner Institute)
Hosts: TBA

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 Iverson (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

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: Room 0.018, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 3 December 2025

PSI seminar: Bassam Hallis
Date: 3 December 2025, 11:00 - 12:30
Speaker : Dr Bassam Hallis (UK Health Security Agency)
Venue Details: Hybrid event. MS Teams or Big Data Institute - seminar rooms 0&1, BDI, Old Road Campus, OX3 7LF.
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

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
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

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
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

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