Richard Doll Seminars Archive: 2015 to 2016
Programme for academic year 2015 to 2016
Michaelmas 2015 (Oct to Dec), from 1-2 pm
The termcard for Michaelmas 2015 is available to download in PDF format here.
Conveners: Dr Emily Sammons (CTSU) and Dr Dexter Canoy (CEU)
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- 13 Oct Professor Lucilla Poston, King's College London: Obesity in pregnancy: of mice and women
- 20 Oct Dr Ben Goldacre, University of Oxford: Bad Science, AllTrials, and Big Data
- 27 Oct Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Streamlining clinical research
- 3 Nov Professor David Brenner, Columbia University Medical Center: The benefits and risks associated with CT scans
- 10 Nov Dr Manjinder Sandhu, University of Cambridge: The African Partnership for Chronic Disease Research (APCDR)
- 17 Nov Professor John Gallacher, University of Oxford: The Dementias Platform UK: integrating epidemiology and experimental medicine
- 24 Nov Professor Cyrus Cooper, University of Southampton and University of Oxford: CANCELLED
- 1 Dec Professor Zhengming Chen, University of Oxford: China Kadoorie Biobank: from population health to drug development
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Hilary 2016 (jan to mar), from 1-2 pm
The termcard for Hilary 2016 is available to download in PDF format here.
Conveners: Dr Emily Sammons (CTSU) and Dr Dexter Canoy (CEU)
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- 19 Jan Professor Jimmy Bell, University of Westminster: Fat fit and slim sick, new insights in body fat
- 26 Jan Professor Susan Jebb, University of Oxford: New evidence from trials to inform the management of obesity in routine care
- 2 Feb Professor Stephen Smith, University of Oxford: What information is in "Big Data" brain imaging?
- 9 Feb Professor Yoon Loke, University of East Anglia: Adverse events in clinical trials: If nothing happens, is everything alright?
- 16 Feb Professor Neil Poulter, Imperial College London: Investigating CVD risk factors: interpretation, misinterpretation, anecdotes and prospects
- 23 Feb Professor David Zaridze, Russian N.N. Blokhin Cancer Research Center, Moscow: Hazardous drinking: the main cause of Russian health crisis
- 1 Mar Professor Dame Linda Partridge, University College London: Intervening in ageing
- 8 Mar Professor Paul Roderick, University of Southampton: CANCELLED
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Trinity 2016 (Apr to Jun), from 1-2 pm
The termcard for Trinity 2016 is available to download in PDF format here.
Conveners: Dr Emily Sammons (CTSU) and Dr Dexter Canoy (CEU)
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- 26 Apr (Tue) Professor Jaakko Tuomilehto, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait: Prevention of type 2 diabetes - the scientific evidence [Litchfield Lecture]
- 4 May (Wed) Professor June M. Chan, University of California San Francisco: Developing the evidence base to impve prostate cancer survivorship
- 10 May (Tue) Professor Rebecca Hardy, University College London: A life course approach to cardiovascular ageing
- 12 May (Thu) Professor Michael Brauer, University of British Columbia, Canada: Health and the built environment: Challenges and prospects for cities of the future
- 17 May (Tue) Professor Anssi Auvinen, University of Tampere, Finland: Prostate cancer screening - examining the evidence
- 24 May (Tue) Professor Mark Woodward, The George Institute for Global Health - Oxford: Cardiovascular risk scores: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- 31 May (Tue) Professor David Hunter, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Understanding breast cancer risk
- 7 Jun (Tue) Professor Paul Pharoah, University of Cambridge: The genetic epidemiology of ovarian cancer
- 14 Jun (Tue) Professor Shaun Treweek, University of Aberdeen: Trial Forge, PRECIS-2 and how to design an efficient trial
- 17 Jun (Fri) Professor Liam Smeeth, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: Getting the best out of electronic health records