Oxford Open Doors
Saturday, 08 September 2018, 10am to 4pm
University of Oxford Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7LF
The Nuffield Department of Population Health will be open to the public as part of this year's Open Doors event.
Visit the Richard Doll Building to
- learn about the department's world-leading health research
- see our laboratories
- take part in family-friendly hands-on scientific activities
- listen to a series of 10 minute talks on the causes, prevention and treatment of common diseases.
| 11:00 | Introduction by Head of Department Professor Sir Rory Collins |
| 11:15 | What is a clinical trial and how do we do them? Dr Richard Haynes |
| 11:25 | Sleep, physical activity and their health consequences: a population health perspective Dr Aiden Doherty |
| 11:35 | Reducing unnecessary antibiotic use by giving patients good information Dr Laurence Roope |
| 14:00 | Introduction by Head of Department Professor Sir Rory Collins |
| 14:15 | The Million Women Study Professor Dame Valerie Beral |
| 14:25 | Don’t forget to call your parents! Examining the effects of social isolation on heart disease and stroke among UK adults. Rob Smith, D.Phil. student |
| 14:35 | How can we determine what all the effects of statins really are? Dr Christina Reith |
| 14:45 | What are the benefits of breastfeeding in the UK today? Professor Maria Quigley |
By bus
- 900 bus service from Thornhill Park and Ride – Approximately 15 minutes travel time.
- 700 bus service from Oxford Parkway - Approximately 30 minutes travel time.
- 4A/B/C service from Oxford City Centre and U5 Brookes Bus from Oxford City Centre/Marston. The Lime Walk stop is a 5 minute walk from the Old Road Campus.
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Forthcoming events
Will the next pandemic be caused by H5N1 influenza?
Monday, 02 June 2025, 1pm to 2pm @ Richard Doll Lecture Theatre
The world is currently experiencing a panzootic of H5N1 influenza. Wild birds have carried the virus across all continents and an unprecedented number of mammalian species have been infected including humans. What will it take for this virus to go pandemic, and does the introduction of the virus into dairy herds in USA bring that one step closer? Wendy will discuss the current knowledge on host range barriers that protect us from more frequent zoonoses and pandemic from bird flu, and show how we can use this scientific knowledge to risk assess the current situation.
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Tuesday, 03 June 2025, 1pm to 2pm @ Richard Doll lecture theatre
Better treatment for tuberculosis
Monday, 09 June 2025, 1pm to 2pm @ BDI/OxPop Building LG seminar rooms
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Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 1pm to 2pm @ Richard Doll Lecture Theatre
The burden of drug resistant infections, the GRAM project
Monday, 16 June 2025, 1pm to 2pm @ BDI/OxPop Building LG seminar rooms
Large scale genetic consortia
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 1pm to 2pm @ Richard Doll lecture theatre