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After being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), Ted goes on the trip of a lifetime…and so does his pet fish. As the disease starts to cause his mobility to degenerate, Ted rushes to experience[...]
As part of National Dementia Week and in partnership with the Ultimate Picture Palace, Science Oxford hosts a showing of Iris. She wrote about the power of the unconscious – but it was memory that[...]
The Technology and Management Centre for Development at the Oxford Department of International Development invites you to our upcoming research seminars. These research seminars are intended to connect active researchers and students on the topics[...]
Prevention and management of infectious diseases remains one of this century’s biggest challenges. As drugs and vaccinations have proliferated, protection from disease has increasingly been seen as an individual problem, requiring individual action. But due[...]
Speaker: Dr Rita Giacaman, Founding Director, Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Palestine Rita Giacaman will present research findings on the impact of the 2009 and 2014 assaults on the health of the[...]
Many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are characterised by an acute shortage of trained doctors and nurses, and a strong reliance on community health workers. In this talk, drawing on recent research in urban and[...]
For most of the world’s toughest challenges, there exists a tension between the needs of an individual and what is best for the common good. Income derived from fishing may be vital to one country’s[...]
Research into the brain basis of neuropsychiatric conditions can use clues to identify which brain regions are implicated, based on the known relationships between brain structure and function. Using human brain tissue donations as well[...]
Is there anything wrong with putting a price on health, education, citizenship, and the environment? Where do markets serve the public good, and where do they not belong? Join us for a lively discussion with[...]
Professor Trevor Young, Dean of the University of Toronto and world expert on bipolar disorder, is coming to Oxford to give a talk on “Your Brain Needs YOU: Why Psychiatry Is the Best Specialty for[...]
While qualitative research has received greater acceptance in a great variety of disciplines, including health and medicine, the true potential of qualitative analysis seems not to have been realised in such areas. Hence, the critique[...]
Welcome to Future Debates, a series of public events supported by the British Science Association. A genome is an entire set of DNA; all the instructions for making every part of a living thing. Research[...]
Professor Bill Fulford is a Fellow of St Catherine’s College and Member of the Philosophy Faculty, University of Oxford; Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Mental Health, University of Warwick Medical School; and Director of the[...]
Kay Davies has dedicated her life to the cure of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, which is one of the most common, fatal genetic disorders diagnosed in children. She contributed to the design of the pre-natal tests[...]
Check out http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/oxford-science-fair.html for a full list of stalls. This is a FREE, drop in event with something for the whole family. Saturday 25 June 12-5pm, Sunday 26 June 1-5pm.
Bookseller and chef turned food writer for The Telegraph, Xanthe Clay shares her tips for successful food writing whilst demonstrating a recipe from The Contented Cook.
Join Great British Bake Off winner, Frances Quinn, as she demonstrates how to decorate gorgeous Confetti Cupcakes with beautiful Marzipan Bees while talking about her design background and Quinntessential Baking cookbook. Save up your questions[...]
What would it have been like to visit your physician in the 19th century? Researcher Melissa Dickinson takes you on a time travel to discover how the sounds of the body helped determine medical diagnoses[...]
Award-winning chef and restaurateur specialising in Italian, vegetarian and seafood cuisine discusses some of his favourite Italian dishes.
Date/Time: Saturday 25 June, 15:00 Venue: Story Museum, Pembroke Street, Oxford Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sat-opening-weekend.html How does our lifestyle affect the likelihood of developing dementia? What choices can you make to reduce[...]
Date/Time: Sunday 26 June, 14:30 Venue: Story Museum, Pembroke Street, Oxford Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sun-opening-weekend.html How to assess potential treatments for a disease such as Ebola, during the largest outbreak in history?[...]
Date/Time: Sunday 26 June, 17:30 Venue: Story Museum, Pembroke Street, Oxford Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sun-opening-weekend.html This storytelling event run by Living Well Oxford explores the medical condition known as stroke. Hear moving[...]
Date/Time: Monday 27 June 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...]
Date/Time: Tuesday 28 June 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: www.oxscifest.org Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...]
Date/Time: Wednesday 29 June 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: www.oxscifest.org Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...]
Barry Murnane reveals the latest discoveries from his TORCH partnership with the Science Museum London, using unusual objects from its collections to tell the history of lung disease in the 19th century.
Date/Time: Thursday 30 June 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...]
Date/Time: Thursday 30 June 19:00 Venue: Larkmead School, Abingdon Admissions: £6/£4(conc.)/£19(fam.) Suitability: 14+ BOOK NOW: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/thursday.html Although the dramatic increase in life expectancy we have witnessed over the past century is arguably one of medicine’s[...]
Date/Time: Thursday 30 June 19:30 Venue: St. Aldates Tavern, Oxford Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 18+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/thursday.html Explore the effects of alcohol on the brain in a cocktail session hosted by neuroscientist Elizabeth Tunbridge. Mix[...]
Date/Time: Friday 1 July 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/friday.html Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...]
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