Fortnightly Seminar Series
Infection Medicine seminars take place fortnightly on Mondays 12.00 - 13.00 pm.
Statistics in medical research: what researchers should know and where to get help
Dr Gail Robertson, Statistical Consultant, Statistical Consultancy Unit, University of Edinburgh
Host: Professor Jurgen Haas
Monday 13th May 2019, Seminar Room 4, Chancellor's Building 12:00 - 13:00pm.
Introduction
Gail works in the Statistical Consultancy Unit (SCU) at the University’s Centre for Statistics and School of Mathematics. SCU provides statistical consultancy and data analysis services to internal and external clients as well as to researchers from a range of different fields. Gail has extensive experience working in the biological sciences and can provide researchers with advice on sampling procedures, sample size calculations and how to analyse complex datasets. The SCU has previously worked with researchers in the CIR in preparing grant applications and is able to provide training in basic statistical analysis for biologists and in the statistical program R (see https://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/school-of-mathematics/scu/courses). SCU have experience working with data from a range of relevant fields including epidemiology and medical statistics and are capable of working on short as well as long-term projects.
Title to be confirmed
Dr Adam Fletcher, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee
Host: Dr Richard Sloan
Tuesday 28th May 2019, Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building 12:00 - 13:00pm.
Title to be confirmed
Dr. Nicola Holden, Cell and Molecular Sciences, James Hutton Institute
Host: Dr. Thamarai Schneiders
Monday 10th June 2019, Seminar room 4, Chancellors Building 12:00-13:00pm
Joint MSc Students' Seminar
Joint MSc Students' Seminar
- Speakers TBC.
Monday 24th June 2019, Seminar Room 5, Chancellor's Building 12:00 - 13:00pm.
Title to be confirmed
Dr Nila Roy Choudhury, Infection Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Host: Dr Gracjan Michlewski
Monday 8th July 2019, Seminar room 4, Chancellors Building 12:00-13:00pm
Multidrug-resistant Bacteria: A Worldwide Challenge
Dr Juan Carlos Jimenez Castellanos, Infection Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Host: Dr Thamarai Dorai-Schneiders
Monday 16th September 2019, Seminar room 5, Chancellors Building 12:00-13:00pm
Title to be confirmed
Dr Henry McSorley, Chancellor's Fellow, Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh
Host: Dr Richard Sloan
Monday 30th September 2019, Seminar room 5, Chancellors Building 12:00-13:00pm
Title to be confirmed
Dr David Hughes, Lecturer, School of Biology, University of St Andrews
Host: Dr Richard Sloan
Monday 11th November 2019, Seminar room 5, Chancellors Building 12:00-13:00pm
Title to be confirmed
Dr Alain Kohl, Professor of Arbovirology MRC, Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow
Host: Dr Richard Sloan
Monday 25th November 2019, Seminar room 5, Chancellors Building 12:00-13:00pm
Title to be confirmed
Professor Andrew Jackson, MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine
Host: Dr Gracjan Michlewski
Monday 20th January 2020, Seminar room 5, Chancellors Building 12:00-13:00pm
Title to be confirmed
Dr Amy Buck, Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh
Host: Dr Richard Sloan
Monday 17th February 2020, Seminar room 5, Chancellors Building 12:00-13:00pm