Activities and resources for schools and their students

Have you thought of a career in Medical Research?

NDORMS is hosting a series of online talks/conversations with scientists from NDORMS and other University of Oxford Medical Science departments for Y12/13 students. These will be a mix of information about both the scientists careers and their research work with plenty of time for Q&As on either.

These talks are a joint initiative between two departments in the Oxford University Medical Sciences Division (NDORMS and NDS) 

Talks will be run as a zoom webinar and each session with three researchers takes 45-60minutes.  If you would like to attend the talks please sign up using the links below.  A link to the recording of the talks will be posted here after it happens

Upcoming Talks 2024/2025

All talks are on Wednesdays from 4-5pm online via Zoom

Wednesday 5 March 2025 for International Women's Day 

Speakers

Siobhan Hall : From Physio to Coder

Siobhan Hall started her career as a physiotherapist but now is a PhD student using computational methods at the University of Oxford within the Oxford Neural Interfacing Group. Find out how she mad this journey.

Julia Salafranca Gomez - NDORMS

Dr Emma Layton: Gut Bacteria, Parasitic Worms, and the Trendy World of Intestinal Health

My journey into Microbiology began during my A-levels when a Biology lesson first introduced me to the fascinating world of the microbes living within us. I enjoyed Biology and was good at it, but it’s a broad subject, and I wanted to focus on the areas that truly excited me. This led me to study Microbiology for my Bachelor's degree and later pursue a PhD in Microbiology too. During my studies, I had the opportunity to live and work in Singapore - an amazing experience both personally and professionally. My PhD research uncovered new insights into how intestinal parasitic worms cause disease, and led to the development of a new tool to study intestinal health. Now, as a researcher at the University of Oxford, I am investigating the role of gut microbes in colorectal cancer, Crohn’s disease, and colitis.

 Booking link 

Wednesday June 4 

Speakers TBC

Booking link

Previous Talks 

Follow the links for talk descriptions and link to talk videos 

March 8 2021 International Women's Day 

March 15 2021 

April 21 2021 

May 19 2021 

July 7 2021 

July 8 2021 

October 21 2021

November 18 2021

December 1 2021

Feb 2 2022 

March 8 2022

April 6 2022

May 11 2022

Any Questions?

Please email workexperience@ndorms.ox.ac.uk

Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS)

NDORMS is a multidisciplinary medical research department within the University of Oxford that brings together researchers, statisticians, engineers, imaging specialists, clinicians and patients in order to undertake the highest quality research in musculoskeletal and inflammatory conditions to deliver new treatments, which improve people's lives.

Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS)

NDS hosts a multidisciplinary team of senior clinical academic surgeons, senior scientists, junior clinicians and scientists in training. We comprise of major surgical specialties, including gastro-intestinal, transplantation, vascular, paediatric, plastic, ear, nose and throat (ENT), neurosurgery, and urology.