External presentations by IEU staff

On 26th January 2026, Professor George Davey Smith gave a presentation to the Causal Inference Interest Group entitled: Mendelian Randomization - what it was, what it is, and what it should become.

On 21st January 2026, Professor George Davey Smith gave a presentation at the Isaac Newton Institute entitled: Gene-environment equivalence: the fundamental principle of mendelian randomization

On 18th November 2025, the Medical Research Council presented Professor George Davey Smith with its prestigious Millennium Medal.

Professor George Davey Smith of the MRC Integrative Epidemiology unit, as visiting Professor at Centre for Brain Research, Bangalore, India recorded on 29 October 2025.

Professor George Davey Smith of the MRC Integrative Epidemiology unit, delivering a Distinguished Lecture at University of Cambridge on "Evidence triangulation: moving from correlations to causes" on 16th October 2025.

Inaugural Bennett Lecture: From correlation to cause: triangulating evidence in theory and practice.  Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford

Hans Eysenck and scientific fraud with Tony Pelosi. George Davey Smith and Dorothy Bishop speaking as part of the King's Open Research Summer School, organised by the RIOT Science Club.

Mendelian Randomization - what it was, what it is, and what it should become. George Davey Smith speaking at UCL.

Mendel’s randomness: from allowing complex life to facilitating causal inference. George Davey Smith speaking at UCL.

Triangulation of evidence in aetiological epidemiology: principles, prospects, limitations. Centre for Brain Research (CBR) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

Triangulation of evidence in aetiological epidemiology: principles, prospects, limitations.  Royal Society Yusuf Hamied Visiting Professorship.  Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPHH), Hyderabad, India

KP Chen Memorial Lecture at National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Sadly the volume needs turning up

Noodles, No Nulls and Numb Skulls: Threats to the future of Mendelian Randomization. University of Exeter, UK.

Randomness in Mendelian Processes: From Allowing Complex Life to Facilitating Causal Inference at the John Innes Centre, Norwich.

 Two decades or 150 years of Mendelian randomization? - Broad Institute webinar

Triangulation of evidence in aetiological epidemiology: principles, prospects, limitations. Richard Doll Seminar - University of Oxford

Professor George Davey Smith presents on Human genetics and phenotypic causality: an historical introduction at University College, London.  

Professor George Davey Smith presents on Pre-registered triangulation of evidence at Harvard School of Public Health (CAUSALab Seminar Series), Boston, USA.  

Professor George Davey Smith Analogies between Mendelian randomization and natural selection.  Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, Antwort, Zurich.  

Professor George Davey Smith presents on historical considerations of individual and population immunity in the age of coronavirus (COVID-19). 

Professor George Davey Smith presents on Causal Inference With Genetic Data: Mendelian Randomization and Obesity at The Obesity Society.

Professor Golam Khandaker talks about the role of the immune system in depression at the George Washington University biomedical cross-disciplinary seminar series.

Dr Gemma Sharp gives a talk "Triangulating causal evidence study prenatal influence on offspring health" at the Berlin Epidemiological Methods Colloquium.

Dr Gibran Hemani gives the talk "New Data on COVID 19 is undermined by old statistical problems" at the Jean Golding Institute Data Week Online. The talk starts at 3.20 mins.

Professor Marcus Munafò talks about research ecosystems and incentives at the Kings Open Research Conference. 

Dr Tom Richardson talks about the principles of Mendelian randomization for molecular traits. 

George Davey Smith of the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit talks about some constraints on the scope and potential of personalised medicine.  University Centre for Personalised Medicine, Oxford, UK.

Professor George Davey Smith of the MRC Integrative Epidemiology unit, as visiting Professor at University of California, Los Angeles in May 2019. Unfortunately the recording is not very distinct and cut off Judea Pearl in the middle of his response. The Book of Why presentation transcription (PDF, 259kB). Book of Why Presentation Slides (PDF, 3,664kB)