External presentations by IEU staff

IEU researchers make presentations at conferences, workshops and external seminar series throughout the year. This page features some of the cutting-edge outputs from IEU research.

George Davey Smith – 22 July 2024

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.

George Davey Smith – 25 April 2024

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

George Davey Smith – 13 February 2024

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

George Davey Smith – 5th December 2023

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

George Davey Smith – 4 December 2023

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

George Davey Smith – 20 October 2023

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

George Davey Smith – September 2023

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

George Davey Smith – July 2023

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

George Davey Smith – May 2023

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

George Davey Smith – February 2023

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

George Davey Smith – March 2022

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

George Davey Smith – November 2021

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

George Davey Smith – 7 April 2021

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

George Davey Smith – March 2021

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

George Davey Smith – February 2021

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

Golam Khandaker – February 2021

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

Gemma Sharp – October 2020

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

Gibran Hemani – June 2020

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.

Marcus Munafo – June 2020

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

Tom Richardson – April 2020

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

George Davey Smith – January 2020

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.

George Davey Smith – May 2019

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)

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