Inaugural lecture series

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City St George's, School of Health & Medical Sciences (Tooting) newly arrived or promoted professors are invited to give an inaugural lecture to mark this milestone in their academic careers.

Professors use the opportunity to introduce themselves, update colleagues on current and future research plans, and share their research with wider audiences. It is also a chance to celebrate the support from friends and family, and from colleagues, mentors, and collaborators past and present.

City St George's staff and students are welcome to attend these lectures which are taking place on site, as well as being streamed online.

Find out more about each of the lectures by clicking on each item below. We will provide details of each upcoming lecture as they become available.

Upcoming lectures

Inaugural lecture 2025: Professor Julia Bielicki

Join us on 17 March, for Professor Bielicki's inaugural lecture "Of drugs, bugs and sprogs - journeys in antibiotic research."

17 March 2025

Previous lectures

See details and watch a recording of previous lectures by clicking each item below.

Inaugural lecture 2025: Professor Alex Trompeter

Professor Alex Trompeter's inaugural lecture 'Challenging Yourself, Challenging Dogma, and Managing the Unexpected' took place on Monday 10/02/25.

10 February 2025

Inaugural lecture 2025: Professor Amarnath Bhide

Professor Amarnath Bhide's inaugural lecture: "Who do I think I am?" took place on 20 January 2025.

20 January 2025

Inaugural Lectures 2024: Professor Leighton Seal

Professor Leighton Seal's inaugural lecture ‘An Endocrinologist’s Journey through Gender Medicine’, took place on 8 July 2024.

08 July 2024

Inaugural Lectures 2024: Professor Tihana Bicanic

Professor Tihana Bicanic's inaugural lecture, 'The trials and tribulations of a budding mycologist’, took place on 15 April 2024.

15 April 2024

Inaugural lectures 2024: Professor Mickey B C Koh

Professor Mickey B C Koh's inaugural lecture, 'Stem Cells: The Good, the Bad and sometimes the Ugly’, took place on Monday 11 March 2024.

11 March 2024

Inaugural lectures 2024: Professor Judith Ibison

Professor Ibison's inaugural lecture 'Primary Care and Medical Education: Perfect Partners' took place on 15/01/24.

15 January 2024

Inaugural lectures 2023: Professor Daniel Forton

Professor Daniel Forton will deliver his inaugural lecture "How to cure disease (lessons learned trying)" on Monday 18 September 2023.

18 September 2023

Inaugural lectures 2023: Professor Philip Sedgwick

Professor Philip Sedgwick's inaugural lecture, "Teaching, Learning, and Research: A Journey through Statistics" will take place on Monday 15 May 2023.

15 May 2023

Inaugural lectures 2023: Professor Robert Morgan

Professor Robert Morgan's inaugural lecture, "Interventional Radiology: Past, Present and Future – A Journey " took place on Monday 20 February 2023.

20 February 2023

Inaugural lectures 2023: Professor Deborah Harding

Professor Deborah Harding's inaugural lecture, "The Permeable Practitioner: Navigating uncertainty in professional practice" took place on Monday 20 March 2023.

20 March 2023

Inaugural lectures 2022: Professor Charlotte Clark

Professor Charlotte Clark's inaugural lecture, "Twenty years of being noisy" took place on Monday 21 November 2022.

21 November 2022

Inaugural lectures 2022: Professor Caroline Hing

Professor Caroline Hing's inaugural lecture, "Why is failure essential for success?" took place on Monday 7 November 2022.

07 November 2022

Inaugural lectures 2022: Professor Jonathan Round

Professor Jonathan Round's inaugural lecture, "How to make a Doctor" took place on Monday 10 October 2022.

10 October 2022

Inaugural lectures 2022: Professor Richard Pollok

Catch up on Professor Richard Pollok's inaugural lecture which took place on Monday 4 April 2022.

04 April 2022

Inaugural lectures 2022: Professor Rajko Reljic

Catch up on Professor Rajko Reljic's inaugural lecture which took place on 21 March 2022.

21 March 2022

Inaugural lectures 2022: Professor Kirsty Le Doare

Catch up on Professor Kirsty Le Doare's inaugural lecture, which took place on Monday 31 January 2022.

31 January 2022

Inaugural lectures 2021: Professor Rachel Allen

Professor Rachel Allen's inaugural lecture took place on Monday 29 November.

29 November 2021

Inaugural Lectures 2021: Professor Debasish Banerjee

Professor Debasish Banerjee's inaugural lecture took place on Monday 25 October.

25 October 2021

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