Past events

• Gene Therapy: from Hollywood to the clinic bench by Prof. Simon Waddington from University College London on 11 November 2025.
• Measuring what matters: Defining quality standards for breast cancer care in South Africa by Dr Sarah Nietz from Wits DPHRU and Breast Surgeon at Mediclinic Morningside Hospital from 9 October 2025.
• A living laboratory to operationalise One Health survailance of climate-related emerging zoonoses by Prof. Alessandra Scagliarini from University of Bologna - 8 October 2025
• Using the biology of ageing to maintain human health and preventing bacteria from ageing us IDORI Research Seminar, presented by Prof. David Weinkove from Durham University -25 September 2025.
• The necessity of engaging with the private sector in an era of diminishing international aid IDORI Research Seminar, presented by Prof. Stephen Sammut from the University of Pennsylvania - 5 August 2025.
• Defining the origins of emerging and re-emerging pathogens, from vectorborne viruses to COVID19 IDORI Research Seminar, presented by Prof. Marietjie Venter from Evitoh, Wits University - 30 July 2025.
• Multicomponent 3D immunospheroid model for anti-tumor therapeutic screening IDORI Research seminar, presented by Prof Bruno Sarmento from University of Portugal - 10 June 2025.
• Novel TB vaccines - will we finally control the epidemic? IDORI Research Seminar, presented by Prof. Willem Hanekom of the African Health Research Institute (AHRI) -12 May 2025.
• Advancing Cancer Research from Basic Biology to Organoid Innovations IDORI Research Seminar, presented by Prof. Mandeep Kaur, Naaziyah Abdulla and Ruth Aronson (Molecular and Cell Biology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa) – 15 October 2024.  
• Pushing the envelope: HIV vaccine discovery in Africa IDORI Research Seminar, by Prof Penny Moore (Antibody Immunity Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa) – 17 September 2024. 
• Interrogating cellular crosstalk in cancer progression IDORI & Wits Dept of Internal Medicine Research Seminar, by Prof Richard Grose (Queen Mary University of London, UK), 10 September.
• Closing the cancer surveillance gap IDORI Public Lecture, by the National Cancer Registry, NHLS, South Africa) – 20 August 2024. 
• Sampling interstitial fluid from skin as a novel source of biomarkers IDORI Research Seminar, by Prof Mark Prausnitz (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) – 6 August 2024. 
• Convergence of gene therapy IDORI Research Seminar, by Prof Patrick Arbuthnot (Antiviral Gene Therapy Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa) – 16 June 2024.
• Ending TB in our time IDORI Research Seminar, by the Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Dept of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa – 18 June 2024. View video here.
• Why is an infectious diseases epidemiologist focusing on cancer research? IDORI Public Lecture, by Prof Robert Breiman (IDORI Director, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa) – 21 May 2024. View video here.
• IDORI Research Seminar, by Dr Kim Orth and Dr Vincent Tagliabracci (Howard Hughes Medical Centre, UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA) – 21 July 2023.