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Improvising Medicine

This lecture asks what clinicians can learn from the world of jazz - and vice versa.

Breast, Uterine and Ovarian Cancers

This lecture will consider the evolving treatments, including the importance of genetic markers and hormonal treatments and approaches to prevention and screening.

Keyhole Surgery Pioneers

This lecture examines how minimal access (‘keyhole’) surgery has revolutionised medicine in just a few decades.

AI Weapons, War and Ethics

This lecture will explore fully autonomous weapons, the products of AI technology, and the arguments for and against their use.

The Changing Impact of Infections as We Go Through Life and Age

The changing pattern of disease as we progress in life has implications for treatment and prevention.

Is There Danger Ahead With AI: Superintelligence, Ethics, Work, Leisure and Automation

Professor Wilks will discuss the argument that ‘superintelligent’ AI may turn against us, as Hawking and Bostrom have warned.

The Intertwined Impacts of Pollution and Inequality on Health

Only by changing behaviours can we tackle pollution.

Infections of the Lung and Heart

Infections via the respiratory route are often the most difficult to combat via public health measures.

Infections and the Nerves

This lecture will cover the peripheral nervous system and how infections can interfere with it.

The Search for Meaning on the Web: The Semantic Web and Managing a Lifetime's Information

Professor Wilks will describe the Semantic Web and its origin in annotation methods from the humanities and will argue the need for this form of AI to manage a lifetime’s information on the web.

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