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The Collecting COVID oral history project captures the University of Oxford's research response during an unprecedented time, revealing the professional and personal stories of a diverse range of individual researchers and teams. Since November 2021, science writer and broadcaster Georgina Ferry has interviewed researchers and support staff from across Oxford’s academic divisions, capturing the story of the pandemic, as seen through the eyes of those at the forefront of research conducted to tackle a global health emergency. The oral histories supplement the Bodleian Libraries' archival collection related to COVID-19 research, acquired under the Collecting COVID project, a collaboration between the Bodleian Libraries and the History of Science Museum funded by the E. P. A. Cephalosporin Fund.
This podcast series comprises the publicly accessible recordings from the oral history project.
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98 | Professor Trudie Lang | Georgina Ferry interviews Trudie Lang, Professor of Global Health Research and Head of the Global Health Network, 13 April 2023. | Trudie Lang, Georgina Ferry | 01 Aug 2023 | |
97 | Siobhan Gardiner | Georgina Ferry interviews Siobhan Gardiner, Clinical Research Nurse, 11 April 2023. | Siobhan Gardiner, Georgina Ferry | 01 Aug 2023 | |
96 | Professor Sara Khalid | Georgina Ferry interviews Sara Khalid, Associate Professor, 31 March 2023. | Sara Khalid, Georgina Ferry | 01 Aug 2023 | |
95 | Professor David Eyre | Georgina Ferry interviews David Eyre, Professor of Infectious Diseases, 28 March 2023. | David Eyre, Georgina Ferry | 01 Aug 2023 | |
94 | Yi-Chun Wang | Georgina Ferry interviews Yi-Chun Wang, Research Scientist and PhD Student, 24 March 2023. | Yi-Chun Wang, Georgina Ferry | 01 Aug 2023 | |
93 | Dr Claas Kirchhelle | Georgina Ferry interviews Claas Kirchhelle, former Honorary Fellow in Vaccine History (Oxford Vaccine Group/Oxford Martin School), 22 March 2023. | Claas Kirchhelle, Georgina Ferry | 01 Aug 2023 | |
92 | Elizabeth Stafford | Georgina Ferry interviews Elizabeth Stafford, Clinical Research Nurse Manager, 22 March 2023. | Elizabeth Stafford, Georgina Ferry | 01 Aug 2023 | |
91 | Sam Foster | Georgina Ferry interviews Sam Foster, former Chief Nursing Officer (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust), 22 March 2023. | Sam Foster, Georgina Ferry | 01 Aug 2023 | |
90 | Professor Mary Daly | Georgina Ferry interviews Mary Daly, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, 20 March 2023. | Mary Daly, Georgina Ferry | 01 Aug 2023 | |
89 | Sumali Bajaj | Georgina Ferry interviews Sumali Bajaj, DPhil student (Department of Biology), 17 March 2023. | Sumali Bajaj, Georgina Ferry | 01 Aug 2023 | |
88 | Dr Andrew Brent | Georgina Ferry interviews Andrew Brent, Consultant in Infectious Diseases & General Internal Medicine and Deputy Chief Medical Officer (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), 17 March 2023. | Andrew Brent, Georgina Ferry | 01 Aug 2023 | |
87 | Dr Xin Xu | Georgina Ferry interviews Xin Xu, Research Fellow at the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) and Junior Research Fellow (Kellogg College), 15 March 2023. | Xin Xu, Georgina Ferry | 05 Jul 2023 | |
86 | Professor Kate Orkin | Georgina Ferry interviews Kate Orkin, Associate Professor in Economics and Public Policy, 15 March 2023. | Kate Orkin, Georgina Ferry | 05 Jul 2023 | |
85 | Professor Daniel Prieto-Alhambra | Georgina Ferry interviews Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Professor of Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology, 14 March 2023. | Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Georgina Ferry | 05 Jul 2023 | |
84 | Dr Rajarshi Banerjee | Georgina Ferry interviews Rajarshi Banerjee, CEO Perspectum and former student of Oxford Medical School, 14 March 2023. | Rajarshi Banerjee, Georgina Ferry | 05 Jul 2023 | |
83 | Tony Brett | Georgina Ferry interviews Tony Brett, Director of Medical Sciences Division IT Services, 28 February 2023. | Tony Brett, Georgina Ferry | 05 Jul 2023 | |
82 | Professor Sheetal Silal | Georgina Ferry interviews Sheetal Silal, Associate Professor (Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town) and Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in Tropical Disease Modelling (Nuffield Department of Medicine), 28 February 2023. | Sheetal Silal, Georgina Ferry | 05 Jul 2023 | |
81 | Dr Ane Ogbe | Georgina Ferry interviews Ane Ogbe, former Senior Immunologist (Frater Lab) and Group Leader (Evox Therapeutics), 23 Febrauary 2023. | Ane Ogbe, Georgina Ferry | 05 Jul 2023 | |
80 | Professor Nicole Zitzmann | Georgina Ferry interviews Nicole Zitzmann, Professor of Virology and Principal Investigator (Department of Biochemistry), 22 February 2023. | Nicole Zitzmann, Georgina Ferry | 05 Jul 2023 | |
79 | Dr Chia Chen (Jane) Hsu | Georgina Ferry interviews Chia Chen (Jane) Hsu, Chief Operating Officer (SimCell) and former postdoctoral researcher (Institute of Biomedical Engineering), 20 February 2023. | Chia Chen (Jane) Hsu, Georgina Ferry | 05 Jul 2023 | |
78 | Chris Price | Georgina Ferry interviews Chris Price, Divisional Registrar and Chief Operating Officer for Medical Sciences, 8 February 2023. | Chris Price, Georgina Ferry | 05 Jul 2023 | |
77 | Professor Brian Marsden | Georgina Ferry interviews Brian Marsden, Associate Professor for Data Management and Research Informatics, 3 February 2023. | Brian Marsden, Georgina Ferry | 12 Jun 2023 | |
76 | Omar El Muhanna | Georgina Ferry interviews Omar El Muhanna, Senior Operations Manager (Clinical BioManufacturing Facility), 2 February 2023. | Omar El Muhanna, Georgina Ferry | 12 Jun 2023 | |
75 | Dr Alex Mentzer | Georgina Ferry interviews Alex Mentzer, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer, 25 January 2023. | Alex Mentzer, Georgina Ferry | 12 Jun 2023 | |
74 | Dr Lennard Lee | Georgina Ferry interviews Lennard Lee, Academic Clinical Lecturer and Medical Oncologist, 19 January 2023. | Lennard Lee, Georgina Ferry | 12 Jun 2023 | |
73 | Dr Helen Salisbury | Georgina Ferry interviews Helen Salisbury, GP and Senior Medical Education Fellow, 19 January 2023. | Helen Salisbury, Georgina Ferry | 12 Jun 2023 | |
72 | Professor Neelika Malavige | Georgina Ferry interviews Neelika Malavige, Academic Visitor and Professor (University of Sri Jayewardenepura), 18 January 2023. | Neelika Malavige, Georgina Ferry | 12 Jun 2023 | |
71 | Dr Edward O'Neill | Georgina Ferry interviews Edward O'Neill, Postdoctoral Researcher (Department of Oncology) and vaccine volunteer, 12 January 2023. | Edward O'Neill, Georgina Ferry | 12 Jun 2023 | |
70 | Dr Emma Flint | Georgina Ferry interviews Emma Flint, former medical student (Oxford Medical School), 5 January 2023. | Emma Flint, Georgina Ferry | 12 Jun 2023 | |
69 | Professor Stanley Ulijaszek | Georgina Ferry interviews Stanley Ulijaszek, Professor of Human Ecology, 15 December 2022. | Stanley Ulijaszek, Georgina Ferry | 12 Jun 2023 | |
68 | Dr Thomas Kirk | Georgina Ferry interviews Thomas Kirk, Former DPhil student (Biomedical Engineering), conducted by Georgina Ferry, 6 December 2022. | Thomas Kirk, Georgina Ferry | 12 Jun 2023 | |
67 | Dr Sile Johnson | Georgina Ferry interviews Sile Johnson, former medical student (Oxford Medical School), 15 December 2022. | Sile Johnson, Georgina Ferry | 22 May 2023 | |
66 | Dr Cristian Roman | Georgina Ferry interviews Cristian Roman, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 14 December 2022. | Cristian Roman, Georgina Ferry | 22 May 2023 | |
65 | Dr Andrew Kwok | Georgina Ferry interviews Andrew Kwok, Former PhD student (Functional Genomics in Sepsis), 3 December 2022. | Andrew Kwok, Georgina Ferry | 22 May 2023 | |
64 | Dr Janelle Winters | Georgina Ferry interviews Janelle Winters, Postdoctoral Research Associate (Faculty of History), 2 December 2022. | Janelle Winters, Georgina Ferry | 22 May 2023 | |
63 | Emma Bolam | Georgina Ferry interviews Emma Bolam, Head of Production (Clinical BioManufacturing Facility), 24 November 2022. | Emma Bolam, Georgina Ferry | 22 May 2023 | |
62 | Professor Matthew Snape | Georgina Ferry interviews Matthew Snape, Visiting Professor (University of Oxford Department of Paediatrics), 22 November 2022 | matthew snape, Georgina Ferry | 22 May 2023 | |
61 | Dr Stephanie Tierney | Georgina Ferry interviews Stephanie Tierney, Health Services Researcher, Departmental Lecturer, 15 November 2022. | Stephanie Tierney, Georgina Ferry | 22 May 2023 | |
60 | Dr Marion Watson | Georgina Ferry interviews Marion Watson, Head of Operations, Clinical Trials (Jenner Institute), 14 November 2022. | Marion Watson, Georgina Ferry | 22 May 2023 | |
59 | Dr Raha West | Georgina Ferry interviews Raha West, Principal Investigator on the RECOVERY Trial, 10 November 2022. | Raha West, Georgina Ferry | 22 May 2023 | |
58 | Dr Annette von Delft | Georgina Ferry interviews Annette von Delft, Translational Scientist (Centre for Medicines Discovery), 16 June 2022. | Annette von Delft, Georgina Ferry | 22 May 2023 | |
57 | Professor José Villar | Georgina Ferry interviews José Villar, Professor of Perinatal Medicine, 8 November 2022. | José Villar, Georgina Ferry | 30 Mar 2023 | |
56 | Dr Adam Ritchie | Georgina Ferry interviews Adam Ritchie, Senior Vaccine Programme Manager, 31 October 2022. | Adam Ritchie, Georgina Ferry | 30 Mar 2023 | |
55 | Professor Martin Landray | Georgina Ferry interviews Sir Martin Landray, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, 27 October 2022. | Martin Landray, Georgina Ferry | 30 Mar 2023 | |
54 | Professor Richard Cornall | Georgina Ferry interviews Richard Cornall, Head of the Nuffield Department of Medicine, 26 October 2022. | Richard Cornall, Georgina Ferry | 30 Mar 2023 | |
53 | Professor Marian Knight | Georgina Ferry interviews Marian Knight, Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health, 13 October 2022. | Marian Knight, Georgina Ferry | 30 Mar 2023 | |
52 | Tracey Mustoe | Georgina Ferry interviews Tracey Mustoe, University Biological Safety Officer, 21 September 2022. | Tracey Mustoe, Georgina Ferry | 30 Mar 2023 | |
51 | Professor John Bell (part three) | Georgina Ferry interviews Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine, 21 September 2022. | John Bell, Georgina Ferry | 30 Mar 2023 | |
50 | Professor Lisa White | Georgina Ferry interviews Lisa White, Professor of Modelling in Epidemiology at the Big Data Institute, 13 September 2022. | Lisa White, Georgina Ferry | 30 Mar 2023 | |
49 | Dr Max Roser | Georgina Ferry interviews Max Roser, Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Global Development, 2 September 2022. | Max Roser, Georgina Ferry | 30 Mar 2023 | |
48 | Dr Carina Joe | Georgina Ferry interviews Carina Joe, Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Vaccine Development, 1 September 2022. | Carina Joe, Georgina Ferry | 30 Mar 2023 | |
47 | Professor William James | Georgina Ferry interviews William James, Professor of Virology, 18 August 2022. | William James, Georgina Ferry | 30 Mar 2023 | |
46 | Professor Alain Townsend | Georgina Ferry interviews Alain Townsend, Professor of Molecular Immunology, 16 August 2022. | Alain Townsend, Georgina Ferry | 30 Mar 2023 | |
45 | Professor John Bell (part two) | Georgina Ferry interviews Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine, 28 April 2022. | John Bell, Georgina Ferry | 30 Mar 2023 | |
44 | Professor Aris Katzourakis | Georgina Ferry interviews Aris Katzourakis, Professor of Evolution and Genomics, 27 January 2022. | Aris Katzourakis, Georgina Ferry | 30 Mar 2023 | |
43 | Professor Lucie Cluver | Georgina Ferry interviews Lucie Cluver, Professor of Child and Family Social Work, 7 July 2022. | Lucie Cluver, Georgina Ferry | 04 Jan 2023 | |
42 | Professor Carl Heneghan | Georgina Ferry interviews Carl Heneghan, Professor of Evidence Based Medicine, 4 July 2022. | Carl Heneghan, Georgina Ferry | 04 Jan 2023 | |
41 | Professor Sunetra Gupta | Georgina Ferry interviews Sunetra Gupta, Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology, 15 June 2022. | Sunetra Gupta, Georgina Ferry | 04 Jan 2023 | |
40 | Professor David Stuart | Georgina Ferry interviews Sir David Stuart, Professor of Structural Biology, 10 June 2022. | David Stuart, Georgina Ferry | 04 Jan 2023 | |
39 | Professor Jennifer Beam Dowd | Georgina Ferry interviews Jennifer Beam Dowd, Professor of Demography and Population Health, 26 May 2022. | Jennifer Beam Dowd, Georgina Ferry | 04 Jan 2023 | |
38 | Professor Fernanda Duarte | Georgina Ferry interviews Fernanda Duarte, Associate Professor in Computational Organic Chemistry, 26 April 2022. | Fernanda Duarte, Georgina Ferry | 04 Jan 2023 | |
37 | Henry Chan | Georgina Ferry interviews Henry Chan, DPhil Student, 26 April 2022. | Henry Chan, Georgina Ferry | 04 Jan 2023 | |
36 | Professor Meghana Pandit | Georgina Ferry interviews Meghana Pandit, Chief Executive Officer at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 7 April 2022. | Meghana Pandit, Georgina Ferry | 04 Jan 2023 | |
35 | Professor Cathy Creswell | Georgina Ferry interviews Cathy Creswell, Professor of Developmental Clinical Psychology, 7 April 2022. | Cathy Creswell, Georgina Ferry | 04 Jan 2023 | |
34 | Professor Naomi Allen | Georgina Ferry interviews Naomi Allen, Professor in Epidemiology and Chief Scientist at the U.K. Biobank, 6 April 2022. | Naomi Allen, Georgina Ferry | 04 Jan 2023 | |
33 | Dr Samantha Vanderslott | Georgina Ferry interviews Samantha Vanderslott, University Research Lecturer (Oxford Vaccine Group), 18 March 2022. | Samantha Vanderslott, Georgina Ferry | 02 Nov 2022 | |
32 | Professor Anna Petherick (part two) | Georgina Ferry interviews Anna Petherick, Associate Professor in Public Policy, 20 December 2021. | Anna Petherick, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
31 | Professor Andy Pollard (part two) | Georgina Ferry interviews Sir Andrew Pollard, Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity and Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, 3 December 2021. | Andy Pollard, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
30 | Professor Richard Hobbs (part two) | Georgina Ferry interviews Richard Hobbs, Head of Department at the Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences and Nuffield Professor of Primary Care, 29 November 2021. | Richard Hobbs, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
29 | Dr Betty Raman (part two) | Georgina Ferry interviews Betty Raman, Senior Academic Cardiologist and Clinical Research Fellow, 16 November 2021. | Betty Raman, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
28 | Professor Sandy Douglas (part two) | Georgina Ferry interviews Sandy Douglas, Associate Professor (Jenner Institute), 17 March 2022. | Sandy Douglas, Georgina Ferry | 02 Nov 2022 | |
27 | Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox | Georgina Ferry interviews Julia Hippisley-Cox, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and General Practice, 16 March 2022. | Julia Hippisley-Cox, Georgina Ferry | 02 Nov 2022 | |
26 | Professor Daniel Ebner and Dr Stephanie Hatch | Georgina Ferry interviews Daniel Ebner, Principal Investigator and Stephanie Hatch, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, 16 March 2022. | Daniel Ebner, Stephanie Hatch, Georgina Ferry | 02 Nov 2022 | |
25 | Professor Paul Harrison (part two) | Georgina Ferry interviews Paul Harrison, Professor of Psychiatry, 11 November 2021. | Paul Harrison, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
24 | Professor Cameron Hepburn | Georgina Ferry interviews Cameron Hepburn, Professor of Environmental Economics, 15 March 2022. | Cameron Hepburn, Georgina Ferry | 02 Nov 2022 | |
23 | Dr Elizabeth Greenhall | Georgina Ferry interviews Elizabeth Greenhall, retired GP, 11 March 2022. | Elizabeth Greenhall, Georgina Ferry | 02 Nov 2022 | |
22 | Dr Nicole Robb | Georgina Ferry interviews Nicole Robb, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Physics, 10 March 2022. | Nicole Robb, Georgina Ferry | 02 Nov 2022 | |
21 | Professor Trisha Greenhalgh (part three) | Georgina Ferry interviews Trisha Greenhalgh, Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences, 5 November 2021. | Trish Greenhalgh, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
20 | Dr Andrew Soltan | Georgina Ferry interviews Andrew Soltan, medical doctor (John Radcliffe Hospital), 10 March 2022. | Andrew Soltan, Georgina Ferry | 02 Nov 2022 | |
19 | Professor Trisha Greenhalgh (part two) | Georgina Ferry interviews Trisha Greenhalgh, Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences, 5 November 2021. | Trish Greenhalgh, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
18 | Dr Rebecca Moore | Georgina Ferry interviews Rebecca Moore, former Postdoctoral Researcher and Laboratory Manager, 9 March 2022. | Rebecca Moore, Georgina Ferry | 02 Nov 2022 | |
17 | Professor Sandy Douglas (part one) | Georgina Ferry interviews Sandy Douglas, Associate Professor (Jenner Institute), 24 February 2022. | Sandy Douglas, Georgina Ferry | 02 Nov 2022 | |
16 | Professor Kristin van Zwieten | Georgina Ferry interviews Kristin van Zwieten, Professor of Law and Finance, 23 February 2022. | Kristin van Zwieten, Georgina Ferry | 02 Nov 2022 | |
15 | Professor John Bell (part one) | Georgina Ferry interviews Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine, 22 February 2022. | Sir John Bell, Georgina Ferry | 02 Nov 2022 | |
14 | Dr Richard Fletcher | Georgina Ferry interviews Richard Fletcher, Director of Research (Reuters Institute), 28 January 2022. | Richard Fletcher, Georgina Ferry | 02 Nov 2022 | |
13 | Professor E. J. Milner-Gulland | Georgina Ferry interviews E. J. Milner-Gulland, Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity, 26 January 2022. | EJ Milner-Gulland, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
12 | Professor Patrick Grant | Georgina Ferry interviews Patrick Grant, Vesuvius Chair of Materials and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research), 25 January 2022. | Patrick Grant, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
11 | Professor Anna Petherick | Georgina Ferry interviews Anna Petherick, Associate Professor in Public Policy, 20 December 2021. | Anna Petherick, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
10 | Professor Peter Horby | Georgina Ferry interviews Sir Peter Horby, Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases, 6 December 2021. | Peter Horby, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
9 | Professor Erica Charters | Georgina Ferry interviews Erica Charters, Professor of the Global History of Medicine, 6 December 2021. | Erica Charters, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
8 | Professor Andy Pollard | Georgina Ferry interviews Sir Andrew Pollard, Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity and Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, 3 December 2021. | Andy Pollard, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
7 | Professor Cath Green | Georgina Ferry interviews Catherine Green OBE, Head of the Clinical BioManufacturing Facility and Associate Professor in Chromosome Dynamics, 1 December 2021. | Cath Green, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
6 | Professor Richard Hobbs | Georgina Ferry interviews Richard Hobbs, Head of Department at the Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences and Nuffield Professor of Primary Care, 29 November 2021. | Richard Hobbs, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
5 | Professor Betty Raman | Georgina Ferry interviews Betty Raman, Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, 16 November 2021. | Betty Raman, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
4 | Professor Sarah Walker | Georgina Ferry interviews Sarah Walker, Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, 15 November 2021. | Sarah Walker, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
3 | Professor Paul Harrison | Georgina Ferry interviews Paul Harrison, Professor of Psychiatry, 11 November 2021. | Paul Harrison, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
2 | Professor Derrick Crook | Georgina Ferry interviews Derrick Crook, Professor of Microbiology, 9 November 2021. | Derrick Crook, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 | |
1 | Professor Trisha Greenhalgh | Georgina Ferry interviews Trisha Greenhalgh, Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences, 5 November 2021. | Trish Greenhalgh, Georgina Ferry | 29 Jul 2022 |