Hot Topics In Infection And Immunity In Children (IIC) – The ESPID-Oxford Course is a residential training course which aims to provide basic information and updates in key areas of paediatric infection.
The course is targeted at paediatric infectious disease trainees and trainers, and all those who manage children with infections. Delegates come from all over the world there is usually a 50/50 mix of trainees/consultants.
All are encouraged to participate in the interactive sessions to provide their knowledge and comments about the topics under review. All sessions are plenary and include a mix of lectures and case rounds.
IIC 2025 will be the 22nd edition of the course. All lectures will take place in Lecture Theatre 2, Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG
We look forward to welcoming old and new friends and colleagues.
Click here for the IIC 2025 programme.
Please see the separate pages on this website for registration and bursary information.
The IIC Organising Committee recommend physical attendance of IIC 2025 if at all possible. Virtual participation will be an option for those unable to travel to Oxford.
Sessions will include:
- Lectures with opportunity for questions at the end of every presentation
- Case Rounds - interactive sessions with a panel, every day after lunch
- Debate
Historically RCPCH has approved IIC for CPD in accordance with their current RCPCH CPD guidelines.
Speakers
- Professor Mark Abzug, Professor, Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado
- Professor Nigel Curtis, Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
- Professor Jonathan Carapetis, Executive Director, The Kids Research Institute Australia
- Professor Martha Clokie, Professor of Microbiology, University of Leicester
- Professor Aubrey Cunnington, Professor of Paediatric Infectious Disease, Imperial College London
- Dr Simon Drysdale, Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Oxford
- Professor Adam Finn, David Baum Professor of Paediatrics, University of Bristol
- Professor Joe Jarvis, Professor of Tropical Medicine and Intern Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Dr Claas Kirchelle, Associate Research Professor, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM)
- Professor Mike Levin, Chair in Paediatrics & International Child Health, Imperial College London
- Professor Michael Marks, Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospital
- Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, Director, Oxford Vaccine Group
- Dr Octavio Ramillo, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis
- Professor Nicole Ritz, Attending Physician Pediatrics & Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University Children’s Hospital Basel
- Professor Marco Safadi, Professor of Pediatrics, Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil
- Dr Vanessa Sancho Shimizu, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Reader in Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London
- Dr Maria Elena Santolaya, infectious disease pediatrician, University of Chile
- Dr Pierre Smeesters, Head, Paediatric Department, Academic Children’s Hospital Queen Fabiola, Free University of Brussels (ULB
- Professor Anne Marie van Rossum, Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Sophia Children's Hospital of the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam
- Assistant Professor Eleni Vergadi, Assistant Professor, Paediatrics, University of Crete
- Professor Adilia Warris, Professor Paediatric Infectious Disease, University of Exeter
- Professor Liz Whittaker, Professor of Practice (paediatric infectious diseases and immunology), Imperial College London