About
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 PID trainees and trainers, and all those who manage children with infections, covering topics in Paediatric infection including SAS, LED & Consultant doctors.
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, case rounds, debate & intriducing the annual IIC Quiz.
IIC 2026 will be the 23rd edition of the course. All lectures will take place in the Bernard Sunley Building, St Catherine's College, Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UJ
The IIC Organising Committee recommend physical attendance of IIC 2026 if at all possible. Virtual participation will be an option for those unable to travel to Oxford.
Programme
Click here for the IIC 2026 programme.
Please see the separate pages on this website for registration and bursary information.
Sessions will include:
- The McCracken Key note lecture
- Lectures with opportunity for questions at the end of every presentation
- Case Rounds - interactive sessions with a panel
- Debate
- Annual quiz
Historically RCPCH has approved IIC for CPD in accordance with their current RCPCH CPD guidelines.
IIC 2026 Speakers are:
- Dr James Allinson, Respiratory Consultant, Royal Brompton Hospital & Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London
- Professor Julia Bielicki, Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention and Control, University of Basel Children’s Hospital
- Professor Debby Bogaert, Scottish Senior Clinical Fellow and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh
- Dr Nick Croucher, Associate Professor in Bacterial Genomics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London
- Professor Nigel Curtis, Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
- Dr Simon Drysdale, Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Oxford
- Professor Adrian Egli, Director, Institute for Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich
- Professor Rashida Ferrand, Professor of International Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Dr Caroline Foster, Consultant, Children’s Infectious Diseases, Imperial College Healthcare NHS trust
- Professor James Gilchrist, Wellcome Career Development Fellow, Oxford Vaccine Group & Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases & Immunology
- Dr Emma Lim, Paediatric Consultant and Paediatric Sepsis Lead, Great North Children’s Hospital
- Professor Isabelle Meyts, Head, Immunogenetics Research Group & Inborn Errors of Immunity, KU Leuven
- Dr Kate O'Brien, Director, Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, World Health Organization (WHO)
- Professor Paul Offit, Director, Vaccine Education Center & Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Dr Stéphane Paulus, Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Oxford University Hospitals
- Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, Director, Oxford Vaccine Group
- Dr Anne Puel, Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM)
- Dr Octavio Ramillo, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis
- Dr Anupama Rao, Consultant Haematologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
- Professor Pablo Rojo, Professor of Pediatrics, Complutense University of Madrid
- Professor Xavier Sáez-Llorens, Chief of Infectious Diseases and Director of Clinical Research, Dr. José Renán Esquivel Children’s Hospital, Panama
- 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
- Dr Thomas Christie Williams, Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Child Life and Health, University of Edinburgh