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VALIDATE Workshops

VALIDATE hosts a number of workshops to aid the continuing professional development of its members and to advance vaccine development for our focus pathogens. You will be able to find out more information about these, and how to apply to join a workshop, on this page as they are organised.

If you would like to suggest a workshop topic you think would be of relevance to VALIDATE's members, or if you would like to host a VALIDATE workshop, please contact the VALIDATE Management Team at VALIDATE@ndm.ox.ac.uk.

Upcoming Workshops

How to Create and Use Target Product Profiles to Guide Vaccine Development

01 October

This engaging 2-hour workshop will be of great interest to all VALIDATE members, especially those involved in translational vaccine research, product development, clinical development, or vaccine implementation.

VALIDATE Workshop: How to Present Online - A Practical Guide

11 November

Join us for a 2-hour interactive online workshop designed to help you plan, design and deliver online presentations that are clear, engaging and confident, whether you're presenting to scientific colleagues or external audiences.

VALIDATE ECR Workshop 2027 - The Management Experiment: People, Performance, and Other Stuff They Never Taught You in the Lab

10 May 2027 to 11 May 2027

This lively, in-person two-day workshop by Peggy Klaus on how to successfully manage people is designed for VALIDATE ECR members.

Previous Workshops

VALIDATE ECR Workshop 2026 - Grant Writing

This workshop focus on grant writing, offering practical guidance on how to turn research ideas into competitive proposals. Through interactive sessions, participants learned how to identify funding opportunities and structure applications effectively.

VALIDATE Workshop - Becoming Drivers of Change for Vaccines in One Health

A 3 day in-person workshop that brought bring together 30 researchers from across the world for a practical, interactive programme that helped delegates become effective drivers of change for vaccines in One Health.

VALIDATE Workshop: How to Apply Behavioural Science to Vaccine Research

Explore how behavioural science can inform every stage of the research process, from understanding vaccine uptake and programme implementation to shaping how research is developed, delivered, and disseminated.

VALIDATE Workshop: How to Present Online - A Practical Guide

A 2-hour interactive online workshop designed to help you plan, design and deliver online presentations that are clear, engaging and confident, whether you're presenting to scientific colleagues or external audiences.

How to Engage Young People: Tools to Connect Your Research with Their Interests

Join us for this interactive workshop where we will explore alternative methods of communication with a focus of teenagers and young adults, audiences that are often considered the most difficult to engage.

VALIDATE Workshop: How to Engage Bio-Entrepreneurs - Building Partnerships with Industry

Join us for this interactive, two-hour workshop-hosted by Petro Terblanche-designed to help you successfully engage with bio-entrepreneurs and build meaningful partnerships in the biotechnology and life sciences sectors.

VALIDATE ECR Workshop 2025: Professional Skills for Vaccine Researchers

Held the day before the VALIDATE Annual Meeting 2025, this dynamic workshop helped Early Career Researchers communicate their science, build strong research profiles, and pursue careers in academia or industry with confidence.

Vaccines for Neglected Tropical Skin Diseases - Group Photo

VALIDATE Workshop: Vaccines for Neglected Tropical Skin Diseases - Progress and Challenges

From 6-8 May 2025, the VALIDATE Network hosted a closed workshop in Bogotá, Colombia, bringing together 28 invited delegates to tackle one of global health's more overlooked challenges: vaccine development for neglected tropical skin diseases (NTDs).

VALIDATE Workshop: Mentorship Mastery - Shaping Futures, Inspiring Success

Dr Ruth Gotian shared insights on how mentoring boosts career success, guiding attendees to become inspiring mentors and effective mentees.

From Candidate to Vaccine: Translating the Next Generation of Vaccines for Intracellular Pathogens

A workshop that supported members in advancing vaccine candidates for mycobacterial diseases, leishmaniases, and melioidosis.

VALIDATE ECR Workshop 2024: Grant Writing

This interactive grant writing course imparts vital skills to researchers, covering tailored proposal development, funding agency exploration, real proposal analysis, practical exercises, and effective writing for diverse audiences.

VALIDATE PhD Showcase Series

A dynamic online event that brought together VALIDATE PhD Students with fellow members worldwide to explore their latest research and enhance their presentation skills.

VALIDATE Workshop: One Health in TB and Leishmaniasis

The workshop brought together 32 researchers from 15 countries to explore One Health in tuberculosis and leishmaniasis.

VALIDATE Workshop: Fundamentals of Flow Cytometry 2023

Flow Cytometry is a technology where physical and chemical measurements are made on particles as they flow one by one through a flow chamber. This course is aimed at those new to cytometry and those who wish to consolidate their knowledge.

VALIDATE Workshop - Resources & Strategies for Improving English

The Language Centre at the University of Oxford provided researchers with essential tips and point you towards valuable resources that can help them enhance your written and spoken English in the research.

VALIDATE ECR Workshop: Showcasing Your Science

VALIDATE once again asked First Create The Media to provide their members with an in-person, full-day interactive workshop that helped build skills and confidence to talk about their research.

VALIDATE Workshop - NIH101: A Guide to Applying for National Institutes of Health Funding

In this workshop, Dr Katrin Eichelberg provided advice on finding NIH funding opportunities and shared tips on putting together a NIH grant application

VALIDATE ECR Workshop: Storytelling for Scientists

We delved into the techniques of storytelling to discover how applying the tools of classic stories can help you create a compelling pitch for your start up and how it can make a difference.

VALIDATE Flow Cytometry Workshop 2022

Flow Cytometry is a technology where physical and chemical measurements are made on particles as they flow one by one through a flow chamber. This course was aimed at those new to cytometry and those who wish to consolidate their knowledge.

VALIDATE Workshop: Writing Research Grant Proposals

Prof Rajko Reljic provided attendees with a perspective on how to identify the most appropriate funding opportunities and write successful proposals to support their research.

VALIDATE ECR Workshop Series 2021: Research Project & Grant Management for Researchers

Sam Vermaak, an experienced research project manager, will be taking you through her tips to plan and run a successful research project and to manage your research grants.

VALIDATE ECR Workshop Series 2021: Grant Writing

Prof Helen McShane and Sam Vermaak will be discussing research grant writing, their experiences both in applying for grants and reviewing grant applications, and answering any questions on this topic that VALIDATE ECRs may have.

VALIDATE Collaboration Workshop - Online

A 2 hour online workshop encouraging VALIDATE Members to think of new ways to form their next research collaboration.

VALIDATE ECR Workshop "Post-doc'ing for Success 2", Sept 2019

This workshop will be part of the annual VALIDATE Network Meeting and is aimed at VALIDATE Associate and post-graduate student Affiliate members

Melioidosis Vaccine Symposium: "Moving from animal models to man", Feb 2019

Discussing the roadmap to first-in-man melioidosis vaccine clinical trials and the lessons learned in the TB field when moving vaccine candidates from animals to humans

GCRF Vaccine Networks Vaccinology Workshop, Dec 2018

Veterinary and Human Vaccinology workshop for Early Career Researchers

Post-doc'ing for Success - Early Career Researchers Workshop, Nov 2018

This workshop will be part of the annual VALIDATE Network Meeting and is aimed at VALIDATE Associate and post-graduate student Affiliate members

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