Past Lecture Series
The Dean's lectures are public events that provide the opportunity for staff, students, alumni and the general public alike to broaden their understanding of the issues, innovations and developments taking place in health today.
2008
Pandemics and emerging infections - panic and paranoia or potential threat?
Date | Time: 23 July, 6.30 for 7.00pm (refreshments from 6.30pm)
Venue: John B Reid Theatre, UNSW AGSM Building
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2007
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18 April
Topic: Translating auditory neuroscience into treatments for deafness
Speaker: Professor Gary Housley, Professor of Physiology, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences
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16 May
Topic: Heroin overdose: facts and myths
Speaker: Professor Shane Darke, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)
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20 June
Topic: Obesity: its all in the brain
Speaker: Professor Margaret Morris, Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences
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15 August
Topic: Exploring the Cause and the Consequence of Reduced BDNF in Schizophrenia
Speaker: Professor Cyndi Shannon Weickert, NISAD Chair of Schizophrenia Research, School of Psychiatry
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12 September
Topic: The immune system, infection, and the prevention of cancer: epidemiological clues from transplant recipients and people with AIDS
Speaker: Professor Andrew Grulich, Head, HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (NCHECR)
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17 October
Topic: Patient safety: organisational, social, cultural and political considerations
Speaker: Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, Director, Centre for Clinical Governance Research in Health (CCGR)
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2006
21 June 2006
Topic: Healthcare in crisis - Are Universities part of the problem or part of the solution?
Speaker: Professor Peter Smith, Dean, Faculty of Medicine
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12 July 2006
Topic: The biological basis of dyslexia: making sense of the argument
Speaker: Professor Lindy Rae, NewSouth Global Professor in Brain Sciences
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16 August 2006
Topic: Mast Cells, the Gut, and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Speaker: Professor Patrick McNeil, Professor of Rheumatology, South Western Sydney Clinical School
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18 October 2006
Topic: Clinical Governance: What, Why and How?
Speaker: Professor Allan Spigelman, Professor Surgery, St Vincent's Clinical School
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