Events

Ten to Men (The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health) was commissioned by the Department of Health to strengthen the evidence base on male heath, as part of its commitment to improving the health of Australian males and making the health system more responsive to their needs. Ten to Men is following a cohort of 16,000 men and boys who were aged between 10 and 55 when they were recruited in 2013/14.  They are a diverse group in terms of both exposures (their socioeconomic circumstan...

A spotlight on multidisciplinary research into developing, applying and using biosensors for biomedical sciences Presenters: Scientia Professor Justin Gooding, ARC Australian Laureate Fellow, The Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, School of Chemistry, UNSW Dr Angus Johnston, ARC Future Fellow, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University Dr David Garrett, ARC DECRA Fellow, Department of Physics, The University of Melbourne Associate Professor Guozhen Liu, CNBP Res...

Sister Dr Mary Glowrey graduated from the University of Melbourne and went on to become the first Catholic Sister Doctor. She served the poor in India all her life and founded the Catholic Health Association of India. Her role included being the inspiration behind the St John’s Medical College, Bangalore. She will likely be Australia’s next Catholic Saint and has already been promoted to servant of God.

Studies have shown that parental drug and alcohol use and family violence are major contributors to infant removal from Indigenous families into institutional care. These children are subject to poorer health and cognitive development. While family violence during early life is well recognised as causing emotional distress, trauma, delayed language and poor verbal abilities, impaired cognitive functioning, disrupted attachment, sleep disturbances, and aggressive behaviour, the future health a...

This seminar explores the role of stadia, urban politics and football fandom shape the sportscape of Jakarta and focuses on the events, meanings and narratives regarding the demolition of two of Jakarta's football stadia: Stadion Menteng (2006) and Stadion Lebak Bulus (2016) home to the football club, Persija. The trajectory of Persija Football Club's stadia – Stadion Ikada, Stadion Menteng and Lebak Bulus – involves discourses on Jakarta's urbanisation and development, cultural heritage, me...

Masters Recital Series guitar performance by Cameron Sloan. Program: Domenico SCARLATTI Sonatas K. 308 and K. 309 Manuel Maria PONCE Sonata Clasica Anthony RITCHIE Rhapsody Stepan RAK Temptation of the Renaissance Mikhail VYSSOTSKY Variations on "What Have I Done to Upset You?" Traditional (arr. Gerald Garcia) Five Celtic Pieces Stephen GOSS El Llanto de Los Suenos

Ten to Men (The Longitudinal Study on Male Health) is a national study of 16,000 Australian men and boys. Wave 2 data are now available. The Ten to Men Data User Workshop includes, an overview of the study, details of the dataset, data access information, data documentation, weighting and adjusting for sample design. This workshop would be suitable for researchers, students and anyone involved with male health. Cost: Free

The Feasting on Hannibal conference brings together scholars and artists from diverse disciplinary backgrounds in order to consider Hannibal Lecter’s persistent cultural significance as a figure of cultivated monstrosity. Since the recent reemergence of Hannibal and his surrounding mythology in television, Hannibal not only continues to redefine notions of the monstrous, but has also redefined the boundaries and expectations of the television medium. This conference aims to facilitate an unde...

On 27 October the United Nations General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution to launch negotiations on a treaty outlawing nuclear weapons. 123 nations voted in favour of the resolution (Austria was among the cosponsors). Yet, most nucleararmed nations voted against the UN resolution as did most of their allies, including nearly all NATO members. Australia also voted against the resolution. An expert panel will give an overview of the efforts which led to this new initiative and analyse th...

In this lecture Professor Susan Greenfield will explore the unique approaches she is taking as founder and Chief Scientific Officer of NeuroBio to develop novel, effective therapeutics for Alzheimer's Disease. Baroness Susan Greenfield is renowned for her engaging and illuminating presentations and will explore a unique approach to arresting cell death in Alzheimer's and related disorders looking at core mechanism that could underlie the neurodegenerative process itself.

We can now examine an individual’s complete set of genetic information (the genome) to identify changes that may impact on health. Genomic medicine offers enormous potential to improve diagnosis and provide more personalised care for patients. This public forum will discuss the challenges of bringing DNA into healthcare, and how the potential of genomics is being realised now and into the future. Presented by the Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance, this forum of expert speakers will be chai...

The Persian heartland has long been the centre of one of the world’s oldest continuous major civilizations, exuding regional power and cultural production, with historical and urban settlements dating to 4000 BC. Today, much of the public image of Iran is defined by its status as an Islamic Republic, but Iranian culture runs much deeper and is much more multifarious than its political title implies. Therefore, in order to fully understand the role Iran plays in current world events it is nece...

This course is designed for those who are involved in the development of evaluation frameworks, guidelines or plans for programs or projects in the public health field. Program planners and implementers are often faced with the task of having to choose the most appropriate evaluation approach and the criteria by which to judge a program. Planning, negotiation, selecting evaluation questions and indicators, and modelling the program logic are integral components of this task. It is in these ar...

On 23 April 1616, the poet and playwright William Shakespeare died, at the age of 52. To mark the 400th anniversary of his death, the Baillieu Library’s After Shakespeare exhibition explores the author’s legacy, both in terms of writers who imitated or adapted his works (that is, literally wrote ‘after’ his style) and in terms of Shakespeare’s reputation and significance in the four centuries after his demise, with a particular emphasis on how his work has been received in Australia. After ...

The conference organisers are delighted to announce the inaugural conference of Light Microscopy Australia (LMA), a special interest group operating under the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society. We have assembled an exciting program that includes 2 days of talks across a range of microscopy techniques and applications, followed by a 3rd optional day of practical workshops. The scientific program includes 2 keynote addresses, over 15 talks from scientists using highend imaging ...