Events

We are living through the most remarkable period in the history of medicine, driven by incredibly rapid parallel changes in three fields: genomics, data science, and therapeutics. Together, these three fields have resulted in rapid advances in the prediction, diagnosis, and treatment of human disease, as part of the new field of genomic medicine. The next decade promises further transformative advances in genomic medicine, but also carries risk: without urgent work to ensure that genomic research represents and benefits all of the world’s diverse communities, genomic medicine may serve to further exacerbate inequities in health outcomes.

In this oration, Professor MacArthur will discuss the exciting near-term prospects for the field of genomic medicine, as well as what is needed to ensure that these emerging technologies benefit everyone.

The David Danks Oration is named for Professor David Danks, co-founder and founding director of MCRI and Australian genetics pioneer. Supported by the Danks family, this event is a way to continue to share the latest innovations and Professor Danks’ passion for genetics.

Please join us for the next Dean’s lecture with Professor Edgar Pieters, Director, African Centre for Cities, Cape Town.

Amidst dramatic urban expansion, sustainable urbanism imperatives in Africa and the global South cannot be addressed through conventional urban development policy frameworks. However, it is difficult to fathom what constitutes an appropriate sustainable urbanisation policy canvass amidst persistent systemic inequalities and moribund institutional architectures and hollow political discourse.

In this lecture, Professor Pieterse will explore the dimensions of a working canvas that can accommodate emergent urban experiments in Africa and resonate with global discourses aimed at deciphering urban transitions that are just, culturally-attuned and resonant.