Issue 315 - Friday 23 August 2013 - Baker IDI Research Office

AMREP SEMINARS AND EVENTS LISTING
Issue 315: Friday 23 August 2013
Weekly update of upcoming seminars of general interest and special events in the Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct.
To advertise seminars and events in this listing, contact Rebecca Erlich (Rebecca.Erlich@bakeridi.edu.au).
To make AMREP Education Centre room bookings, email: aec@alfred.org.au
All welcome; no RVSP required unless otherwise indicated.
Date Time Location Host Speaker Topic
August
Monday 26th 9am - 5pm AMREP Lecture Theatre AMREP ECR Committee • Plenary: Prof Ross Coppel,
Monash University
• Various AMREP ECRs
AMREP ECR Conference
Open to all, with a particular focus on early-mid career
researchers at AMREP
Abstract deadline 26 July
Further information:
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/ecr/symposia.html
Monday 26th 12:30 -1:30pm Level 5 Lecture Theatre,
Alfred Centre
Tuesday 27th 11am -12pm Level 5 Lecture Theatre,
Alfred Centre
Tuesday 27th 12 - 1pm Level 7 Long Room,
Alfred Centre
Psychiatry Professorial Grand
Round
Department of Medicine/ACBD,
Monash University
Burnet Institute
Dr Louisa Christie, Psychiatry
Registrar, The Alfred Hospital
• Dr. Zane Kaplan, ACBD
• Dr Jane Arthur, ACBD
Prof Susan Charman, Director, Centre
for Drug Candidate Optimisation,
Monash University
Thursday 29th 12.30 - 1.30 pm AMREP Lecture Theatre Alfred Medical Ground Round Chair: Prof Carlos Scheinkestel,
Director ICU
Presenters: Dr Jason McClure, Deputy
Director ICU / Dr Steven McGloughlin,
Intensivist
Discussion Panel: Mr Bill O’Shea,
General Counsel, Legal Counsel Office
/ Prof Matt Naughton, Head, Gen
Respiratory & Sleep AIRMED / Dr Kate
Martin, Trauma and General Surgeon /
Dr Sharon Avery, Clinical
Haematologist / Assoc Prof David
Pilcher ,-Intensivist, Director ANZICS
CORE
Capacity, consent and the mental health act
• Are Platelets Just For Clots?
• Development of a shear-sensitive biosensor (and
other matters of shear importance)
Genesis of OZ439: From preclinical studies to clinical
trials
Cases from clinical review: Basketball, resuscitation and
flight simulation.
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Date Time Location Host Speaker
August
Friday 30th 12.30 – 1.30pm AMREP Classroom 3 Monash Infectious Diseases
Society
September
Monday 2nd 4 -5 pm TBA AMREP Immunology Seminar
Series
Tuesday 3rd 4 - 5 pm Level 5 Lecture Theatre, Monash School of Public Health
Alfred Centre
and Preventive Medicine
Wednesday 4th 6.30 – 8.30 pm Level 5 Lecture Theatre,
Alfred Centre
Thursday 5th –
Friday 6th
(Presentation
7pm )
8.30 am – 5.30
pm (Thursday
9am – 5.05 pm
(Friday)
AMREP Lecture Theatre
Integrative Medicine Education
and Research (IMER) Group /
AIMA Seminar
Monash University/CREPS/The
Alfred
• Jennifer Hoy, Director HIV
Medicine, The Alfred
• Prof Duncan Topliss, Director
Endocrinology & Diabetes, The
Alfred
Dr Mirielle Lahoud, Burnet Institute
Topic
The conundrum of HIV, ARV and bone disease: Who to
screen, what tool to use and how to treat.
TBA
A/ Prof Anthony Bedford, RMIT The Island - teaching statistics in a virtual world
• Adjunct A/Prof Antigone Kouris,
Dept of Dietetics and Human
Nutrition, La Trobe University,
Bundoora.
• Dr Vicki Kotsirilos, GP and coauthor
of Evidence Based
Integrative and Complementary
Medicine
Various Speakers including:
Prof Peter Cameron, Hamad Medical
Corporation, Qatar
A/Prof Chris Curry, Fremantle Hospital,
Perth
Assistant Prof Teri Reynolds, Muhimbili
National Hospital, Dar Es Salaam,
Tanzania
Wednesday 11th 3 – 4pm AMREP Lecture Theatre Baker IDI Prof Dietmar Vestweber, Director, Max-
Planck-Institute of Molecular
Biomedicine, Muenster, Germany
Nutritional Deficiency, Signs and Symptoms
Clinical Signs and Symptoms of Common Nutritional
Deficiencies
Enquires to Lisa Hose lisa.hose@monash.edu
The 2nd International Emergency Care Symposium
Global access to emergency care: priorities and
strategies
Cost
Medical specialists:
$250 per person - 1 day / $400 per person - 2 days
Other:
$150 per person - 1 day / $250 per person (incl. of GST)
- 2 days
Enquiries to Catherine Pound 9903 0891 /
catherine.pound@monash.edu
Further info:
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/sphpm/creps/seminars.h
tml
Endothelial junctions in vascular permeability control and
leukocyte extravasation
Monday 16th 12.30 – 1.30 pm Seminar Room 1, Level 4,
Alfred Centre
Diabetes Forum
Baker IDI
Dr Sasin Adibi, RMIT Vice Chancellor
Research Fellow – Business IT and
Statistics
Telemedicine and remote monitoring – a smartphone
perspective
RSVP: Training Program Coordinator
E: training@bakeridi.edu.au P: 8532 1842
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Date Time Location Host Speaker Topic
October
Friday 4th 4 – 8.30 pm AMREP Seminar Room
and Lecture Theatre
Department of Immunology,
Monash University
Major Speakers
• Prof Fabienne Mackay, Head of
Dept of Immunology, Monash
• Prof Doug Hilton, Director of WeHi
• Prof Richard Boyd, Immune
Regeneration Laboratory, School
of Biomedical Sciences, Monash
University
• Emeritus Prof Jennifer Rolland,
Allergy Research Laboratory, Dept
of Immunology & AIRmed,
• Prof Ban-Hock Toh, Centre for
Inflammatory Diseases at Monash
Medical Centre
Immunology Symposium - 50 Years: Past and Future
Further details and RSVP:
http://med.monash.edu.au/immunology/outreach/2013-
symposium.html
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