Seminar Program 2010
| 8 DEC | Professor Ajay Mahal – View of Global Health |
| 1 DEC | DHHS (Caufield) |
| 29 NOV (2pm–3pm) | Bendix Cartensen – Cancer occurrence and duration of diabetes and insulin therapy: A register linkage study in Denmark Chair: Dr Dianna Magliano |
| 24 NOV | Associate Professor Paul Dietze and Tim Spelman – Working with hidden populations: Recruitment and implications for follow up and analysis Chair: Damien Jolley |
| 17 NOV | Alice Owen – Omega-3 fats and cardiovascular health: an evolving perspective from rats to relative risks Chair: Associate Professor Chris Reid |
| 11 NOV (9:30am) | The Department of Health Social Science HDR Department Conference Seminar room H222, Caufield campus (RSVP to Charles.Livingstone@monash.edu for catering purposes by Thurs 4 NOV) |
| 10 NOV | Colin Fee – ICT Updates – Things you NEED to know about Google Apps and Secure Data Transfer |
| 9 NOV (1:00pm) | Dr Jason Stein, Assoc Vice Chair for Quality in the Department of Medicine at Emory University – Leveraging Interdisciplinary Teams and Health IT in the Medical Unit |
| 3 NOV | PhD reviews: Masoumeh Sanagou, Zoe McQuilten, Victor Hoe |
| 27 OCT | PhD seminar: Cameron Gosling – Musculoskeletal Injuries in Australian triathletes: Profiles, perceptions and safety risks for competitor |
| 20 OCT | Honours initial presentations: Kumar Pasupathi – The relationship between obesity, overweight and disability Harbeer Ahedi – Roles of muscles and biomechanical factors in the development of hip OA |
| 13 OCT | Dr Cate Lombard – A low intensity, community based lifestyle programme to prevent weight gain in women with young children: cluster randomised controlled trial |
| 11 OCT (11:00am) | Prof Patricia Davidson, Professor of Cardiovascular and Chronic Care at Curtin University – Dyspnoea Management in Chronic Heart Failure |
| 6 OCT | Dr Anna Peeters – Population health implications of obesity trends in Australia |
| 29 SEP | PhD seminar: Danny Hills – Workplace Aggression in Australian Clinical Medical Practice |
| 22 SEP | Gerard O'Reilly – The Mysterious Case of the Missing Trauma Registry Dev Mitra – Acute coagulopathy of trauma |
| 15 SEP | Dr Deborah Glass – OccIDEAS: Exposure assessment for case control studies made easier Chair: Malcolm Sim |
| 8 SEP | Associate Professor Damien Jolley – Visualising Variables – Validly Dr Steven Haas – Cardiovascular therapeutic trials and tribulations of drug safety Judy Lowthian (PhD review) – Increasing demand for emergency patient services: underlying drivers, implications and solutions |
| 25 AUG | Dr Shelly Jeffcott – What on earth are "human factors" and why should we care anyway |
| 18 AUG | Dr Mukesh Hakerwal – The National E-health Initiative Chair: Prof Just Stoelwinder https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/e-health/3018816 |
| 11 AUG | Marlien Varnfield – Clinical outcomes and feasibility of ICT-assisted self management models for chronic disease management Alisa Pedrana – Future Directions: Understanding Risk Among Men have Sex with Men In Victoria |
| 4 AUG | Dr Deborah Zion – Psychiatric Ethics and a Politics of Compassion. The Case of Detained Asylum seekers in Australia. |
| 28 JUL | Kathlyn Ronaldson – Psychiatric patients and a case-control study Chair: Andrew Tonkin |
| 21 JUL | Martha Sinclair – The Rouse Hill Project Chair: Andrew Forbes |
| 14 JUL | A/Prof Allen Cheng – Evaluating a management algorithm for patients with critical illness in developing countries |
| 24 JUN | Demystifying the promotions process at Monash: Research and Academic streams Professor Ian Smith, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research and Research Infrastructure – research Professor Adam Shoemaker, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) – teaching Professor Shaun Jackson, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow: career development and mentorship Chair: A/Prof Robin Bell, Associate Dean Research (Clinical, Public and Allied Health) |
| 23 JUN | Richard Smith – Public Health to Global Health Discussant: Prof Brian Oldenburg / Chair: Dr Robert Hall |
| 16 JUN | Professor Just Stoelwinder – The biggest health reform since Medicare |
| 26 MAY | Professor Grant Russell – Understanding primary care performance: mixed methods and new perspectives |
| 19 MAY | Dr Sue Evans – Starting up a clinical quality registry: pitfalls and key lessons from the prostate cancer registry |
| 12 MAY | Honours/BMedSci Presentations 11:50am–12:10pm Nadine Ata (BMedSci) 12:10pm–12:25pm Jessica Harding (BBiomedSci hons) 12:25pm–12:40pm Phuong Nguyen (BBiomedSci hons) 12:40pm–12:55pm Monica Suplewski (BBiomedSci hons) |
| 12 MAY | Kathlyn Ronaldson – Clozapine Myocarditis (Discussant: Professor Andrew Tonkin) |
| 5 MAY | Dr Robyn Woods, Emily Parker – ASPREE Healthy Ageing Biobank |
| 28 APR | Angela Rintoul – Improving the health of vulnerable populations: from evidence to practice. A presentation of findings from a series of Victorian Public Health Training Scheme placements focussed on youth justice clients, Afghan women and drug users in Melbourne. Karen Moore – Evaluating the nature and adoption of evidence in action to address public health priorities |
| 21 APR | Marian Abouzeid – Evidence, equity and Health - Contemporary issues in the Australian public health arena Elizabeth Headley – Health inequalities; population- wide changes in the prevalence of inequalities and their implications Chebiwot Kipsaina – The context of public health in low-middle income countries |
| 14 APR | Ella Zomer – Epidemiological modelling of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease Nathan Grills – The iterative process of project initiation, planning and management in public health: the example of determining the seropositivity of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Victoria |
| 31 MAR | Katharine Gibson – Reflections on the role of partnerships in public health practice Claire Tobin – Exploring the relationships between evidence, public opinion and policy in public health Susan Heywood – Evidence and policy approaches to address health and social inequities |
| 24 MAR | Elizabeth Moore – Acute kidney injury: Investigating treatments and new markers for its early detection Adrienne O'Neil – Improving the health and well-being of depressed patients following myocardial infarction (MI) |
| 17 MAR | Helen Ackland – Cervical Spine MRI Study Brad Crammond – The Social Justice of Health |
| 17 FEB | Bridget Pratt – Justice in International Clinical Research Suree Lekawanvijit – Cardiorenal Syndrome: Pathophysiology and Role of Protein-Bound Uremic Toxins & Biomarkers |
| 3 FEB | Soula Fillipas – Exercise and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Andrew Teichtahl – Physical activity and knee joint structure Stephanie Tanamas – The relationship between diet, physical activity and obesity, and hip cartilage |
| 27 JAN | Alisa Higgins – An economic evaluation of resuscitation in sepsis Judy Gold – The medium and the message: An investigation of how youth access, interpret and implement sexual health information |