Central Clinical School public lectures and forums

The Central Clinical School hosts events for the community to discover more about the world-class research and education taking place within the School. We understand the basic mechanisms of how our bodies stay healthy, so we can develop solutions for when people fall ill and their bodies don't work properly.

2023

• 21 Nov: Central Clinical School 2023 Public Lecture: Professor Trisha Peel on preventing and managing surgical site infections. See video
• 7 Sep: Central Clinical School Public Lecture: Associate Professor Gemma Sharp on body image and eating disorders. See video.

2022

• 25 Oct: Central Clinical School Public Lecture: Professor Velandai Srikanth, Director of the National Centre for Healthy Ageing
  See video or Slideshare presentation

2021

• 29 Oct: Central Clinical School Public Lecture: Professor Anne Holland on addressing consumer priorities See video
• 7 Oct: CARE public webinar 'Blood not bone marrow? The potential role for blood testing to improve multiple myeloma diagnosis and therapy' See program and video

2020

• 9 Dec: COVID-19: What could happen next? See video
• 29 Oct: Central Clinical School Public Lecture: Professor Terry O'Brien on Epilepsy. See video
• 12 Aug: "From the Frontline: Clinical impacts of COVID-19" See video

2019

• 17 Oct: Central Clinical School Public Lecture: Professor Christopher Fairley on syphilis
• 14 Mar: Brain Awareness Week Public Lecture: Dr Caroline Gurvich and A/Prof Joanne Fielding
• 7 Mar: Tissue engineering of skin for burns, and regenerative medicine for wound care - Public Lecture by Prof Steven Boyce

2018

• 18 Oct: Central Clinical School Public Lecture: Professor Wendy Brown on obesity
• 26 Jul: Thyroid cancer: towards a better paradigm - Public Lecture by Mr James Lee
• 26 Apr: The Australian Revolution in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis - Public Lecture by A/Prof Jeremy Grummet

2017

• 2 Nov: The forgotten male cancers - Public Lecture by Professor T. Clark Gamblin
• 19 Oct: Central Clinical School public lecture: Professor Mark Cooper speaking on diabetes and its complications.

2016

• 12 Oct: Central Clinical School annual public lecture: "Innovative systems for improving trauma injury treatment" by Prof Mark Fitzgerald.

2015

• 9 Oct: Central Clinical School annual public lecture: "Women's Mental Health: It's getting tougher" by Prof Jayashri Kulkarni.

2014

• 24 Nov: Immunology/Burnet symposium: Dendritic Cells, Interferon and Vaccines featuring two international speakers.
• 5 Nov: 2014 MCDB7 Symposium, featuring cutting edge cell and developmental biology research taking place in Melbourne. Hosted by CCS.
• 10 July: Public lecture given by Professor Jenny Hoy, "Challenges of living well with HIV: Where to from here?". Professor Hoy is Professor-Director of HIV Medicine at the Alfred Hospital and Department of Infectious Diseases.

2013

• 30 Oct: Public lecture given by Professor Peter Gibson, "Beating the bloat: wheat intolerance, FODMAPs and gluten". Professor Gibson is Head of Department of Gastroenterology. Video link.  See more about FODMAPs.

2012

• 5 Dec: Public Lecture given by Professor Robyn O'Hehir, "Allergy & Anaphylaxis: the facts and your questions answered". Professor O'Hehir is Head of Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory medicine (AIRmed).

2011

• 26 Aug: 'JAQ' by Jill Charity Art Auction coordinated by Associate Professor Robyn Slattery in honour of Professor Jacques Miller, who discovered the role of the thymus 50 years ago. A/Prof Slattery is in the Department of Immunology.