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State of the Art Facility Educating Home-Grown Doctors in Blacktown

September 2011

On 21 September over fifty UWS supporters gathered at the Blacktown Mt Druitt Clinical School and Research Centre for an exclusive preview of this new state of the art teaching and research facility.

Based at Blacktown Hospital and boasting an impressive three level research facility, the Centre has been chosen as a leading national site to deliver innovative multidisciplinary education to future health providers in Western Sydney.

Guests at the event were given a behind the scenes tour of the facility and the research and teaching initiatives now headquartered in Blacktown. Senior Academics, including Clinical Dean, Professor Peter Zelas, Professor of Surgery, Marc Gladman and Chair of Medicine, Professor Mark McLean provided insight into the various functions of the Centre, including Wet Labs, the Clinical Trial unit, the Library, cutting edge technological resources and tutorial and teaching facilities.

The Vice Chancellor, Professor Janice Reid AM, Chairman of the UWS Foundation, Mr John Phillips AO, and the new Dean of Medicine, Professor Annemarie Hennessey spoke about their vision for the future of UWS, and the University’s commitment to the Blacktown region.

Promising UWS Medical students and scholarship recipients also attended the event and joined the tours to provide an insight into what it means to have access to these first class facilities.

Also announced at the event was a recent gift from former CEO of Blacktown Hospital, Mr Derek Howes and his wife Shirley. The gift of $50,000 will support the establishment of an endowment for the annual awarding of the prestigious Derek and Shirley Howes Prize for Medicine. The prize will recognise and inspire our future medical practitioners and instil in them the importance of continuing education – a key theme of the new facility at Blacktown.

Read more about the UWS School of Medicine and Blacktown Mt Druitt Clinical School and Research Centre.

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Ashlee Friend, UWS Medical student and scholarship recipient
Professor John Ingleson, UWS Deputy Vice Chancellor, International and Development
Mr John Phillips AO, Chairman UWS Foundation
Mr Maurice Velcich, Red Lee Chickens and Professor Peter Zelas OAM, Clinical Dean, UWS Blacktown Mt Druitt Clinical School
Professor John Ingleson, UWS Deputy Vice Chancellor, International & Development; Professor Peter Zelas OAM, Clinical Dean, UWS Blacktown Mt Druitt Clinical School; Professor Annemarie Hennessey, UWS Dean of Medicine; Mr John Phillips AO, Chairman UWS Foundation
Emeritus Professor Graham Swain, UWS Hawkesbury Foundation; Emeritus Professor Richard Bawden, Chair UWS Hawkesbury Foundation; Mr John Phillips AO, Chairman UWS Foundation
Mr Ralph O'Shaughnessy, Business Operations Manager, GWS Giants
Matthew Allaway, UWS Medical student and scholarship recipient
Guests touring the dry lab facilities on the third floor of the west wing
Mark Willet, Architectural Director at MSJ Architects and designer of the facility providing guests with an insight into the unique design features of the building
Associate Professor Lukas Kairaitis, Sub Dean, UWS Blacktown Mt Druitt Clinical School provides guests with an understanding of the activities of students in the presentation and tutorial rooms
Professor Mark McLean, UWS Chair of Medicine provides guests with an exclusive preview of research activities in the Clinical School Wet Labs
New researchers to the Centre provide guests with live demonstrations of new, high-tech research equipment
Anisha Kulkarni, UWS Medical student and Emeritus Professor Graham Swain, UWS Hawkesbury Foundation
Professor Marc Gladman, UWS Professor of Surgery talks to guests about the clinical trials due to shortly commence in the new Clinical Trials Unit under a project funded by the Federal Government
Guests and UWS academic and professional staff moving through the courtyard
Mr Noel Laming, Principal, Richardson and Wrench Campbelltown and other guests watch on as Medical students and academic and hospital staff make use of the well established medical library and study facilities
Medical students Anisha Kulkarni and Matthew Allaway speak to guests about the benefits of student areas, providing opportunities for interaction with peers and an important place for downtime in a busy clinical schedule
Professor Annemarie Hennessey, UWS Dean of Medicine talks about her vision for the School and the already positive impact this new facility will have on students and the local community

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State of the Art Facility Educating Home-Grown Doctors in Blacktown

Policies Governing Gifts to UWS

State of the Art Facility Educating Home-Grown Doctors in Blacktown

Ashlee Friend, UWS Medical student and scholarship recipient

Professor John Ingleson, UWS Deputy Vice Chancellor, International and Development

Mr John Phillips AO, Chairman UWS Foundation

Mr Maurice Velcich, Red Lee Chickens and Professor Peter Zelas OAM, Clinical Dean, UWS Blacktown Mt Druitt Clinical School

Professor John Ingleson, UWS Deputy Vice Chancellor, International & Development; Professor Peter Zelas OAM, Clinical Dean, UWS Blacktown Mt Druitt Clinical School; Professor Annemarie Hennessey, UWS Dean of Medicine; Mr John Phillips AO, Chairman UWS Foundation

Emeritus Professor Graham Swain, UWS Hawkesbury Foundation; Emeritus Professor Richard Bawden, Chair UWS Hawkesbury Foundation; Mr John Phillips AO, Chairman UWS Foundation

Mr Ralph O'Shaughnessy, Business Operations Manager, GWS Giants

Matthew Allaway, UWS Medical student and scholarship recipient

Guests touring the dry lab facilities on the third floor of the west wing

Mark Willet, Architectural Director at MSJ Architects and designer of the facility providing guests with an insight into the unique design features of the building

Associate Professor Lukas Kairaitis, Sub Dean, UWS Blacktown Mt Druitt Clinical School provides guests with an understanding of the activities of students in the presentation and tutorial rooms

Professor Mark McLean, UWS Chair of Medicine provides guests with an exclusive preview of research activities in the Clinical School Wet Labs

New researchers to the Centre provide guests with live demonstrations of new, high-tech research equipment

Anisha Kulkarni, UWS Medical student and Emeritus Professor Graham Swain, UWS Hawkesbury Foundation

Professor Marc Gladman, UWS Professor of Surgery talks to guests about the clinical trials due to shortly commence in the new Clinical Trials Unit under a project funded by the Federal Government

Guests and UWS academic and professional staff moving through the courtyard

Mr Noel Laming, Principal, Richardson and Wrench Campbelltown and other guests watch on as Medical students and academic and hospital staff make use of the well established medical library and study facilities

Medical students Anisha Kulkarni and Matthew Allaway speak to guests about the benefits of student areas, providing opportunities for interaction with peers and an important place for downtime in a busy clinical schedule

Professor Annemarie Hennessey, UWS Dean of Medicine talks about her vision for the School and the already positive impact this new facility will have on students and the local community

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