Research Colloquia - Previous Presenters

School of Medicine Research Colloquia Presenters
 

2 December 2011
Gavin Lambert, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
"A sympathetic view of stress"

25 October 2011
Peter Schofield, Neuroscience Research Australia
"The genetics of bipolar disorder: discovery, prediction & attitudes"

28 October 2011
Jenny Stow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience,
University of Queensland
"Trafficking in macrophages: Rabs, Snares and cytokines"

21 October 2011
Jonathan Gillis, University of Sydney & Plunkett Centre for Ethics,
St Vincent's Hospital, Australian Organ and Tissue Authority
"Novel targets for conopeptides in pain management"

14 October 2011
Ann Goodchild, Australian School of Advanced Medicine,
Macquarie University
"The power of somatostatin"

7 October 2011
Gilles Guillemin, School of Medical Sciences,
University of New South Wales
"Involvement of the kynurenine pathway in neurodegenerative diseases"

30 September 2011
Rebecca Haddock, John Curtin School of Medical Research,
Australian National University
"Obesity disrupts endothelial and neural mechanisms controlling vascular tone"

23 September 2011
Nagesh Pai, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong
"Metabolic syndrome in psychiatry: what did we learn?"

9 September 2011
Uli Schmidt, Genea (formerly Sydney IVF)
"Development of human embryonic stem cell-based tools for drug discovery and research"

2 September 2011
MacDonald Christie, Brain and Mind Research Institute,
University of Sydney
"Novel targets for conopeptides in pain management"

26 August 2011
Julio Licinio, John Curtin School of Medical Research,
Australian National University
"A missense leptin gene mutation: from rare disease to insights into biology and therapeutics"

19 August 2011
Alberto Avolio, Australian School of Advanced Medicine,
Macquarie University
"Arterial stiffness: cellular and molecular mechanisms & effects on blood pressure"

12 August 2011
Francis McGlone, School of Natural Sciences & Psychology,
John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
"Touching and feeling: from A to C"

5 August 2011
Ian Baguley, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service, Westmead Hospital
"Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity after acquired brain injury: translational research and current concepts"

29 July 2011
Judy Black, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research,
University of Sydney
"Airway smooth muscle: the answer to asthma?

15 July 2011
Catherine Itman, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Monash University
"Size does matter: growing a healthy testis"

1 July 2011
Rohan Walker, School of Biomedical Sciences, Newcastle University
"Microglia and mood state: a new frontier in the treatment of depression"

24 June 2011
Kathryn Refshauge, School of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney
"Neck pain and dizziness: is it just a pain in the neck?"

17 June 2011
Gary Egan, Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University
"Challenges to integrating micro-structural and functional MRI measures of brain connectivity"

10 June 2011
Tailoi Chan-Ling, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney
"The role of stem cells, vasculogenesis & angiogenesis in the formation of the retinal & choroidal blood vessels in the human eye"

3 June 2011
Daniela Stock, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
"Structure and dynamics of biological rotary motors"

27 May 2011
Paul Hodges, Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health, University of Queensland
"Moving differently in pain: new insights into mechanisms and relevance for rehabilitation"

20 May 2011
Julian Paton, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology,
University of Bristol, UK
"The selfish brain hypothesis of neurogenic hypertension"

13 May 2011
Marcus Gray, School of Psychology & Psychiatry, Monash University
"Integration of brain activity with efferent and afferent cardiovascular impulses: neuroimaging investigations"

6 May 2011
Rhoshel Lenroot, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales
"Brain development: insight from neuroimaging"

29 April 2011
Robert Callister, School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy,
University of Newcastle
"What has the glycine receptor told us about CNS function? A brief history"

15 April 2011
Cynthia Whitchurch, ithreeinstitute, University of Technology Sydney
"Extracellular DNA, biofilm development and migration"

8 April 2011
Simon Gandevia, Neuroscience Research Australia
"Science, thinking and messages from Charles Darwin"

1 April 2011
Janette Gogler, Austin Centre of Applied Clinical Informatics
"Remote patient monitoring in a chronicdisease management program: learnings from a randomised control trial at Austin Health"

25 March 2011
Kay Double, Neuroscience Research Australia
"Cell vulnerability in Parkinson's disease"

18 March 2011
Daniela Sartor, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics Unit,
The University of Melbourne
"Snoring, sedatives, stimulation & spins: What magnetic resonance can tell us about brain chemistry"

1 March 2011
Tania Sorrell, Centre for Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, University of Sydney
"Cryptococcus neoformans: invasive properties of a sugar-coated pathogenic yeast"

26 November 2010
Caroline Rae, Neuroscience Research Australia &
University of New South Wales
"Snoring, sedatives, stimulation & spins: What magnetic resonance can tell us about brain chemistry"

19 November 2010
Nicki Packer, Dept Chemistry & Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University
"The how, when, where and why of glycoproteomics"

12 November 2010
Annette Gross, Ethnic diversity : implications for drug response
"Glaxo Smith Kline Research & Development, Sydney"

5 November 2010
Elizabeth Krupinski, Department of Radiology, University of Arizona, USA
"Ergonomic and perceptual optimisation of the telehealth 'reading room'"

29 October 2010
Max Bennett, Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney
"Psychiatric diseases: core pathologies of the synapse"

22 October 2010
Michael Kohn, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney
"Refeeding patients with protein calorie malnutrition"

15 October 2010
Kerin O'Dea, Sansom Institute, University of South Australia
"Diabetes & related conditions in Indigenous Australians: the key role of diet"

8 October 2010
Denis Burnham, MARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney
"Speech & music: the case of lexical tone and musical pitch"

1 October 2010
Louisa Jorm, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney & The Sax Institute 
"The 45 & UP Study: what questions can 265,000 people answer for you?"

24 September 2010
Maria Sukkar, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
"The RAGEing lung"

17 September 2010
Sloane Madden, Eating Disorder Service, The Children's Hospital at Westmead
"Evidence-based treatment in adolescent anorexia nervosa:
review of a randomised controlled trial of inpatient treatment"

10 September 2010
Peter Tyler, The Royal Society of NSW
"The celluloid strip: mass screening for tuberculosis in Australia, 1950-1975"

3 September 2010
Mark Williams, Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science, Macquarie University
"Neural underpinnings of face perception"

27 August 2010
Margaret Hughes, Respiratory Research Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
"Airway smooth muscle-mast cell crosstalk and asthma"

20 August 2010
Colin Clifford, School of Psychology, University of Sydney
& ARC Centre for Excellence in Vision Science
"Inside the mind's eye: high resolution fMRI of visual processing in the human brain"

13 August 2010
Elisabeth Lambert, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne
"The sympathetic nervous system & its role in stress and obesity"

6 August 2010
Michael Ridding, School of Paediatrics & Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide
"Curing the brain with rTMS therapy"

30 July 2010
Geoff Munns, Centre for Educational Research, University of Western Sydney
"Thinking the unthinkable: teachers who engage students in poverty"

23 July 2010
Roland Goecke, Faculty of Information Sciences & Engineering, University of Canberra
"What the face reveals: using facial expression & motion analysis for measuring affect in major depression"

15 July 2010
Francis McGlone, School of Natural Sciences & Psychology,
Liverpool John Moores University, UK
"Psychophysical, electrophysiological and neuroimaging investigations of human touch: discriminative and affective properties"

9 July 2010
Michael Murray, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
"Regulation of the human CYP2J2 gene and its role in cell death and survival"

2 July 2010
Peregrine Osborne, Pain Management Research Institute, University of Sydney
"Persistent pain after spinal cord injury: understanding mechanisms to develop treatments"

25 June 2010
John Bekkers, Eccles Institure fro Neuroscience, Australian National University
"Cortical circuits underlying the sense of smell"

18 June 2010
Sam Solomon, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney
"Motion signals provided by populations of neurones in primate visual cortex"

11 June 2010
Caryl Hill, Eccles Institute for Neuroscience, Australian National University
"Voltage-dependent Ca²⁺ channels and cerebrovascular constriction: life beyond the L-type channel"

4 June 2010
Peter Hobbins, Department of History, University of Sydney
"Taking nothing for granted: Australian medical science before the NHMRC"

28 May 2010
Gemma Figtree, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney
"Oxidative signaling and regulation of the cardiac Na⁺K⁺pump"

21 May 2010
Leanne Williams, Brain Dynamics Centre, University of Sydney
"An integrative framework: the emotional brain in wellness & illness"

14 May 2010
Michael Farrell, Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne
"Functional brain imaging of interoception"

7 May 2010
Carol Dobson-Stone, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
"Molecular insights into a novel dementia gene"

30 April 2010
Tertia Purves-Tyson, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
"Pelvic autonomic ganglia: signalling mechanisms in response to diabetes and steroid hormones"

23 April 2010
Mark Connor, Australian School of Advanced Medicine
"Cannabinoids and related molecules as probes for novel pharmacological targets"

16 April 2010
Ian Wilson, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney
"Quality assessment of medical students"

9 April 2010
Hans Pols, Unit for History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney
"Notes from Batavia, the European's graveyard: the debate on acclimatisation in the Dutch East Indies, 1820-1860"

26 March 2010
Skye McDonald, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales
"Emotion processing deficits following severe traumatic brain injury"

19 March 2010
Gary Housley, Department of Physiology, University of New South Wales
"Molecular protection from noise-induced hearing loss: insights from transgenic mice"

5 March 2010
Jacqueline Phillips, Australian School of Advanced Medicine
"Integration of the genetic, protein & metabolic mechanisms driving phenotype in polycystic kidney disease: the rat PKD physiome"

4 December 2009
Sarah Dunlop, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia
"Basic science to spinal cord rehabilitation: what does activity do to nerve cells?"

4 December 2009
Sarah Dunlop, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia
"Knife edge, cutting edge, leading edge: starting and maintaining a research career"

27 November 2009
Louella McCarthy, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney
"Between the ideal and a living: women in private medical practice NSW 1890-1939"

20 November 2009
Jennie Brand-Miller, School of Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney
"Carbohydrates, the glycemic index and weight management"

6 November 2009
Kirsty Jackman, Centre for Education Research, University of Western Sydney
"Understanding the big fish little pond effect in medical students: relations between academic self-concept and self-evaluation"

30 October 2009
Glenda Halliday, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
"Dementia syndromes: prevalence and pathological bases"

23 October 2009
Claire Hooker, Centre for Values, Ethics and Law in Medicine, University of Sydney
"Behave yourself! Writing risk in cancer policy"

16 October 2009
Jennifer Hudson, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University
"Anxiety disorders in children: aetiology and treatment"

9 October 2009
Sally Redman, Sax Institute
"Using evidence from research in policy: wiser decisions for a healthier Australia"

2 October 2009
Linda Richards, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland
"Wiring the brain: mechanisms regulating the development of the corpus callosum in mice and humans"

25 September 2009
Peter Kirkland, Elizabeth Macarthur Agriculture Institute
"The application and potential of rapid molecular diagnostic techniques to medicine"

 18 September 2009
Sanja Lujic, School of Medicine, UWS
"Who uses home and community care services in NSW? Findings from the 45 and Up Study"

4 September 2009
John Hamilton, University of Newcastle
"Medical humanities and the humanity of medicine"

28 August 2009
Janet Taylor, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
"Central mechanisms in muscle fatigue"

21 August 2009
Alicia Dennis, Mercy Hospital for Women, University of Melbourne
"Cardiac function in healthy term pregnant women"

14 August 2009
Michael Peek, Department of Obsetrics and Gynaecology, Nepean Hospital
"From early pregnancy to pelvic floor dysfunction: perinatal research at Sydney Medical School - Nepean"  

7 August 2009
Richard Bryant, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales
"The biology of post-traumatic stress disorder: implications for therapy"

31 July 2009
Bruce Storey, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
"The emergence of newborn intensive care nurseries in Sydney, 1950s - 1980s: bridging a gap between obstetricians and paediatricians"

24 July 2009
Shameran Slewa-Younan, School of Medicine, UWS
"Traumatic brain injury: do men and women differ?" 

 17 July 2009
Ruth Hall, School of Molecular and Microbiosciences, University of Sydney
"Gram negative bacteria - sharing resistance genes amongst species"

 10 July 2009
Wendy Jessup,Centre for Vascular Research, University of New South Wales
" Cells, cholesterol and atherosclerosis"

3 July 2009
Perminder Sachdev, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital
"Mirrors in the brain: the entralling and mysterious functions of mirror neurones"

26 June 2009
Marc Wilkins, School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales
"The dynamics of protein interaction networks"

5 June 2009
Mike O'Connor, St George Private Hospital
"Female genital mutiliation and hymenal reconstruction"

29 May 2009
Alan Lem, Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia
"Creative music therapy and beyond"

22 May 2009
Ashley Blackshaw, Hanson Institute, Adelaide
"Interaction between inflammation and sensory nerves in the gut"

 15 May 2009
Phil Robinson, Children's Medical Research Institute
"Dynamin and synaptic vescicle endocytosis in nerve terminals"

8 May 2009
Pascal Carrive, School of Medical Sciences, University of NSW
"Does hypocretin/orexin play a role in the responses to stress?" 

 1 May 2009
David Harding, School of Medicine, UWS
"Selecting Dr Death"

Marjorie Seaton, Centre for Educational Research, UWS
"The Big-Fish Little-Pond Effect"

 24 April 2009
Joint Research Colloquia of the School of Medicine and School of Biomedical and Health Sciences

Phillipa Hay, School of Medicine, UWS
"Stigma and eating disorders: the elephant in the room"
 
Anne Cusick, School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, UWS 
"Disorders of consciousness: clinical measurement in traumatic brain injury"

 17 April 2009
Bill Brooks, Prince of Wales Medical Research Centre
"Familial dementia: it's on for young and old" 

3 April 2009
Rhonda Griffiths, School of Nursing, UWS
"Tomorrow's researchers today: developing research in a student cohort" 

27 March 2009
Marcus Stoodley, Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University 
"Developing new treatments for brain arteriovenous malformations" 

 20 March 2009
Sylvia Gustin, Department of Anatomy and Histology, University of Sydney
"New insights into neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury" 

13 March 2009
Ian Wilson, School of Medicine, UWS 
"The use and abuse of Likert scales" 

6 March 2009
Anthony Maeder, School of Computing and Mathematics, UWS
"eResearch and medical image repositories"