Sansom Seminar Series
Held regularly on
Thursdays at City East campus, the Sansom Institute Seminar Series provides a stimulating forum for UniSA
scholars and invited guests to discuss the latest developments in medical
and health-related research and policy.
Featuring a fascinating array of topics ranging from the molecular to the global, the seminars are open to all staff and students from UniSA’s Division of Health Sciences.
Recent seminars subjects have included everything from health reform in South Australia to stem cell therapy, fish oil supplements and public/private partnerships in drug discovery.
2009 Seminar schedule
| 26th November 2009 | 4.00pm | C3-16 |
Human Movement, School of Health Sciences Assoc Prof James Dollman TBA |
| 19th November 2009 | 4.00pm | C3-16 |
Population Health Research Group, UniSA Dr Katina D'Onise Can early childhood education improve adult health? |
| 12th November 2009 | 4.00pm | C4-16 |
University of Adelaide Dr Mark Hutchinson The "Toll" of Glial activation: Implications for chronic pain and opioid pharmacology |
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10th November 2009 |
4.00pm | H2-02 |
Rural Pharmacist - remote Western Australia Andrew Roberts Medication usage in remote Aboriginal communities - tales from a solo pharmacist |
| 5th November 2009 | 4.00pm | H2-02 |
Sleep Research Centre, UniSA Dr Sally Ferguson What makes doctors, miners and pilots think they are fatigued? |
| 29 October 2009 | 4.00pm | C3-16 |
Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, Adelaide
University Ms Lisa Jamison Oral health research among Aboriginal populations |
| 22 October 2009 | 4.00pm | H2-02 |
School of Psychology, UniSA Dr Janet Bryan Nutrition and cognition: How can we be confident of an association between them? |
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9 October 2009 |
12.30pm | H2-02 |
School of Nursing and Midwifery, UniSA Prof Adrian Esterman Partial Least Squares, a new method for dealing with correlated predictor variables |
| 1 October 2009 | 4.00pm | C3-16 |
Spencer Gulf Rural Health
School, UniSA Dr Matt Haren The Fat Frail |
| 24 September 2009 | 4.00pm | C3-16 |
School of Health
Sciences, UniSA Dr Dominic Thewlis Biomechanics & modelling of human movement: what can they tell us about the treatment available for osteoarthritis? |
| 11 September 2009 | 12.30pm | H2-02 |
School of
Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, UniSA Associate Professor Sandra Orgeig Environmental selection of pulmonary surfactant – evolutionary and medical consequences |
| 3 September 2009 | 4.00pm | C3-16 |
CSIRO Professor Manny Noakes The Role of Protein in Weight Management - Risk or Benefits? |
| 27 August 2009 | 4.00pm | R1-07 |
Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the
Environment, UniSA Associate Professor Desmond Lun Understanding cells through systems biology: Inference and modelling of gene regulation and cellular metabolism |
| 20 August 2009 | 4.00pm | C3-16 |
School of Nursing and
Midwifery, UniSA Associate Professor Nicolas Procter How did I get here and what do I do now? The developing role of transition to practice programs for newly graduated mental health nurses. A critical review. |
| 13 August 2009 | 1.00pm | C3-16 |
School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences Professor Ross Butler Environmental Enteropathy and a Stressed Mucosa. |
| 3 August 2009 | 1.00pm | P3-20 |
University of Wollongong Professor Tony Worsley New directions in Public Health Nutrition Research. |
| 30 July 2009 | 4.00pm | C3-16 |
School of
Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, UniSA Dr Tetyana Shandala Secretion of immune-mediators: How essential is it for immunity? |
| 23 July 2009 | 4.00pm | C3-16 |
UK Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences
Unit, Glasgow and University of Edinburgh Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology Dr David Batty Is there a link between IQ in early life and health in adulthood? |
| 16 July 2009 | 4.00pm | C3-16 |
School of Medicine, University of Adelaide Prof Gary Wittert Gonadal Steroids, Ageing and Cardiometabolic Risk in Men. |
| 9 July 2009 | 1.00pm | C4-16 |
Lyell McEwin Hospital Dr Margaret Arstall Mars and Venus: are women that different when it comes to heart disease? |
Complete list of 2009 Seminars (PDF, 28KB - download Adobe Acrobat)
For more information on the Sansom Institute Seminar Series, contact the series coordinator on Beverly.Muhlhausler@unisa.edu.au or Alison.Coates@unisa.edu.au.
To see what seminars were on in 2008, please visit our seminar archives.