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.
2011 Seminar schedule
| 2 November 2011 | 4-5pm | P3-20 |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Sleep Research, UniSA Dr Siobhan Banks The consequences of sleep deprivation and recovering a sleep debt |
| 7 September 2011 | 4-5pm | P3-20 |
Research Fellow, School of Medicine, Adelaide University Dr Evan Atlantis Lifestyle programs integrated within collaborative care for the management of depression and co-morbid diabetes |
| 17 August 2011 | 4-5pm | H2-02 |
Head of School: School of Pharmacy & Medical Sciences, UniSA Professor Jason White Opioids: old drugs with new problems |
| 3 August 2011 | 4-5pm | H2-02 |
Senior Research Fellow, Health Sciences, UniSA Dr Katina D'Onise Does preschool attendance affect adult health? The effects of Kindergarten Union participation in South Australia |
| 20 July 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Research Chair: Therapeutics & Pharmaceutical Science, UniSA Professor Michael Roberts Using non-invasive imaging to better define drug delivery and disposition |
| 13 July 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Senior Lecturer, Nursing & Midwifery, UniSA Dr Helen Bradley Aboriginal Health and the developing world: Is it one health, three worlds apart? |
| 6 July 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Professor of Clinical Neurosciences and Chair in Physiotherapy -
Human Movement, Health Sciences, UniSA Prof Lorimer Moseley MySpace - new links between space, mind and body in chronic pain |
| 29 June 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Deputy Vice Chancellor & Vice President: Research & Innovation,
UniSA Prof Caroline McMillen Supersize Me: The Early Origins of a Life of Obesity |
| 15 June 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Section Head, Leukaemia Unit, School of Medicine, University of
Adelaide Assoc Prof Susan Branford The BCR-ABL gene: a molecular marker of response and resistance to targeted therapy in chronic myeloid leukaemia |
| 18 May 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Research Fellow, School of Pharmacy & Medical Sciences, UniSA Dr Tetyana Shandala The mechanics of cellular secretion and its relation to human health |
| 11 May 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
UniSA/WorkCoverSA Dr David Gillham & Margaret Swincer - Research Manager WorkCoverSA Making Research Accessible in the Workplace |
| 4 May 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
UniSA/Uni Adelaide Dr Gillian Laven A taste of oral health in undergraduate medicine |
| 6 April 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
UniSA Dr Grant Tomkinson Are the young people of today physically fitter than they were in the past? |
| 9 March 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
UniSA Dr Jane Warland Keeping baby SAFE in pregnancy project |
| 2 March 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
UniSA Dr Talitha Best Just a spoonful of sugar - saccharides and cognitive performance in middle-aged adults |
Complete list of 2011 Seminars (PDF, 26KB - download Adobe Acrobat)
For information on the Sansom Institute Seminar Series, contact the series coordinators, Matt.Haren@unisa.edu.au, Lois.McKellar@unisa.edu.au, Sheridan.Gentili@unisa.edu.au or Tim.Barnes@unisa.edu.au
Please visit our seminar archives to see what seminars were on in 2010 and 2009.