Sansom Institute Visiting Researcher Seminars
The
seminar series offers research scholars within the area of health an
opportunity to invigorate research and research training within the Sansom
Institute, by sharing their skills, ideas and experiences through the
seminar forum.
With the intent of cultivating an ongoing relationship with the Visiting
Scholar the seminar hopes to foster collaboration between Sansom Institute
researchers and research partners in Australia and overseas.
The seminar series has had an array of visiting research scholars extending
the world from Sweden, South Africa, Canada and Brazil.
November feature seminar
The role of exercise in the
practice of medicine
Presented by Dr Kenneth H Cooper
Chairman and Founder, Cooper Aerobics Center
Dallas and McKinney, Texas.
Saturday 5 November 2011
11am - noon
Mutual Community Lecture Theatre
University of South Australia, City East Campus, corner of North Terrace and
Frome Road
Click here to view the presentation slides
2011 Seminar schedule
| 7 Dec 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational
Health, McGill University, Montreal Canada Prof Michal Abrahamowicz Does it Still matter?: Assessing Cumulative Effects of Past Treatments, Exposures and Risk Factors: New Methods and Applications |
| 23 Nov 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Laboratory Head, Nutritional Interventions, Baker IDI Heart and
Diabetes Institute Prof Peter Clifton CVD prevention a tale of trans fats and plant sterols |
| 16 Nov 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine Assoc Prof Brad Malin A Risk-based Model for Health Data De-identification |
| 5 Nov 2011 | 11am-12pm | H2-02 |
Chairman and Founder, Cooper Aerobics Center Dr Kenneth H Cooper The role of exercise in the practice of medicine |
| 26 Oct 2011 | 4-5pm | P3-20 |
Chair of Psychiatry, University of Adelaide Prof Bernhard Baune Nutrients in the Inflamed Brain |
| 17 Oct 2011 | 4-5pm | P3-20 |
Immunobiology Unit Leader, Heart Research Institute (HRI) Dr Christina Bursill Regulation of Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors by High Density Lipoproteins |
| 7 Oct 2011 | 3-4pm | BJ1-13 |
Senior Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Royal Brisbane Clinical
School, University of Queensland Dr Marloes Dekker Nitert Epigenetic mechanisms in type 2 diabetes: Regulation of HNF4alpha in islets of Langerhans by diet during gestation |
| 5 Oct 2011 | 4-5pm | P3-20 |
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Canada Assoc Prof Trish Manns Stroke and Activity Behaviour: Past and Future Research |
| 28 Sept 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Senior Lecturer, Department of
Human Nutrition, University of Otago, New Zealand Dr Sheila Skeaff Going in circles: from iodine deficiency to sufficiency and around again |
| 19 Sept 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Senior Research Professor, Experimental Biomedicine, Friedrich
Alexander University, Germany Prof Stephan von Horsten Comprehensive characterization of transgenic rat and mouse models for human neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases (HD, SCA17, PD & AD) |
| 22 Jun 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne Dr Anthony Brumby Drosophila models of human cancer |
| 27 Apr 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Chair, Professor in Drug Utilization Studies, Dept of Clinical
Pharmacology and SHARE, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Prof Flora M Haaijer-Ruskamp Quality indicators in Health Care. Are we on the right track? |
| 20 Apr 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Lecturer in Ruminant Production Systems, University of
Queensland, Goondiwindi Dr Viv Perry Quantifying the effect of nutrient-gene interaction in utero in key tissues instrumental to productivity and sustainability of the beef industry |
| 13 Apr 2011 | 5.30-8pm | H2-02 |
Senior Research Scientist, University of Oxford, UK Dr Bernard Gesch Antisocial behaviour in young people – does nutrition matter? Jackie Bray (Director, Youth Justice) on Youth justice SA Peter Severin (CEO, Department for Correctional Services) on Criminal justice - SA perspective |
| 30 Mar 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Senior Scientist, Biotechnology Foundation Laboratory, Thomas
Jefferson University, Philadelphia USA Dr Nikolai Borisjuk Plant genetic engineering for human health and biofuel |
| 23 Mar 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Professor of Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurology, London Prof John Rothwell Is it possible to improve the response to physical therapy after stroke by stimulating the brain? |
| 16 Mar 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Professor of Medicine, Surgery, and Human Genetics, McGill
University, Montreal Prof Rene St Arnaud Repression of basic domain-leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor activity in osteoblasts |
| 16 Feb 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Associate Professor and Faculty Scholar, School of Occupational
Therapy, University of Western Ontario Assoc Prof Debbie Laliberte Rudman Re-thinking the ‘positive’ in positive aging: A critical analysis of productive aging |
| 9 Feb 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Senior Research Fellow, Health Sociologist, Monash University Dr Samantha Thomas "I don't eat hamburgers and chips every day" Are anti-obesity campaigns missing the mark? |
| 20 Jan 2011 | 4-5pm | PM-06 |
Chief of CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics Dr Louise Ryan Social disadvantage impacts health - a spatio-temporal analysis |
| 10 Jan 2011 | 4-5pm | BJ1-13 |
School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia,
Norwich UK Dr Esther Camp Progenitor cell migration and differentiation during vertebrate development |
Complete list of 2011 Seminars (PDF, 36KB - download Adobe Acrobat)
For more information on the Sansom Institute Visiting Research Scholar Seminars, contact the series coordinator on Rachael.penning-bourne@unisa.edu.au.
Please visit our seminar archives to see what seminars were on in 2010 and 2009.