8:30am – 6.00pm, Monday, 30 November 2009
Flagstaff Bowls Club, West Melbourne
Are we on the edge of a ‘re-localisation’ revolution?
With large, centralised infrastructure appearing vulnerable to climate change and ‘peak oil’, alternative models are emerging everywhere. Read More
12.30-1.30pm, Wed 11th Nov 2009
Seminar Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Associate Professor Heath Kelly, Head of Epidemiology, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory and Honorary Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population Health
Heath will present a perspective on the pandemic that uses evidence from state, national and international surveillance to place the pandemic in context. In this context he will challenge some of the interventions used and will draw attention to gaps in our understanding of influenza epidemiology.
For more details, please view the Event Flyer.
All enquiries to Nora Li, Tel: 03 8344 9350
1.00 – 2.00pm, Tuesday 27 October, 2009
Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street
Presented by Karen Block, Research Fellow, The McCaughey Centre, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne
A research team from the McCaughey Centre and Deakin University has recently completed a two and a half year, mixed method evaluation of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program in Victorian primary schools. The program objective is to provide a pleasurable experience that will positively influence children’s food choices, attitudes towards environmental sustainability and working relationships with other children and adults by offering children the opportunity to grow, harvest, prepare and share fresh, nutritious, seasonal and delicious food. Read More
1-2pm, Room 516, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton.
Presented by Dr Anke Van Der Sterren , Centre for Health and Society, University of Melbourne
Please see seminar flyer for further information or call CHS on 83440813.
4-5pm, Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Presented by Dr Philomena Horsley
Dead bodies are in vogue. Dissected corpses litter our television screens and crime books. Yet in Western hospitals the autopsy is almost extinct, and opinions about the usefulness of the modern autopsy remain sharply divided. How can this be? Why has the autopsy become so unpopular in modern medicine? Does it still have a role to play in scrutinising death? And should the public be invited to join the debate about its future?
For further information please see the event flyer.
12.30pm – 1.30 pm (light lunch from 12 noon), Mon 9th Nov 2009
Seminar Room 405A, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Ms Ferdinand is a Research Fellow whose current projects include evaluating Victorian anti-discrimination programs and examining indigenous eye care services across Australia
Universities are increasingly leaning towards community-based research and community-university partnerships. The trend indicates a growing awareness of the importance of grounding academic research in community experience. Read More
12.30pm – 1.30 pm (light lunch from 12 noon), Tue 13th Oct 2009
Seminar Room 405A, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Bridget Bassilios is part of the mental health work stream at the Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics.
The Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) projects enable GPs to refer consumers with high prevalence disorders (e.g., depression and anxiety) to allied health professionals for up to 12 (or 18 in exceptional circumstances) sessions mental health care. Read More
When: 1.00 – 2.00pm, Tuesday 6 October, 2009
Where: Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street
Presented by William Leonard, Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, and Associate Professor Anne Mitchell, Director, Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria Read More
10.00-11.00am, Wed 21st Oct 2009
Seminar Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Associate Professor Sharon Straus, Director, Knowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital & The University of Toronto
Much of the $100 billion/year worldwide investment in biomedical and health research is wasted because of challenges to knowledge translation (KT) that remain understudied. Despite significant investment in and substantive productivity of biomedical, clinical, health services and population health research, Read More
12.30pm – 1.30pm, Wed 14th Oct 2009
Seminar Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Dr Louisa Flander, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic & Analytic Epidemiology, Melbourne School of Population Health
*Note: change of seminar title
It is difficult to generate precise estimates of improbable yet potentially catastrophic environmental risks, such as threats to the nation’s health, water or food supply. So, data for risk estimates are inferred from expert opinions based on poor or no data. Read More
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