12.30pm – 1.30 pm (light lunch from 12 noon), Tue 2nd Jun 2009
Seminar Room 405A, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Ya-seng (Arthur) Hsueh is a senior lecturer (health economics) at the CHPPE, The University of Melbourne
Retirement is a major life course transition, and whether to extend Australians’ retirement age is a topical issue addressed by [...]
12.30pm – 1.30pm, Wed 10th Jun 2009
Seminar Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Associate Professor Berge Solberg, Department of Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science & Technology
Recent advances in genetic sequencing technology, confront us with the challenge of incidental findings in medical research in a radical new way. Whole genome analysis on biomaterial [...]
1pm
Room 410, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Presented by Dr Melanie So Lin Cheng, Department of General Practice and Angela Clarke, CHS, University of Melbourne.
Brokerage is currently one of the many models being used to improve Aboriginal Australians’ access to medical services. In 2006 the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH) launched [...]
When: 1.00 – 2.00pm, Tuesday 26 May, 2009
Where: Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street
Presented by Professor Wayne Lewchuk, Labour Studies Program, Department of Economics, McMaster University, Canada
12.30pm – 1.30pm, Wed 27th May 2009 (via videoconference)
Seminar Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Professor Simon Chapman, Professor Public Health, Director of Research and Associate Dean Communications, The University of Sydney
Mae West once said “It is better to looked over, than overlooked.” Studies have repeatedly shown that news coverage of health issues influences [...]
1pm
Room 410, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Presented by Therese Riley
There is now considerable evidence that civic engagement (defined as participation in group associations and activities) is good for an individual’s health and some evidence that it may also contribute to community wellbeing. At the same time there is increasing interest in the role of [...]
1.00 – 2.00pm, Tuesday 12 May, 2009
Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street
Presented by Dr Annie Bolitho, Executive Officer, Melbourne Sustainable Societies Institute, The University of Melbourne
Citizens’ juries are distinctive consultative processes centred on a decision-making task and informed by theories of deliberative democracy, capacity building and adult learning.
12.30pm – 1.30 pm (light lunch from 12 noon), Tue 19th May 2009
Seminar Room 405A, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Dr Briony Dow is Director of Preventive and Public Health at the National Ageing Research Institute and a Senior Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne.
This presentation describes a three-phase [...]
1pm
Room 410, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Presented by Raelene West
This qualitative PhD study explores the experiences of adults who have acquired a permanent impairment of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) receiving support services in Victoria, with particular emphasis on the experiences and understandings of associated compensatory processes and rights.
The study explores both the support and [...]
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