Category Archives: Work In Progress (WIP) Seminar

MSPH WIP 22-Dec-08:Physical activity patterns and cardiovascular disease risk among immigrants in Australia

12noon – 1pm, Monday 22nd December 2008
Centre for MEGA Epidemiology, Seminar Room 139, Level 1, 723 Swanston Street, Carlton
Jayantha Dassanayake (MAppSc) – Centre for MEGA Epidemiology,  Melbourne School of Population Health 
Introduction: Most migrants, coming to Australia from various cultural backgrounds, demonstrate good if not better health than the Australian-born population, a phenomenon known as the [...]

WIP Seminar 11-Dec-08: Caesarean section as a self-propelled epidemic: Evidence from births in Victoria, 1999-2006

12noon – 1pm, Thursday 11th December 2008
Melbourne School of Population Health, Seminar Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
This WIP will review a study-in-progress that is tackling an important public health issue and trying to develop new methods for quantifying predictors of rate changes.

WIP Seminar 04-Dec-08: Synthesising the evidence for the association between Transferrin gene G277S and serum iron levels by combining sample means of continuous, binary and truncated data

12noon – 1pm, Thursday 4th December 2008
Centre for MEGA Epidemiology, Seminar Room 139, Level 1, 723 Swanston Street, Carlton
Lyle Gurrin from the Centre for MEGA Epidemiology will present ‘Synthesising the evidence for the association between Transferrin gene G277S and serum iron levels by combining sample means of continuous, binary and truncated data‘ at the Melbourne School [...]

WIP Seminar 20-Nov-08: Optimal Designs for Population Pharmacokinetic Studies of Antimalarial Drugs

12noon – 1pm, Thursday 20th November 2008
Seminar Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Kris Jamsen and Julie Simpson from the Centre for MEGA Epidemiology present ‘Optimal Designs for Population Pharmacokinetic Studies of Antimalarial Drugs’  at the Melbourne School of Population Health’s Work in Progress (WIP) Seminar.

Special WIP Seminar 18-Nov-08: Scanning the genome to identify new colorectal cancer genetic risk factors

11am – 12noon, Tuesday 18th November 2008
Seminar Room 139, Level 1, 723 Swanston Street, Carlton
The Melbourne School of Population Health Work in Progress (WIP) Seminar welcomes Malcolm Dunlop, PI, Colon Cancer Genetics Group and Head, Section of Genetics and Epigenetics, Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre.

WIP Seminar 6-Nov-08: What`s new in iron genetics? Recently discovered genetic modifiers of Haemochromatosis

12noon – 1pm, Thursday 6th November 2008
Seminar Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Dr Clare Constantine, Research Fellow from the Centre for MEGA Epidemiology presents ‘What’s new in iron genetics? Recently discovered genetic modifiers of Haemochromatosis’ at the Melbourne School of Population Health’s Work in Progress (WIP) Seminar.

WIP Seminar 16-Oct-08: Is more always merrier? Copy number variation and human disease

12noon – 1pm, Thursday 16th October 2008
Seminar Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
The Melbourne School of Population Health Work in Progress Seminar welcomes Stefan White, PhD, NHMRC Postdoctoral Training Fellow, Molecular Development, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital.
It has been known for several years that deletions or duplications of genomic DNA can [...]

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