Date

Speaker

Title

Affiliation

Feb 8

Ms. Joanne Jordan

Host: Alex Boussioutas

PhD Confirmation: Understanding the role and impact of health literacy on patient health outcomes to facilitate effective interventions

Centre for Rheumatic Diseases and the Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne

Feb 15

Ms. Ana Hutchinson

Host: Glen Scholz

PhD Oration: The Causes and Consequences of Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): An epidemiological analysis of data from the Melbourne Community-based Longitudinal COPD Cohort.

Department of Medicine and Department of Respiratory & Sleep Medicine, University of Melbourne

Feb 22

Mr Gerard Casey

Host: Glen Scholz

Effect of a universal preventive program for anaemia and hookworm infection in women of reproductive age in northern Viet Nam

Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne and Viet Nam National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology

Feb 29

NO SEMINAR

Mar 7

NO SEMINAR

Mar 14

Ms Kylie Horn
&
Ms Alex Umbers

Host: Alex Boussioutas

PhD Confirmation: HLA-G and malaria in pregnancy
&
PhD Confirmation: The pathogenesis of foetal growth restriction during malaria in pregnancy

Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne
&
Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne

Mar 21

NO SEMINAR

GOOD FRIDAY

Mar 28

Mr Rink-Jan Lohman

Host: Glen Scholz

Characterisation of trypsin and protease activated receptor 2 in the rodent brain. Roles in learning, memory and epileptogenesis

Departments of Medicine & Pharmacology, University of Melbourne

Apr 4

NO SEMINAR

SEMINAR CANCELLED

Apr 11

Mr Gaoqian Feng
&
Ms Liz Aitken

Host: Alex Boussioutas

PhD Confirmation: The prevalence of malaria among pregnant women in a malaria endemic region and the protective function of opsonic antibodies against pregnancy-associated malaria
&
PhD Confirmation: Pregnancy-associated malaria: The Mothers immune response and Amino acid transport across the placenta

Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne
&
Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne

Apr 18

NO SEMINAR

Apr 25

NO SEMINAR

ANZAC Day

May 2

Ms Lucy Crouch

Host: Alex Boussioutas

PhD Confirmation: Regulation of macrophages by GM-CSF

Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne

May 9

Prof Mark Rosenthal

Host: Glen Scholz

New drug development: Process, Barriers and Successes

Medical Oncology, Royal Melbourne Hospital

May 16

Dr Michael Duffy

Host: Glen Scholz

The role and control of antigenic variation in malaria during pregnancy

Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne

May 23

Prof Trevor Kilpatrick

Host: Glen Scholz

Exploring and exploiting the neural response to central demyelination

Centre for Neuroscience, University of Melbourne

May 30

Seminar Cancelled

Seminar rescheduled to 20 June

June 6

Dr Joe Torresi

Host: Glen Scholz

HBV associated hepatocellular carcinoma: why, how and can we prevent it?

Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne

June 13

Dr Elizabeth Williams

Host: Rod Luwor

Mechanisms of metastasis.

Monash Institute of Medical Research

June 20

Prof Ingrid Winship

Host: Glen Scholz

Research has no institutional boundaries

Research Directorate, Royal Melbourne Hospital

June 27

Dr Belinda Parker

Host: Rod Luwor

CANCELLED

Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute

July 4

Prof Ian Wicks

Host: Glen Scholz

G-CSF regulates inflammatory arthritis - ?a novel therapeutic target

Royal Melbourne Hospital and Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

July 11

Dr Mark Waltham

Host: Rod Luwor

Expression profiling a breast cancer model of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
CANCELLED

St Vincent’s Institute for Medical Research and Dept of Surgery

July 18

Prof Jeff Szer

Host: Glen Scholz

Clinical Research Program of the Department of Clinical Haematology & Bone Marrow Transplant Service

Department of Clinical Haematology, Royal Melbourne Hospital

July 25

Dr Craig Gedye

Host: Rod Luwor

Targeting melanoma stem-like cells

Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research

Aug 1

Prof Finlay Macrae

Host: Glen Scholz

The International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours (InSiGHT) and the Human Variome Project

Department of Colorectal Medicine and Genetics, Royal Melbourne Hospital

Aug 8

Dr Peter Czabotar

Host: Rod Luwor

Structural Studies of the Bcl-2 protein family; insights into targeting these proteins for cancer therapy

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

Aug 15

Dr Owen White

Host: Glen Scholz

A tale of 2 two diseases

Department of Neurology, RMH

Aug 22

Ms Christine Massa

Host: Glen Scholz

PhD Oration: The role of tissue-type plasminogen activator and urokinase plasminogen activator in inflammation and arthritis

Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne

Aug 29

Ms Anja Scholzen

Host: Glen Scholz

PhD Oration: Mechanisms of induction of Foxp3 expression in human CD4 T cells by malaria-infected erythrocytes

Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne

Sept 5

Sept 12

Dr Kim Powell

Host: Glen Scholz

TBA

Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne

Sept 19

A/Prof Wei Duan

Host: Rod Luwor

Targeted drug delivery for brain tumours

School of Medicine, Deakin University

Sept 26

Prof Jonathan Kalman

Host: Glen Scholz

An update in atrial arrhythmia disturbances

Department of Cardiology, RMH

Oct 3

Oct 10

A/Prof Weisan Chen

Host: Rod Luwor

Centre for Clinical Sciences, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research

Oct 17

Oct 24

RMH/WH University Consortium Annual Colloquium

Oct 31

A/Prof Terry O’Brien

Host: Glen Scholz

Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne

Nov 7

Nov 14

Dr John Williams

Host: Glen Scholz

TBA

Howard Florey Institute

Nov 21

Nov 28

Prof Robert Helme

Host: Glen Scholz

TBA

Director, Department of Neurology, Western Hospital