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SEMINAR: �Advanced Glycation and diabetes: From complications to initiation and back again!�

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Prof Forbes completed her PhD in Paediatric Nephrology in 1999 at the University of Melbourne. In 2012, she became the Group Leader for the Glycation and Diabetes Group at the Mater Medical Research Institute in Brisbane, Australia. She is currently an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and holds research grants from the NHMRC of Australia and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). She is a regular member of NHMRC grant review panels in addition to grant review panels for the JDRF International.

Her work to date has resulted in more than 100 publications in highly ranked journals cited more than 4000 times with a H-index of 34. Her primary research focuses on the biochemical process of advanced glycation and its contribution to diabetes and its vascular complications, in particular nephropathy. She has received awards for her research including the Commonwealth Health Minister’s Award for Excellence in medical research in 2010, an NHMRC Achievement Award in 2009, a Young Tall Poppy Award in 2008 and a Young Investigator Award from the International Diabetes Federation in 2002.
Speaker(s) Professor Jospehine Forbes
Location Bruce Hunt Lecture Theatre, Level 2 South Block, Royal Perth Hospital (Enter South Block directly from Wellington Street, at street level, and the theatre is on your immediate right.)
Contact Fiona Mackenzie <[email protected]> : 93463838
URL http://www.waimr.uwa.edu.au
Start Wed, 01 May 2013 16:00
End Wed, 01 May 2013 17:00
Submitted by Fiona Mackenzie <[email protected]>
Last Updated Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:11
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