What's On at UWA

The GeneMappers conference has traditionally focused on novel concepts for the genetic dissection of common complex human diseases. This year the emphasis of the conference will be on exploring these themes in detail, with a particular focus on the contemporary methods and techniques that will take (...)

To date, genome-wide association studies have identified ~40 genetic risk variants for asthma and related allergic conditions. An important challenge we face is how to identify the genes that underlie these associations and, amongst these, how to determine if disruption of gene expression might (...)

Prof Thomas completed his Ph.D. at the University of Adelaide in 1994. He then moved to the National Institute for Medical Research (London) and completed a 3 year post-doctoral position with the late Dr. Rosa Beddington, who was a world leader in the field of developmental biology. In 1998, he (...)

Non-surgical obesity treatments are frequently ineffective, in part due to adaptive responses to energy restriction that increase the drive to eat and reduce metabolic rate. These adaptions oppose ongoing weight loss, and may also promote disordered eating and adversely affect body composition via (...)

This unit aims to acquaint you with the theory and the practical skills needed for analysis of large sets of linked administrative health data at an introductory or intermediate level.

The School of Population Health offers a range of 5 day fulltime out of semester units for course (...)

This course focuses on model selection techniques for linear and generalised linear regression in two scenarios: when an extensive search of the model space is possible as well as when the dimension is large and either stepwise algorithms or regularization techniques have to be employed to identify (...)

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Professor Dr Magdalena Götz is the Director of the Institute for Stem Cell Research at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, and Chair of the (...)

Ever wondered what it is like to be colour blind, or what the world looks like to someone with glaucoma. Our Open Day is your ticket to a behind the scenes look at the work of the Lions Eye Institute internationally renowned doctors, scientific researchers and clinic staff.

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Offered through the UWA Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health CAMDH, this unit offers an overview of Aboriginal lifestyle. It focusses on traditional and environmental responsibilities and the social practices of Indigenous communities during pre and post colonial times, followed by an (...)

Improve your knowledge of clinical research methods and develop a critical approach to the incorporation of research into clinical care decisions. Outcomes include increased competence in preparing a competitive research grant proposal, from research question refinement to study design, systematic (...)

Professor Martin Tobin holds a UK Medical Research Council Senior Clinical Fellowship and is Professor of Genetic Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Leicester, UK. He has established, led and co led national and international genomic epidemiology studies including the (...)

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Topics will include Principal Component Analysis, Factor Analysis, Canonical Variate (or Canonical Correlation) Analysis, Discriminant Analysis, Cluster Analysis (...)

Expand your understanding of economic appraisal of health systems including cost effectiveness, cost utility and cost benefit analysis, and the role it plays in decision making and policy setting.

The School of Population Health offers a range of 5 day fulltime out of semester units for (...)

Professor Stephen Hill studied Pharmacology in Bristol (BSc, 1976) and then undertook PhD studies in the Department of Pharmacology in Cambridge (PhD 1979). After postdoctoral studies in Cambridge (1979-1981) he was appointed to a lecturer position in the Department of Pharmacy at the University of (...)

Professor Takayanagi combines his experiences as an orthopaedic surgeon and an immunologist; Since May 2012, he has been appointed as Professor of Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo. Professor Takayanagi has regularly published (...)

Professor Takayanagi combines his experiences as an orthopaedic surgeon and an immunologist; He studied in the laboratory of Professor Tadatsugu Taniguchi (The University of Tokyo) the mechanism of bone destruction in rheumatoid arthritis, which focused on the regulation of osteoclasts by T cells (...)

Is it unethical to conduct studies that are too large or too small? If so, how do we find the right balance based on the available resources? This seminar provides an overview of sample size calculations and demonstrates how to use the free "PS" software to perform simple sample size (...)

In the absence of large, randomised, well-controlled clinical trials (with independent replication) to address every research question we all need to increase our statistical literacy. We are often faced with the need to critically assess grant applications, manuscripts or reports without a (...)

Please join us to hear about the 2016/2017 Raine Medical Research Foundation funding programmes including Grants, Fellowships, Research Collaboration Awards, Visiting Professor Awards and Publication Prizes.

The Raine Foundation has allocated in excess of $36m for medical research since (...)

Presenter: A/Prof Paul Dux (UQ)

A/Prof Paul E. Dux is a psychologist and neuroscientist who received his PhD from Macquarie University and then undertook a postdoctoral fellowship at Vanderbilt University. He is a faculty member in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland (...)