What's On at UWA

Presented by the WA Medical Students Society at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, this event promises to give a fascinating insight into final year medical students clinical elective experience. Winners of the exhibition and seminar presentations will be chosen on the night. FREE EVENT. Registration (...)

Increasing evidence suggests that small airways (defined as <2mm) are important sites of inflammation, remodelling and altered reactivity in chronic lung diseases. Dr Bourke has applied a unique in vitro approach to examine small airway dysfunction, visualising changes in intrapulmonary airway (...)

If you'd like policymakers to take more notice of your research, this short course is for you. This 3 day short course on knowledge translation and exchange can help you make your work more accessible and useful to policymakers.

You'll receive training on writing for policymakers and (...)

Presenter: Prof Andrew Whitehouse

Professor Andrew Whitehouse directs the Autism Research Team at the Telethon kids Institute (University of Western Australia). His research team use a range of methodologies to investigate the early identification and intervention of children with autism (...)

Presenter: Dr. Ann-Maree Vallence

Dr. Ann-Maree Vallence received her BSc (Hons) and PhD from the University of Western Australia under the supervision of Prof Geoff Hammond and Dr. Karen Reilly. Following completion of her PhD, Ann- Maree took up a University Postdoctoral Research (...)

If you expect that, when you get sick, someone will (of course) help you, no matter who you are, then you have a Christian culture in your head. It is not civilised, rational, common sense or efficient. But then, let us admit that there were some terrible things done in the church's name too. Let's (...)

Start the day fresh with an exclusive buffet-style breakfast at University Hall.

Take a tour with our ambassadors to hear their personal stories and to see the rooms and community lifestyle for yourself!

Family and friends are welcome to attend our free breakfast to coincide (...)

A public lecture by Kaisu Pitkala, Professor of General Practice and Primary Health Care at the University of Helsinki and 2015 IAS Short Stay Visiting Fellow.

This lecture will deal with issues related to older peoples well-being, how it has developed over the last decades and how it (...)

UWA Farm Ridgefield near Pingelly will open its doors to the wider community at the 2015 Field Day on Friday, 11 September.

The 1600-hectare farm is home to the Future Farm 2050 Project, a multidisciplinary project undertaking research into best practice farming techniques for the future (...)

Researchers at the University of Western Australia are getting together a research proposal to look at a new treatment for leg ulcers they want to trial.

We want to hear the thoughts and ideas of people who have lived experience of leg and foot ulcers about what will be important to (...)

The Seminar: Objectives: In 1971 Tudor Hart first described the inverse care law, which states that the availability of good medical/dental care tends to vary inversely with the need for it in the population served. Does this still apply to modern day services? If so, why is this, given our current (...)

Presenter: Prof Jason Mattingley

Professor Jason Mattingley is Foundation Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience at The University of Queensland, and an Austalian Research Council Laureate Fellow. His work is directed towards understanding the mechanisms of selective attention, in health and (...)

This is a NH&MRC grant information session followed by a light lunch.

Is air pollution as bad for us as smoking? Is the growing economy affecting our health? Only 12% of people in the world live in cities which meet WHO air quality standards, and acute effects of air pollution have caused lung illness symptoms, heart issues, hospitalisations and death. Long term (...)

A fundraising dinner, in support of the development of Perth's Early Music Project, will be held at the historic St George's College in September. Perth's Early Music Project is to be hosted by St George's College from next year and will feature the creation of an Early Music Festival and a (...)

St George's College and the SAS Resources Trust are combining together on Saturday 10th October for a day of interest and enjoyment at the College. The activities will include an SAS historical display and talks from former SAS officers. The "Midday Live Set" featuring resident musicans (...)

Join us for an evening of all Mozart concerti performed by local champion soloists Paul Wright, Robert Gladstones and Raymond Yong accompanied by a chamber orchestra of brilliant young musicians.

The program will include Piano Concerto No.12, Horn Concerto No.2 and Violin Concerto No.5.

Prof Bill Cookson of Imperial College London discusses "Asthma: genes versus the microbiome at the airway barrier". A light lunch follows the presentation.

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 (...)