What's On at UWA

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 (...)

William Ryerson is founder and President of Population Media Centre, and President of the Population Institute. For over 40 years he has worked in the field of reproductive health, including two decades of experience adapting the Sabido methodology for behaviour change communications to various (...)

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.

Sit down and (...)

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 (...)

Interested in developing and funding international research collaborations, particularly in the fields of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences? Come hear how others have been able to do so, and learn how you can be more strategic in your approach.

The Seminar will run from 12:00 - 1:00 (...)

Team Purple Hearts was established in 2015, a group of Perth women with a passion to make a positive difference against women’s cancers. We took part in the Weekend to End Women’s Cancers™, a 2-day, 60km walk to raise vital funds for the Centre for Women’s Cancer Research.

The (...)