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Displaying from Tuesday, November 25, 2014
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November 2014
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Tuesday 25 |
The aim of this course is to introduce you to basic statistics. It will cover descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations); data exploration; basic categorical data analysis; simple linear regression and basic analysis of variance (ANOVA). The statistical package SPSS will be used to (...)
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Wednesday 26 |
13:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Reducing Distraction by Improving Driver Ability : Neurotrauma Research Program Seminar
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Every year road accidents take a significant toll on health and well-being in WA, and results in substantial costs in lost productivity and medical care. While conventional approaches have focused on tougher law enforcement and vehicle safety technology to mitigate risk (...)
18:00 - EVENT - Raine Lecture: Testing the Limits of the Human Brain : Public Lecture presented by Professor Phil Ainslie
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Relative to its size, the brain is the most oxygen-dependent organ in the body, but many pathophysiological and environmental processes may either cause or result in an interruption to its oxygen supply. Remarkable feats, however, have been achieved where the human brain has survived extremely low (...)
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January 2015
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Tuesday 06 |
8:00 - SEMINAR - EPC Summer Special : 30 day membership for $30
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Come and try the great range of group classes available at the Exercise and Performance Centre for just $30. Classes include Pilates, Aqua and Circuit training. Valid for new members only, medical clearance may be required. Space in classes are limited and bookings are essential.
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February 2015
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Thursday 19 |
16:00 - EVENT - Raine Lecture : "The tympanic membrane: Structure, damage and regeneration"
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Magnus von Unge is Professor and Senior Ear Surgeon at Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo, Norway. He is member of the Swedish Surgical Society, Association for Research in Otolaryngology and Politzer Society, and has served on the editorial board of ACTA Otolaryngologica.
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Tuesday 24 |
Once a year we hold a colloquium in which we display the posters presented at research meetings during the previous 12 months. Please come and see the work presented in this manner by the School in 2014. we will provide something BBQ'd to sustain you while you chat with the staff and students who (...)
16:00 - EVENT - Raine Lecture: Professor Giles Plant : Human corticospinal motor neuron relay grafts for treatment of cervical spinal cord injury
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Professor Giles Plant obtained his PhD degree from The University of Western Australia and is now Basic Science Director of the Stanford Partnership for Spinal Cord Injury and Repair in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University. The aim of Giles' research is to elucidate new cellular (...)
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March 2015
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Tuesday 03 |
1:00 - EVENT - Psychology Colloquium: Prof Morrone: Development and Plasticity of Primary visual cortex in human
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Department of Translational Research in New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery University of Pisa - Fondazione Stella Maris IRCCS
Maria Concetta Morrone graduated in Physics from the University of Pisa, trained in Biophysics at the elite Scuola Normale Superiore and she is now a (...)
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Wednesday 04 |
The University of Western Australia's Careers Fair provides excellent opportunities for students to engage, network and meet prospective employers looking to recruit students for graduate programs, vacation work, internships and voluntary positions. From first year to final year, Undergraduate to (...)
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Thursday 05 |
12:00 - LECTURE - Raine Lecture: Direct to brain treatments for psychiatric illness: the new wave or a new fad?
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After graduating from The University of Western Australia, Professor Anthony Levitt undertook his specialty training in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, which he completed in 1989. From 1992-2002 he was Head of the Mood Disorders Programs, initially at the Centre for Addictions and Mental (...)
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Tuesday 10 |
13:00 - EVENT - Psychology colloquium: Prof David Burr: Cross-sensory integration and Calibration during development
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Department of Neuroscience, University of Florence.
Title: Cross-sensory integration and calibration during development
Much evidence suggests that humans integrate information between senses in a statistically optimal manner, maximizing the precision of performance. We have (...)
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Friday 13 |
The UWA French Club Play is a club tradition spanning over 70 years. After a four year lapse, the UWA French Club has revived this tradition to bring you the play Lysistrata.
This is a seductive comedy with a strong political bent. Set during the Peloponnesian War, the women of Greece (...)
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Tuesday 17 |
1:00 - EVENT - Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Ben Grafton: The attentional basis of variability in positive emotional disposition
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School of Psychology, University of Western Australia
Ben has been a student in the UWA School of Psychology for the last 10 years or so. He completed his honours thesis, Masters of Psychology (Clinical) and PhD under the supervision of Prof colin MacLeod. This culminated in Ben being (...)
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Wednesday 18 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Living on the Edge: Suicide in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities
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An On the Edge public lecture by Professor Pat Dudgeon, School of Indigenous Studies, UWA and Director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project.
Suicide and mental health conditions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are double (...)
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Thursday 19 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Twenty Years after the Beijing Declaration: how are women faring? : 2015 Grace Vaughan Memorial Lecture by Professor Carmen Lawrence
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Twenty years ago Carmen Lawrence took part in the UN Conference on the Status of Women in Beijing. The event seemed like a watershed and the good will was palpable; participants were determined to develop a practical plan which committed governments to specific actions rather than collating lofty (...)
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Tuesday 24 |
1:00 - EVENT - Psychology Colloquium: Professor Ottmar Lipp: The many faces of fear
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School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University
After completing my PhD at the University of Giessen, Germany, I joined the School of Psychology, University of Queensland as a post-doctoral researcher (1990-93) and member of the academic staff (1994-2014). I was awarded an (...)
13:00 - TALK - UWA Careers Centre - National Disability Services Talk : Career opportunities in the disability sector
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The National Disability Insurance Scheme brings transformational changes to the disability sector. Most significant is the doubling of the 70,000 workforce over the next few years and the opportunities this will bring for new entrants to the industry and the contribution to the lives of people (...)
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Thursday 26 |
14:00 - EVENT - Info Session: Funding Opportunities with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation : Learn about the Foundation's latest round of research grant opportunities from a previous winner.
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The Gates Foundation and its Grand Challenges partners are now accepting applications for a number of programs, including its Grand Challenges Explorations initiative, which encourages innovative and unconventional global health and development solutions.
To learn more about the (...)
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Tuesday 31 |
1:00 - EVENT - Psychology Colloquium: Prof David Crewther: Causal Processes in autism
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School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology
David started his career as a theoretical physicist, completing his PhD at Caltech under Nobel prize-winner Murray Gell-Mann. His interest in neurophysiology started there under the influence of Prof Jack Pettigrew. David's (...)
13:00 - SEMINAR - Why do grandparents invest in their grandchildren? : School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology Seminar Series
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The Speaker: Dr David Coall completed his PhD in the School of Anatomy and Human Biology at The University of Western Australia and his Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in the Centre for Cognitive and Decision Sciences at the University of Basel, Switzerland. After returning to UWA as a Research (...)
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