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October 2019
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Monday 07 |
12:07 - EVENT - Lions Eye Institute Research Week : Eye health and research lectures for the community, McCusker Auditorium, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, 6 Verdun St Nedlands, 10am – 4pm, Tuesday 22nd October.
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November 2019
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Wednesday 27 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Heat Therapy: An ancient practice to target modern diseases : School of Human Sciences, Seminar Series
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Presentation Summary:Chronic heat exposure, in the form of saunas, hot water baths, and sweat lodges have been utilized in many cultures for thousands of years. While repetitive bouts of heat exposure is generally believed to be healthy, it is only recently that we are beginning to understand the (...)
A public lecture by Christopher T. Minson, PhD, Kenneth and Kenda Singer Professor, and UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
Chronic heat exposure, in the form of saunas, hot water baths, and sweat lodges have been utilized in many cultures for thousands of years. While (...)
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December 2019
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Wednesday 11 |
10:00 - WORKSHOP - Anatomy Above the Shoulders : A Masterclass with Dr Ron Kikinis, Surgical Planning Laboratory, Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
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Human anatomy is a foundation of medicine and therefore important for anybody who is active in the medical field. This master class will review the anatomy of the head and neck using an engineering perspective. Topics discussed will include the biomechanics of the neck, thermal stabilization of the (...)
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January 2020
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Wednesday 29 |
Being able to deconstruct a sentence and knowing the fundamental principles of English aren't just helpful tools for learning a second language. They're skills essential to our ability to communicate effectively in almost every field. Grammar Therapy is a simple and effective introduction to (...)
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February 2020
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Saturday 01 |
9:30 - TUTORIAL - Read with Speed - back by popular demand : Double your reading speed and improve your comprehension
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Learn how to quickly process the large amount of written information we all deal with daily in our business activities or academic studies. You will be provided with the skills to increase your reading speed significantly as well as improve your comprehension and memory. Students completing this (...)
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September 2020
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Friday 04 |
15:30 - CANCELLED - CANCELLED - FREE LECTURE - Mentally Healthy and Resilient Workforces Event : The University of Western Australia’s Mining Innovation Network in collaboration with the School of Psychological Science are delighted to invite you to the Mentally Healthy and Resilient Workforces Event.
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This event will showcase recent insights and advances in mining workforce mental (...)
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Tuesday 22 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - PLAY Spaces and Environments for Children�s Physical Activity, Health & Development (PLAYCE) research program : SHS Seminar Series
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An overview of the PLAYCE (PLAY Spaces and Environments for Children’s Physical Activity, Health & Development) program of research will be presented including the original PLAYCE study, which investigated the influence of the early childhood education and care (ECEC) environment on (...)
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October 2020
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Tuesday 27 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Evaluating Auditory function in children with learning difficulties (Please note date change to 27 October, NOT 20th) : School of Human Sciences Seminar Series
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Abstract: Children who experience poor academic performance at school have been d escribed as having learning difficulties (LD). These children are thought to show reduced performances in reading, written language and numeracy, and/or to be inactive and inefficient learners. Hearing is one of (...)
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February 2021
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Saturday 27 |
10:00 - WORKSHOP - GAMSAT Study Sessions : Three study sessions focused on getting you ready for the 2021 GAMSAT exam.
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Are you busy preparing for this year's GAMSAT exam? Looking to get a few tips on how to do your best? Not sure what to expect?
Join us for few study sessions in EZONE focused on getting you ready to do your best in this year's exam.
Each session is free for all to attend (...)
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March 2021
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Saturday 06 |
10:00 - WORKSHOP - GAMSAT Study Sessions : Three study sessions focused on getting you ready for the 2021 GAMSAT exam.
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*In person event has been postponed*
Are you busy preparing for this year's GAMSAT exam? Not sure what to expect? Looking to get a few tips on how to do your best?
Join us for few study sessions in EZONE focused on getting you ready to do your best in this year's exam.
Each (...)
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Saturday 13 |
10:00 - WORKSHOP - GAMSAT Study Sessions : Three study sessions focused on getting you ready for the 2021 GAMSAT exam.
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**In person event has been cancelled. Please email if any further information is required.**
Are you busy preparing for this year's GAMSAT exam? Not sure what to expect? Looking to get a few tips on how to do your best?
Join us for few study sessions in EZONE focused on (...)
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Tuesday 16 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Rhythms of body temperature and health : School of Human Sciences Seminar Series
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Bio: Shane did his PhD at the University of New South Wales on thermal biology of the emu, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in the Brain Function Research Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he focussed on brain temperature regulation in mammals. Since 1999 he has been at the (...)
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Tuesday 23 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Music, the brain and a lifetime of benefit : School of Human Sciences Seminar Series
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Alan Harvey is an Emeritus Professor at The University of Western Australia and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science. He is a neuroscientist, having published almost 250 reviewed articles and book chapters, in recent years (...)
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May 2021
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Tuesday 18 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Primate Adaptations to High-Elevation Environments : School of Human Sciences Seminar Series
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AbstractIn this seminar, Cyril will rely on data collected on black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys in Yunnan (China), mountain gorillas and chimpanzees in Rwanda to better understand behavioural adaptations of nonhuman primates to high-elevation environments. The main questions to be addressed are: i) (...)
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August 2021
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Tuesday 10 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Wake up to sleep: Current research at the Centre for Sleep Science : School of Human Sciences Seminar Series
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Insufficient sleep is known to have detrimental impacts on mental and physical health and productivity. Alongside nutrition and exercise, sleep is increasingly being advocated as the third pillar of health. Yet, at least 4 in 10 Australians, and 6 in 10 over the age of 65, are regularly (...)
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September 2021
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Tuesday 21 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Exploring the limits of human performance and environmental stress
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Abstract - Reduced locomotor performance generally occurs in hot and/or hypoxic compared to cool/normoxic conditions, especially when exercise is performed to the limit of tolerance (i.e., repeated ‘all out’ efforts). Such impaired exercise capacity with thermal and hypoxemic strains is largely (...)
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Tuesday 28 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Unravelling the molecular and cell-mediated pathways in fibrosis
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and progressive form of interstitial lung disease (ILD) of unknown aetiology. Analysis of the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying IPF have led to the discovery that gp130-mediated Jak/STAT signalling potentiates fibrosis in response to Blm-in (...)
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October 2021
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Tuesday 19 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Diaphragm function during development and disease
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The diaphragm is the major component of the respiratory muscle pump and is rhythmically active throughout life, from the moment of birth until our final breath. So the functional capacity of the diaphragm is critically important for achieving its life-sustaining role in ventilation. Appropriate in (...)
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