What's On at UWA

Prof Constable is recognised as one of the world’s leading ophthalmic surgeons and is founder of the Lions Eye Institute. He is a consultant retinal surgeon at Royal Perth, Sir Charles Gairdner and Princess Margaret Hospitals.

Prof Constable was awarded the Chancellor’s Medal from (...)

The aim of the sypmosium is to give students a chance to practice their presentation skills in a non-threatening environment and to gain valuable feedback. This is a fantastic opportunity for students to share their research and prizes will be awarded to the best presenters

The Population Health Postgraduate Society is organising a Symposium for SPH postgrads on Tuesday 26th October at 11am.

The aim of the sypmosium is to give postgrad students a chance to practice their presentation skills in a non-threatening environment and to gain valuable feedback (...)

Bioenergy is a favorable option at remote sites where land is available with reasonable soils and sufficient water for the required biomass production. Immediate use of the biomass can be made with off-the-shelf thermochemical conversion systems providing syngas or electricity via generators or (...)

Sessional staff include those who teach as casual staff and include postgraduate students, clinical academics and practising professionals.

Expert panel of guest presenters from various health disciplines discussing healthy lifestyle and cancer. Topics including exercise, complementary therapies, nutrition and patient support services. Take home information available from various support groups, and information provided on current (...)

Gain useful insight into the ARC Linkage Projects scheme and Commercialistation.

The speakers will discuss: 1) Support available at UWA when applying for Linkage; 2) IP Commercialisation via different routes such as licensing, spin-outs, and research contracts; 3) Their personal (...)

Are you a health professional interested in developing or improving your skills as an educator? Are you looking for a graduate course with flexible study options? Find out more about where our Postgraduate Courses in Health Professional Education can take you at our Course Information Session.

Dr. Ela Eroglu is one of the newest researchers to join the UWA - Centre for Energy. Ela completed her Postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley on algal biofuels, following her PhD Degree in Chemical Engineering (METU, Turkey) on biohydrogen production by utilization of (...)

Presented by the Statistical Society of Australia, W.A. Branch, this talk will provide some examples of how this accountability works in identifying hospitals, departments and individual doctors who are not performing as expected. The media have provided extensive coverage of the problems for (...)

This large study was instigated because of the finding of a “cluster” of testicular cancer in a large automobile manufacturing company. One of the possible causes was endocrine disrupting chemicals used at the company. The assessment of possible causes of the “cluster” was complicated and (...)

Using evidence-based findings and research to influence policy decisions is key to understanding the role walking can play in solving the transport, health, environmental and social challenges of our changing society.

"Status of walking: from evidence to influence" will explore (...)

Find out about the latest developments in microarray technology and how they are being used in diagnostics and research. Speakers include local scientists from PathWest, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, SJOG Hospital and TICHR as well as representatives from all three major microarray (...)

Following the enormous advances in the understanding of health and disease that marked the closing decades of the 20th century and continue unabated today, our capacity to deal with scientific (and social) complexity may determine the future of the medical sciences and, perhaps, our species through (...)

Water Resource Management: Connecting With Nature and Community



Historically water resource management as been concerned with water supply, sometimes waste water disposal and in some instances with flood control; in brief the domain of the civil and sanitary engineer. Then in (...)

The seminar will provide attendees with tips and advice on setting up a publication strategy to increase publication output of your research activities, ways to improve the quality of your paper(s), leading them through to publication success and answers on your individual questions regarding (...)

Professor Michael A. Huston is an Adjunct Professor at the UWA School of Earth & Environment. He has been an IAS Professor-at-Large in 2008 and 2009, and this is his third visit in this capacity at UWA.

Professor Hustons research is focused on understanding the causes of observed (...)

School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, in collaboration with Health Information Research Unit, School of Medicine, Swansea University, Wales is proud to present this "Information Governance and Data Linkage" workshop.

This is an intensive two-day (...)