What's On at UWA

Grantsmanship can make a difference! Come along and further develop your grant writing skills. This workshop, prepared in consultation with UWA researchers who have been successful in obtaining peer-reviewed funding and who have served on national reviewing bodies, will be structured to assist (...)

Professor Laurent is an alumni of the University of Western Australia. He is currently the Director of the Centre for Respiratory Research at University College London and leads a team of scientists and physicians conducting research into basic aspects of lung inflammation and repair.

Tuesday Seminars at the School of Population health are held every week. Students and staff are given the opportunity to showcase current research activities and hear from visiting speakers.

Dr Lynch is visiting the School of Population Health to discuss the 2011 State Health Research Advisory Council (SHRAC) grant round.

All are welcome to attend.

Due to unforseen circumstances this event has been cancelled.

Informed by Mike's human ethics and regulatory experience at the Mayo Clinic and with the NIH. Professor Mike Joyner received his MD from the University of Arizona and completed his Residency in Anesthesiology at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. Mike is one of North America's foremost human int (...)

Due to unforseen circumstances this event has been cancelled.

Due to unforseen circumstances this event has been cancelled.

The University of Western Australia provides a range of geographic resources from analog paper maps to state-of-the-art digital Geographic Information System (GIS) data. Recently the Science library has provided a new home for the University's map collection and has been instrumental in negotiating (...)

Systemic psychotherapy considers families and couples as systems, which are much more than each member composing them. The efficacy of this type of psychotherapy has been demonstrated around the world since the seventies.

The fundaments are focused in relationships, circularity and (...)

Karen Campbell is a Senior Researcher in the Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research (C-PAN) at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. With a background in dietetics and health promotion, Dr Campbell undertook her Masters in Public Health and then a PhD which focused on home (...)

To Cre or not to Cre? > A SymbioticA Friday Seminar Date: 15th April; Speaker: Dr Rob James; Time & Location: 3:30 - 5:00pm @ SymbioticA

Molecular solutions to ethical obstacles precluding human enhancement through genetic engineering.

Emerging biotechnologies promise (...)

Mr Jamie Wood is a respiratory physiotherapist at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, working with people with cystic fi brosis (CF) and non-CF bronchiectasis. Mr Wood was recently awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship to study physiotherapy for people with CF and bronchiectasis in the (...)

This presentation will explore the signs of intoxication, harm reduction strategies and what to do if someone becomes acutely intoxicated.

In June 2007, the English city of Hull was devastated by flooding which displaced over 8000 families from their homes. A real-time longitudinal study was undertaken to document the long term experiences of flood recovery. The study used an action research model to document and understand the (...)

Join researchers from across Australia and China for this fascinating insight into the importance of cell signalling and translational medicine. The four sessions, Novel Therapies and Genomic Information; Tissue Engineering and Bio-therapeutics; Molecular Targets for Metabolic and Degenerative (...)

The seminar will start with Anne McKenzie’s take on what is new in consumer and community participation in research at the School of Population Health and her perspectives on moving forward with the results of the consumer and community participation audit. Hayley Haines has recently joined us (...)

The word educate is derived from educare (Latin), meaning to draw out, to bring out potential. Educational systems, the world over, are based on thrusting knowledge onto students, instead of drawing it out of them. As a result, students become well informed on one or more subjects. Such education (...)

When hearing the term ‘mental health’, most people think of mental illness. A growing body of research demonstrates the ability of individuals to improve their mental health through a range of simple behaviours, but it is difficult to get people to engage with mental health as a topic and (...)

Intelligence is acquired knowledge of a particular subject or subjects. But being knowledgeable in no way renders your intellect clear to think, reason and decide on matters pertaining to life. A person could be highly intelligent, yet impractical in day to day living. For example, a scientist may (...)