Previous Health Sciences events

2019 Free evening lectures on Public Health

Monday, 11 February 2019 at 5:15pm - University of Otago, Wellington, 23a Mein Street, Newtown

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Tuesday, 19 February 2019 at 1:00pm - D'Ath Lecture Theatre, 1st floor, Hercus Building
Presented by Associate Professor Sian Halcrow, Department of Anatomy

Department of Pathology Seminar Series - Dr Caiyun Grace Li

Tuesday, 19 February 2019 at 3:00pm - D'Ath Lecture Theatre, Hercus Building

The health and developmental determinants of adolescent criminalisation

Wednesday, 20 February 2019 at 10:30am - Beaven Lecture Theatre, 7th Floor, University of Otago Christchurch
Don't miss this free seminar with international speaker, Professor Nathan Hughes, discussing the influence of health and developmental difficulties on the risk of criminality and criminalisation among the young.

The same, but different: Towards therapies for Batten disease

Wednesday, 20 February 2019 at 12:00pm - Burns 5 Seminar Room
Open Seminar by Prof Jonathan D Cooper, Professor of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis

White Coat Ceremony

Saturday, 23 February 2019 at 10:00am - The Link (Information Services Building), 65 Albany Street, Dunedin

A formal welcome by the School of Pharmacy to new students entering their first professional year of the Pharmacy programme.

UOW Teaching Matters - Planning to evaluate

Monday, 25 February 2019 at 12:00pm - University of Otago, Wellington Room C.31
In this interactive workshop, we will consider how, when and why to evaluate. Bring your lunch and bring a friend!

Health, environment and climate change: A global health approach

Monday, 25 February 2019 at 5:15pm - University of Otago, Wellington | 23a Mein Street, Newtown | Level D, Nordmeyer Theatre
Join us for this open lecture by Dr Nathalie Röbbel, World Health Organisation, Switzerland – held as part of the Public Health Summer School – ALL WELCOME

‘Refining Immune Checkpoints for Natural Killer Immunity and emphasis on splice variants of NK receptors’

Tuesday, 26 February 2019 at 12:00pm - Physics, Maths & Statistics Bldg, Room 314
A seminar by Angel Porgador, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

Canada has been there: What NZ can learn from their cannabis legalisation and regulation process

Tuesday, 26 February 2019 at 5:15pm - University of Otago, Wellington | 23a Mein Street, Newtown | Level D, Nordmeyer Theatre
Join us for this open lecture by Eric Costen, Government of Canada – held as part of the Public Health Summer School – ALL WELCOME

Inaugural Professorial Lecture - Professor Sarah Young

Wednesday, 27 February 2019 at 5:30pm - Archway 1 Lecture theatre
Union Street East
Dunedin
Professor Sarah Young's IPL is entitled 'Training the Immune System to Fight Disease'

Women's and Children's Health Seminar - Adam Pomerleau

Thursday, 28 February 2019 at 1:00pm - Paediatric Seminar Rooms
Clinical toxicology – saving the lives of mushroom foragers, toad-lickers, rave-goers and more

A to Z of Microcephaly: From Genome Instability to Innate Immunity and Cancer Therapeutics

Thursday, 28 February 2019 at 5:30pm - Barnett Lecture Theatre, Dunedin Public Hospital, Great King Street, Dunedin
Rare Disease Day Lecture by Professor Andrew Jackson, University of Edinburgh

Department of Pathology Seminar Series - Professor Andrew Jackson

Friday, 1 March 2019 at 1:00pm - D'Ath Lecture Theatre, Hercus Building
Being the right size: investigating the smallest of the small

‘Rewriting the mammalian cell ‘source code’

Friday, 1 March 2019 at 2:00pm - The Microbiology building, 720 Cumberland Street, Room 208, Dunedin
Presented by Assoc. Prof. Tudor Fulga from University of Oxford

Public Lecture, Colin Geary Visiting Professor 2019 - Prof Adrian Harris

Monday, 4 March 2019 at 6:00pm - Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 30 The Octagon, Dunedin, 9016
Prof Harris will speak on Breast cancer and new aspects of glutamine metabolism: metformin, exosomes, hormone resistance and repurposed drugs

Biochemistry PhD Seminar |Jack Forsman

Tuesday, 5 March 2019 at 12:00pm - Biochemistry Seminar Room 231
The role of the bicarbonate ligated to the non-heme iron on the acceptor side of Photosystem II

Seminar | Harnessing the Power of Networks

Tuesday, 5 March 2019 at 12:30pm - Small Lecture Theatre, Level D, University of Otago Wellington

Department of Pathology Seminar Series - Prof Adrian Harris

Tuesday, 5 March 2019 at 1:00pm - Colquhoun Lecture Theatre, Dunedin Hospital
How we are going to cure cancer by 2019 Colin Geary Visiting Professor, Adrian Harris

Seminar | Slowing down for a healthier, wealthier and more sustainable city

Wednesday, 6 March 2019 at 12:30pm - Adam Auditorium, City Gallery, 101 Wakefield St, Wellington

Biochemistry Seminars | Drs Kaja Wasik & Stephane Castel, Variant Bio

Wednesday, 6 March 2019 at 1:00pm - Biochemistry Seminar Room 231
Dr Kaja Wasik: Partnerships between industry and academia in genomic research to improve global health through local discoveries & Dr Stephane Castel: The regulatory architecture of the human genome and its relevance to disease

Women's and Children's Health Research Seminar

Thursday, 7 March 2019 at 1:00pm - Paediatric Seminar Rooms
Women's and Children's Health research seminar Lisa Kremer
“Big Drop, Little Eye”

UOW Teaching Matters: Planning to evaluate

Friday, 8 March 2019 at 12:00pm - University of Otago, Wellington Room C.31
In this interactive workshop, we will consider: Why evaluation is important; Methods of Evaluation; Closing the Loop; Tracking your course over time; Reporting on your evaluation data.

Seminar | The story of an “inconvenient” maternity study

Friday, 8 March 2019 at 12:30pm - Nordmeyer Lecture Theatre, Level D, University of Otago Wellington

Department of Pathology Seminar Series - Dr Robert Weinkove

Friday, 8 March 2019 at 1:00pm - D'Ath Lecture Theatre, Hercus Building

Brain Awareness Week 2019

Monday, 11 March 2019 - Otago Museum, 419 Great King St, North Dunedin, Dunedin 9016
International Brain Awareness Week seminars will cover topics such as brain development, healthy aging and the brain, and neuroplasticity, providing illuminating insight into current neurological research.

‘Group A Streptococcal pili and vaccines’

Monday, 11 March 2019 at 12:00pm - Microbiology Bldg, 720 Cumberland Street, 2nd Floor, Room 208.
Presented by Associate Professor Thomas Proft

Biochemistry Seminar | Dr Jillian F. Evans, PharmAria Therapeutics, San Diego

Tuesday, 12 March 2019 at 12:00pm - Biochemistry Seminar Room 231
Development of montelukast, a leukotriene antagonist therapy for asthma and allergies

Inaugural Professorial Lecture - Professor Haxby Abbott

Tuesday, 12 March 2019 at 5:30pm - Archway 1 Lecture theatre
Union Street East
Dunedin
Professor Haxby Abbott's Inaugural Professorial Lecture is entitled 'But what if we were to do it differently..?'

Seminar | Pride, ILGA, the World and Beyond

Friday, 15 March 2019 at 12:30pm - Small Lecture Theatre, Level D, University of Otago Wellington

Department of Pathology Seminar Series - Summer Student Speaker Competition

Friday, 15 March 2019 at 1:00pm - D'Ath Lecture Theatre, Hercus Building

POSTPONED - Inaugural Professorial Lecture - Professor Michael Schultz

Monday, 18 March 2019 at 5:30pm - Archway 1 Lecture Theatre, 290 Leith Walk, Dunedin, Otago
The title of Professor Schultz's lecture is: "Excuse me, can you show me where the bathroom is?"

Biochemistry Seminar | Rosmarie Friemann, Centre for Antibiotic Resistance Research University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Tuesday, 19 March 2019 at 12:00pm - Biochemistry Seminar Room 231
From import of sialic acid across bacterial cell membranes to inhibitor binding modes of human sodium glucose transporters

Seminar | Direct To Consumer Advertising of prescription medicines: for health or for profit?

Tuesday, 19 March 2019 at 12:30pm - Small Lecture Theatre, Level D, University of Otago Wellington

From suicide to head models: Biomechanical research in Otago

Tuesday, 19 March 2019 at 1:00pm - D'Ath Lecture Theatre, 1st floor, Hercus Building
A seminar in the Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago

Seminar: Community severance – the barrier effects of busy roads

Wednesday, 20 March 2019 at 12:00pm - Small Lecture Theatre, University of Otago, Wellington, 23a Mein St, Newtown, Wellington

Women's and Children's Health Seminar

Thursday, 21 March 2019 at 1:00pm - Paediatric Seminar Rooms
Women's and Children's Health Trainee Interns

Seminar | From Child Health Advocacy to Politics: Reflections on Working for Social Change

Friday, 22 March 2019 at 12:30pm - Small Lecture Theatre, Level D, University of Otago Wellington

Dr Jeff Erickson, Department of Physiology

Monday, 25 March 2019 at 1:00pm - Hercus d'Ath Lecture Theatre, Great King Street
Dr Jeff Erickson, Department of Physiology

Biochemistry Seminar | Dr David Croucher Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Tuesday, 26 March 2019 at 12:00pm - Biochemistry Seminar Room 231
All kinds of JNK: How one kinase can be an oncogene, tumour suppressor and apoptotic mediator

Melding reproductive and genomic science for pest control and eradication

Tuesday, 26 March 2019 at 1:00pm - D'Ath Lecture Theatre, 1st floor, Hercus Building
A seminar in the Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago

Melding Reproductive and Genomic Science for pest control and eradication

Tuesday, 26 March 2019 at 1:00pm - D'Ath Lecture Theatre, 1st floor, Hercus Building
Presented by Professor Neil Gemmell, Department of Anatomy, University of Otago

Epidemiology: Past, present and future

Friday, 29 March 2019 at 12:30pm - Small Lecture Theatre, Level D, University of Otago Wellington
Join us in person or by webinar for this public health lunchtime talk hosted by the University of Otago, Wellington. Presented by Professor Tony Blakely, University of Melbourne

Department of Pathology Seminar Series - Dr Peter Mace

Friday, 29 March 2019 at 1:00pm - D'Ath Lecture Theatre, Hercus Building

Poxvirus recombination and reactivation: Mechanism, applications, and real-world implications

Tuesday, 2 April 2019 at 9:00am - Room 208, Department of Microbiology & Immunology 
The Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Otago Virology Group invite you to attend a seminar by Dr. David Evans (University of Alberta)

Biochemistry Seminar | Professor Friedrich W. Herberg University of Kassel, Germany

Tuesday, 2 April 2019 at 12:00pm - Biochemistry Seminar Room 231
Metal coordination in Kinases and Pseudokinases

Growth steering procedures in pediatric orthopedics

Tuesday, 2 April 2019 at 1:00pm - D'Ath Lecture Theatre, 1st floor, Hercus Building
Presented by Dr Dirk Zajonz, Department of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany

Women's and Children's Health Research Seminar - Rick Audas

Thursday, 4 April 2019 at 1:00pm - Paediatric Seminar Rooms
Women's and Children's Health Research Seminar - Dr Rick Audas
Big Data and the Better Start National Science Challenge at the Crossroads

Men’s Health in a changing world

Thursday, 4 April 2019 at 5:30pm - Room 102, School of Physiotherapy Building, University of Otago
Professor Alan White, William Evans Visiting Fellow, Public Lecture

Decolonizing Indigenous Health Information Systems in Canada – Moving Beyond Patchwork Solutions

Friday, 5 April 2019 at 12:30pm - Small Lecture Theatre, Level D, University of Otago Wellington

Join us in person or by webinar for this public health lunchtime talk hosted by the University of Otago, Wellington. Presented by Dr Janet Smylie, Professor Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Director, Well Living House Applied Research Centre for Indigenous Infant, Child and Family Health, St. Michael's hospital.

Department of Pathology Seminar Series - student research talks

Friday, 5 April 2019 at 1:00pm - D'ath Lecture Theatre, Hercus Building
Swapnoleena Sen and Joshua Harris present their recent research findings

Seminar: Clay Nanoparticles as Efficient Anti-bacterial Agents

Monday, 8 April 2019 at 12:00pm - Seminar room 208, Microbiology Building, 720 Cumberland St
Special Seminar by Professor Zhi Ping (Gordon) Xu, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland

The death of a human soul

Monday, 8 April 2019 at 1:00pm - Level 2, Room 206
Otago Business School
60 Clyde Street
University of Otago

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr Vanessa Morris, University of Canterbury

Tuesday, 9 April 2019 at 12:00pm - Biochemistry Seminar Room 231
Keeping it single: Strategies for inhibiting amyloid-beta aggregation

Is anti-Müllerian hormone an oocyte self-destruct signal

Tuesday, 9 April 2019 at 1:00pm - Seminar Room 71 Frederick Streeet
Presented by Dr Michael Pankhurst, Department of Anatomy, University of Otago

The Hard Worker, Class, and the Material and Symbolic Significance of Occupational Health Outcomes

Friday, 12 April 2019 at 12:30pm - Small Lecture Theatre, Level D, University of Otago Wellington
Join us in person or by webinar for this public health lunchtime talk hosted by the University of Otago, Wellington. Presented by Dr. Kirsten Lovelock, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington

Engaging with Wikimedia

Monday, 15 April 2019 at 1:00pm - Med Red Lecture Theatre, ground floor, Scott Building
Presented by Dr Mike Dickison, New Zealand Wikipedia Editor, Wikimedia Foundation, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington

Jurists vs Physicians: The conflict about the enforcement of the medical cannabis legislation in Switzerland

Monday, 15 April 2019 at 1:30pm - Nordmeyer Lecture Theatre, Level D, University of Otago, Wellington, 23A Mein Street,  
Join us in person or by webinar for this public health talk hosted by the University of Otago, Wellington. Presented by Dr Céline Mavrot, political scientist and postdoctoral fellow, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr Gertje Petersen, AbacusBio

Tuesday, 16 April 2019 at 12:00pm - Biochemistry Seminar Room 231
Yes, bees are livestock. And you can breed them, too.

“Clinical and MR morphological course of femoral head necrosis (ARCO stage I – III) after femoral head drilling and ilomedin therapy – a pilot study”

Tuesday, 16 April 2019 at 1:00pm - D'Ath Lecture Theatre, 1st floor, Hercus Building
Presented by Dr Thibaut Hiegel, Leipzig, Germany

Inaugural Professorial Lecture - Professor Greg Anderson

Tuesday, 16 April 2019 at 5:30pm - Archway 1 Lecture Theatre, Union St East, Dunedin
Professor Greg Anderson delivers his Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled: ‘Female fertility: fundamentally faithful yet frequently fickle’.

Seminar | Sensors and Citizen Science

Wednesday, 17 April 2019 at 12:00pm - Small Lecture Theatre, University of Otago, Wellington, 23a Mein St, Newtown, Wellington

Celebrating Sir David Skeggs's book ‘The Health of the People’

Wednesday, 17 April 2019 at 6:00pm - National Library of New Zealand, Molesworth Street, Wellington

Women's and Children's Health Seminar

Thursday, 18 April 2019 at 1:00pm - Paediatric Seminar Rooms

Department of Pathology Seminar Series - Dr Ann Poduri

Friday, 26 April 2019 at 1:00pm - D'ath Lecture Theatre, Hercus Building.
Genetic but not Inherited: The Role of Post-zygotic Mutation in Focal Epilepsy

Biochemistry Department PhD Seminar | Philem Priyadarshini Devi

Tuesday, 30 April 2019 at 12:00pm - Biochemistry Seminar Room 231
The PvdF enzyme of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

“Biomedical Engineering: Cardiac research and neuroscience - journey from PhD to Postdoc”

Tuesday, 30 April 2019 at 1:00pm - D'Ath Lecture Theatre, 1st floor, Hercus Building
Presented by Dr Prashanna Khwaounjoo, Department of Anatomy

Inaugural Professorial Lecture - Professor Rachael Taylor

Tuesday, 30 April 2019 at 5:30pm - Archway 1 Lecture Theatre, Union Street East, Dunedin
Professor Rachael Taylor delivers her Inaugural Professorial Lecture ( IPL ) titled "Move Eat Sleep Repeat"

Women's and Children's Health Research Seminar

Thursday, 2 May 2019 at 1:00pm - Paediatric Seminar Rooms

Department of Pathology Seminar Series - Professor Christine Winterbourn

Friday, 3 May 2019 at 1:00pm - D'ath Lecture Theatre, Hercus Building
Professor Winterbourn's research focus is on understanding mechanisms of reactive oxidant production, the biochemistry of biological damage and the consequences for disease pathology.

Biochemistry Department Seminar | Dr Laura Gumy

Tuesday, 7 May 2019 at 12:00pm - Biochemistry Seminar Room 231
Mechanisms of intracellular trafficking in neurons

UOW Teaching Matters - Participating in Effective Feedback

Friday, 10 May 2019 at 12:00pm - UOW, Room C.31
Participating in effective feedback: An interactive workshop

American family firearm ownership, policy, and fatalities among young children

Friday, 10 May 2019 at 12:30pm - Small Lecture Theatre, Level D, University of Otago Wellington
Join us in person or by webinar for this public health lunchtime talk hosted by the University of Otago, Wellington. Presented by Dr. Kate Prickett.

Department of Pathology Seminar Series - Professor Nancy Longnecker

Friday, 10 May 2019 at 1:00pm - D'ath Lecture Theatre, Hercus Building
Professor Nancy Longnecker, Centre for Science Communication

Biochemistry PhD Seminar | Pavel Filipčík

Tuesday, 14 May 2019 at 12:00pm - Biochemistry Seminar Room 231
A structural basis for MEKK1’s response to microtubule stress

Far-reaching consequences of adolescent social stress on brain and behaviour

Tuesday, 14 May 2019 at 1:00pm - D'Ath Lecture Theatre, 1st floor, Hercus Building
Presented by Dr Mick Watt, Department of Anatomy, University of Otago

Inaugural Professorial Lecture - Professor Peter Fineran

Tuesday, 14 May 2019 at 5:30pm - Archway 1 Lecture Theatre
Union Street East
Dunedin
Professor Peter Fineran delivers his Inaugural Professorial Lecture titled Resistance is (not) futile: bacterial innate and adaptive immune systems

Christchurch Mood Disorders Workshop

Thursday, 16 May 2019 at 8:30am - The George Hotel, 50 Park Terrace, Christchurch 8013
Designed for Consultant Psychiatrists and Senior Psychiatric Registrars, this two-day workshop examines all aspects of the clinical psychiatric management of mood disorders. We will extend knowledge and themes from the previous workshops while still providing a stand-alone educational package.

Trainee Interns Seminar

Thursday, 16 May 2019 at 1:00pm - Paediatric Seminar rooms
Trainee Interns present their research.

Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases; the forgotten patient

Friday, 17 May 2019 at 12:30pm - Small Lecture Theatre, Level D, University of Otago Wellington
Join us in person or by webinar for this public health lunchtime talk hosted by the University of Otago, Wellington. Presented by Alexander (Sandy) Milne

Department of Pathology Seminar Series - Student research talks

Friday, 17 May 2019 at 1:00pm - D'ath Lecture Theatre, Hercus Building