Events in 2009
Sydney Medical School holds a large number of seminars on health and health-related issues throughout the year. Please see listings below. Unless otherwise indicated, all events are open to the general public.
January 2009 details
Seminar - publishing excellence: beyond impact factor
Friday January 23, 9:30am - 1:30pm
Key presenters: Dr Leslie Sage, Senior editor, physical sciences, Nature; Dr Berenika M Webster, Strategic Business Manager, Thomson Reuters Scientific, Asia Pacific; and Dr Dugald McGlashan, Associate Publisher, Asian Academic Journals
Venue: SMC Conference & Function centre, First floor, Grand Lodge, 66 Goulburn St, Sydney
Hosts: NPG Nature Asia-Pacific and Thomson Reuters
More information: Please visit the website
February 2009 details
Seminar - Virulence and vaccines – the interaction of the malaria parasite with the human host
Tuesday 3 February, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Professor Alan Cowman, Infection and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria
Venue: The Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Grand Rounds - Answering clinical questions in practice
Thursday 5 February, 1 - 2pm
Speaker: David Tovey, Editor in Chief, Cochrane Library
Venue: Lorimer Dods Lecture Theatre, Children's Hospital at Westmead
NHMRC CTC research seminar - A systematic review and assessment of the evidence for the clinical effectiveness of FDG-PET in staging colorectal cancer and melanoma
Friday 6 February, 3:30 - 5pm
Speakers: Dr Suzanne Dyer and Mr Luke Marinovich
Venue: Medical Foundation Building Auditorium, 92-94 Parramatta Road, Camperdown
Host: NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
More information: Please click here for further details
Seminar - Stimulating T cell subsets with cytokine/mab complexes
Tuesday 10 February, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Professor Jonathan Sprent, NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, Group Leader, Immunology & Inflammation Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Venue: The Centenary Institute, Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the flyer
Peking University research day
Thursday 12 February, 10am - 4:30pm
Venue: Board Room, Darlington Centre
Host: Office of Global Health
RSVP: Essential. Please email and indicate which speaker you are interested in
More information: Please click for the flyer and program
Workshop - Conversations in evolutionary psychology & psychiatry
Monday 16 February, 2 - 5pm
Presenter: Professor Randolph Nesse, Professor in Psychiatry & Professor in Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Venue: The Education Centre, St John of God Hospital, 13 Grantham Street, Burwood
RSVP: Please RSVP by Wednesday 11 February 2009
More information: Please click here for further information
Seminar - Insulin resistance and the antioxidant stress response
Tuesday 17 February, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Professor David James, Director, Diabetes and Obesity Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Venue: The Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Seminar - Do bowel symptoms predict colorectal cancer?
Wednesday 18 February, 4:30 - 5:30pm
Speaker: Dr Barbara-Ann Adelstein, Screening & Test Evaluation Program, School of Public Health
Venue: Marjorie Oldfield Lecture Theatre, Edward Ford Building (A27)
Host: Screening & Test Evaluation Program (STEP)
More information: Please click here
Seminar - High Content Screening - the Cellomics advantage
Thursday 19 February, 2pm
Speaker: Rebecca (Henderson) Palmer, Senior Research Scientist, Thermo Scientific Cellomics, USA
Venue: Centenary Institute, Lecture Theatre, Level 6
Host: Advanced Cytometry Facility
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Seminar - Unlocking the secrets of the Sirtuins: regulators of health and lifespan in mammals
Tuesday 24 February, 11am - 12pm
Speaker: Professor David Sinclair, Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School and Director, Glenn Laboratories for Aging Research
Venue: ANZAC Research Institute, Gate 3, Hospital Road, Concord
Host: ANZAC Research Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Seminar - Growth factor regulation of lens development and cataract
Tuesday 24 February, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Professor John McAvoy, Professor of Experimental Ophthalmology, Director of Laboratory Research, Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney
Venue: The Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Any enquiries please contact the Seminar Convenors: Dr Patrick Bertolino or Professor Jennifer Gamble on 02 9565 6156
March 2009 details
Seminar - Cyclin A – it’s not supposed to do that!
Tuesday 3 March, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Associate Professor Brian Gabrielli, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, Head, Cell Cycle Group, Diamentina Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane
Venue: The Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Seminar - Urbanisation and non-communicable disease risk in Tamil Nadu, India: exploring the relationship between urbanicity and NCD risk factors applying a quantitative measure of the urban environment
Wednesday 4 March, 1 - 2pm
Speaker: Dr Steven Allender, Senior Researcher, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford
Venue: The George Institute – Wynyard 1, Level 6, 341 George St, Sydney (visitors, please head to reception on Level 7)
Host: The George Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre research seminar
Friday 6 March, 3:30 - 5pm
Speakers: Dr Kushwin Rajamani, Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Professor Alberto Zambon, Clinical Medica 1° University of Padua, Italy
Venue: Medical Foundation Auditorium, 92-94 Parramatta Road, Camperdown
Host: NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Symposium on patient safety education: where are we at?
Monday 9 March, 8:45am - 4:30pm
Venue: Darlington Centre, The University of Sydney
Host: The Office of Postgraduate Medical Education (OPME)
Registration: Open until 27 February 2009 with strictly limited places. For further information, please see the brochure
Cost: $225
NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre research seminar
Monday 9 March, 12:30 - 1:30pm
Speakers: Ms Nandini Mathur, St John’s Medical College, India and Professor Denis Xavier, St. John’s Medical College (SJMC), India, and Coordinator of the Division of Clinical Trials
Venue: Medical Foundation Auditorium, 92-94 Parramatta Road, Camperdown
Host: NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
More information: Please click here for more information
Lecture - An Eldorado of quackery - a history of Phrenology in New South Wales
Monday 9 March, 6:30pm
Speaker: Associate Professor Cate Storey, Royal North Shore Hospital
Venue: Education Centre, Level 8, 52 Phillip Street, Sydney
Host: The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
More information: Bookings essential on 02 9256 5413 or . For more information, please see the lecture flyer
Seminar - Remodelling tumour vasculature: a new approach to therapy
Tuesday 10 March, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Associate Professor Ruth Ganss, Group Head, Angiogenesis & Tumour Immunology Laboratory for Cancer Medicine, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, Perth
Venue: The Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Workshop - Bioinformatics for the future
Wednesday 11 March, 9:30am - 12pm
Speakers: Dr Ewan Birney, Senior Scientist, European Bioinformatics Institute; Professor Nadia Rosenthal, Director, ARMI; and Professor Ian Dawes, Director, Ramaciotti Centre
Venue: Medical Foundation Building Auditorium, University of Sydney
Hosts: Sydney Bioinformatics and the NSW Systems Biology Initiative
More information: Please see the flyer
Seminar - Helicopter use in out-of-hospital systems
Wednesday 11 March, 1 - 2pm
Speaker: Colman Taylor, Research Fellow, Critical Care & Trauma Division
Venue: The George Institute – Wynyard 1, Level 6, 341 George St, Sydney (visitors, please head to reception on Level 7)
Host: The George Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Seminar - The delicate balance between resident duty hours and patient safety
Thursday 12 March, 10 - 11am
Speaker: Dr Vineet Arora, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, USA
Venue: Education Seminar Room 458, Education Building, The University of Sydney
Host: Health Economics Collaboration
RSVP:Please email
More information: Please click for the seminar flyer
Course - Functional management of people with brain injuries and similar neurological conditions
Thursday 12 and Friday 13 March, 8:30am - 4:30pm
Venue: Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney, Charles Blunt Conference Room
Host: Rehabilitation Studies Unit, The University of Sydney
Registration: Please complete the registration form. Registration closes at 4pm, Friday 28 February 2009.
Cost: Full (two day) registration: $297. One day registration: $165. Free admission for RRCS Clinicians
Seminar - The evaluation of biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis, and prediction: bias, design and sample size
Wednesday 18 March, 4:30 - 5:30pm
Speaker: Professor Patrick MM Bossuyt, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Venue: Physics Lecture Theatre 5, Physics Building, University of Sydney
Host: Screening and Test Evaluation Program (STEP), School of Public Health
More information: Please see the abstract
Scientific meeting - University of Sydney Cancer Research Network: Early phase clinical trials
Thursday 19 March, 2 - 4:20pm
Speakers: Dr Lisa Horvath, Medical Oncologist, Sydney Cancer Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Associate Professor Andrew Biankin, Head, Pancreatic Cancer Research, Garvan Institute of Medical Research; and Associate Professor Martin Stockler, Oncology Co-Director, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney
Venue: Kerry Packer Auditorium, Kerry Packer Education Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Download a map
Host: Cancer Research Network
More information: RSVP is not required. For more information, please contact Merilyn Heuschkel on 02 9036 6307 or or see the flyer
Seminar - Genetic networks controlling the terminal differentiation of lymphocytes
Tuesday 24 March, 12 - 1pm
This seminar has been postponed until 16 June 2009
Speaker: Dr Stephen Nutt, Group Head, Immunology Division, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, Victoria
Venue: The Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Cambodia interest group meeting
Tuesday 24 March, 4:30 - 6pm
Venue: Room 330, Old Teachers' College Building, The University of Sydney
Host: Office of Global Health
More informaiton: The meeting will coincide with a visit by a delegation from the the University of Health Sciences, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Please contact for further details
Seminar - A novel electronic decision support system to assist General Practitioners in cardiovascular disease risk management- a mixed methods pilot evaluation
Wednesday 25 March, 1 - 2pm
Speaker: Dr David Peiris, Senior Research Fellow, Renal Division
Venue: The George Institute – Large meeting Room, Level 10, King George V Building, Missenden Road, Camperdown
Host: The George Institute
More information: Please see the abstract
Health Services Research Special Interest Group Journal Club
Thursday 26 March, 4 - 5pm
Venue: Room 316, Edward Ford Building, University of Sydney (Camperdown)
Host: University of Sydney Cancer Research Network
More information: Please see the flyer
RSU Continuing Education Program 2009: Treatment of back pain - where does rehabilitation fit in?
Friday 27 March, 12:30 - 1:30pm
Speaker: Professor Chris Maher, The George Institute
Venue: Charles Blunt Conference Room, Royal Rehabilitation Centre, Sydney
Host: Rehabilitation Studies Unit
More information: Admission is free. RSVP essential
Seminar - Transcriptional silencing of HIV-1: Stabilising the reservoir?
Tuesday 31 March, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Associate Professor Anthony Kelleher, Head, Immunovirology & Pathogenesis Program, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, University of New South Wales
Venue: The Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6,
Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
April 2009 details
The next Cochrane Challenge – diagnostic tests
Wednesday 1 April, 4:30 - 5:30pm
Speaker: Jon Deeks, Professor of Health Statistics, University of Birmingham, UK
Venue: Physics Lecture Theatre 5, Physics Building, University of Sydney
Host: Screening & Test Evaluation Program (STEP), School of Public Health
More information: Please see the abstract
Seminar - OncomiRs: Targeting of p53 by microRNAs in cancer and stem cells
Tuesday 7 April, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Dr Alex Swarbrick, Senior Research Officer, Group Leader Tumour Progression Group, Cancer Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Venue: The Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Tobacco control in China and Australia
Tuesday 14 April, 8:50am - 3pm
Presenter: Professor Simon Chapman, School of Public Health
Venue: The George Institute, China conference room, Beijing
Host: The George Institute, China
More information: Please see the flyer
Seminar - Tissue-specific immune responses during parasitic infections
Tuesday 14 April, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Dr Christian Engwerda, Head, Immunology & Infection Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland
Venue: Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please contact the seminar convenors: Dr Patrick Bertolino or Professor Jennifer Gamble on 02 9565 6156
Sydney West's Chief Executive's Innovation Forum - Transforming healthcare for NHS patients: The role of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
Tuesday 14 April, 3 - 5pm
Speaker: Ms Simone Jordan, Deputy CEO and COO, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
Venue: Lecture Theatre No 3, Education Block, Westmead Hospital
More information: Please contact Lindy Ferris on 0401 056 555 or Deborah Kuchler by
Introduction to Flow Cytometry workshop
Thursday 16 April, 2pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Centenary Institute
Hosts: Advanced Cytometry Facility, Centenary and Bosch Institutes
More information: Please see the workshop flyer
Seminar - An iron bridge to cancer research
Tuesday 21 April, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Professor Des Richardson, Professor of Cancer Cell Biology, NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow and Director, Iron Metabolism and Chelation Program, Department of Pathology, University of Sydney
Venue: Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please contact the seminar convenors: Dr Patrick Bertolino or Professor Jennifer Gamble on 02 9565 6156
Injury-related fatalities in China: an under-recognised public health problem and health system reform in China
Tuesday 21 April, 3 - 4:30pm
This talk has been cancelled
Speakers: Professor Mark Stevenson, Senior Director, The George Institute for International Health and Professor Dong Zhe, Deputy Director, Peking University Institute for Medical Education
Venue: Darlington Centre Meeting Room 6, School Building, University of Sydney
Host: Office of Global Health
RSVP: Please email
More information: Please see the flyer
Seminar - Human STAT3 deficiency impairs antigen-specific humoral immune responses
Tuesday 28 April, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Dr Stuart Tangye, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and Group Leader, Immunology and Inflammation Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Venue: Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Seminar - We have the maps but can we follow the tracks? Our journey to being the healthiest country by 2020
Tuesday 28 April, 5:30pm
Speakers: Professor Mike Daube, Curtin University of Technology; Professor Fran Baum, Flinders University and Professor John Catford, Deakin University
Venue: New Law Building, Lecture Theatre 101 (access via Teaching Building), Eastern Avenue, the University of Sydney
Host: Menzies Centre for Health Policy
More information: Please see the seminar invitation
The National Safety and Quality Framework - A strategic framework for improving the safety and quality of healthcare in Australia
Thursday 30 April, 6 - 7pm. Refreshments available from 5:30pm
Presenter: Professor Chris Baggoley, Chief Executive Officer, The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Venue: Functions Room, Edmund Blackett Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, High Street, Randwick
Host: Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators NSW State Committee
RSVP: by 24 April 2009 to . Please indicate if you would like to attend by teleconference
More information: Please see the flyer
Professional development course on dignity
Thursday 30 April and Friday 1 May, 9am - 5pm
Presenter: Dr Claire Hooker, Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine
Venue: Darlington Centre Board Room, University of Sydney
Cost: $700, GST inclusive
More information: Please complete and return the registration form by 25 April 2009
May 2009 details
RSU Continuing Education Program 2009 - Rehabilitation research in the Netherlands
Friday 1 May, 12:30 - 1:30pm
Speaker: Dr Rob Smeets, The George Institute
Venue: Charles Blunt Conference Room, Royal Rehabilitation Centre, Sydney
Host: Rehabilitation Studies Unit
More information: Admission is free. RSVP essential
RSU Continuing Education Program 2009 - Reading clinical trials
Friday 1 May, 1:45 - 3:45pm
Speaker: Dr Lisa Harvey
Venue: Charles Blunt Conference Room, Royal Rehabilitation Centre, Sydney
Host: Rehabilitation Studies Unit
Cost: $11
Registration: Please complete the registration form. Registration closes 5pm Friday 24 April
Sydney Forensic Medicine and Science Network research seminars
Monday 4 May, 4 - 5:30pm
Speakers: Associate Professor Tony Masters, School of Chemistry, and Dr Bing Yu, Central Clinical School
Venue: Level 3 staff common room (room 314), Medical Foundation Building (K25), 92-94 Parramatta Road, Camperdown
Host: Sydney Forensic & Science Network
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Two DC stories: depletion by suicide and how some viruses reduce helperindependent killers
Tuesday 5 May, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Associate Professor Andrew Lew, Lab Head, Autominity & Transplantation Division, WEHI, Melbourne, Victoria
Venue: Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Faculty of Education and Social Work events in May
Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 May
More information: Please see the events flyer
NHMRC program grants seminar
Friday 8 May, 1 - 3pm
Venue: Conference Room 614, Level 6, Jane Foss Russell Building, the University of Sydney
Host: Research Portfolio
RSVP: No later than 1 May to
More information: The seminar will cover a panel perspective and practical suggestions on grant writing
Host responses in malaria cytoadherence
Tuesday 12 May, 12- 1pm
Speaker: Professor Alister Craig, Professor of Molecular Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, LSTM, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Venue: Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Inaugural Victor Coppleson seminar - The mental health of nations
Tuesday 12 May, 6pm. Refreshments from 5:30pm
Speaker: Professor Ian Hickie, Professor of Psychiatry and Executive Director, Brain & Mind Research Institute
Venue: Seminar Room 100, New Law School, University of Sydney
Host: Medical Alumni Association and Sydney Medical School
RSVP: Jacqueline Wells by phone (02 9351 4551) or
More information: Please contact Diana Lovegrove (02 9114 1163) or Paul Lancaster (9660 0576)
Seminar - A pragmatic randomised trial of stretching before and after physical activity to prevent injury and soreness
Wednesday 13 May, 1 - 2pm
Speaker: Associate Professor Rob Herbert, Senior Research Fellow, Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute
Host: The George Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Bosch distinguished seminar - The stability and death of neurones: observations on the neuropathology of retinal dystrophies and age-related dementia
Friday 15 May, 1 - 2pm
Speaker: Professor Jonathan Stone
Venue: Education Lecture Theatre 351, Manning Road, University of Sydney
Host: Bosch Institute
More information: Please contact Kathleen Evans by or phone 02 9036 3338
Timor Leste interest group meeting
Friday 15 May, 4:30 - 6pm
Venue: Norman Gregg Lecture Theatre, Edward Ford Building
Host: Office of Global Health
More information: Please contact
Microarray analysis (introduction)
Monday 18 May
Venue: Computer Suite Rm 143, Medical Foundation Building (K25), University of Sydney
Host: Sydney Bioinformatics
Registration cost: $270 for University staff/student, $297 for others
More information: Please see the flyer
Lecture - Health sector reform in Indonesia
Monday 18 May, 1 - 2:30pm
Speaker: Professor Laksono Trisnantoro, Director, Centre for Health Service Management, University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Venue: Medical Education Unit, Level 1, Edward Ford Building, University of Sydney
Hosts: The Indonesia Interest Group and the Office for Global Health
RSVP: to
More information: Please see the lecture flyer
The good, the bad and the ugly of innate immunity
Tuesday 19 May, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Dr Matthew Sweet, Group Leader, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland Department of Pathology
Venue: Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Seminar - The cost of major trauma in NSW
Tuesday 19 May, 1 - 2pm
Speaker: Clinical Associate Professor Kate Curtis RN, PhD, Faculty of Nursing, University of Sydney and Clinical Nurse Consultant Trauma, St George Hospital
Venue: The George Institute – Wynyard 2, Level 6, 341 George St, Sydney (visitors, please head to reception on Level 7)
Host: The George Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Applied bioinformatics workshop
Tuesday 19 to Thursday 21 May
Venue: Computer Suite Level 1, Medical Foundation Building (K25), University of Sydney
Host: Sydney Bioinformatics
Registration cost: $810 for University of Sydney staff/students and $891 for other academics
More information: Please see the workshop flyer
Translating genomewide association data into individualised prognosis of fracture
Wednesday 20 May, 4:30 - 5:30pm
Speaker: Tuan V. Nguyen, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney
Venue: Physics Lecture Theatre 5, Physics Building, University of Sydney
Host: Screening and Test Evaluation Program, School of Public Health
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Faculty meeting
Thursday 21 May, 4pm. Drinks from 5:30pm
Venue: Professorial Board Room, Main Quadrangle, The University of Sydney
Videoconferencing: Available to remote and distant sites. Please book at www.avit.med.usyd.edu.au/booking/index.php if you wish to participate by video
Drinks: At the conclusion of the meeting, at approximately 5.30 pm, there will be drinks in the Anderson Stuart Common Room, Anderson Stuart Building, in honour of Professor Andrew Coats, the former Dean of the Faculty. All members of Faculty are cordially invited to join us
3rd Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease Symposium
Thursday 21 May to Friday 22 May
Venue: The Brain and Mind Research Institute, The University of Sydney, 100 Mallett Street, Camperdown
Host: Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease Laboratory
More information: Please see the symposium flyer
Seminar - Cellular actions of angiogenesis inhibitors in tumours
Friday 22 May, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Professor Donald M. McDonald, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Comprehensive Cancer Centre & Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco
Venue: The Centenary Institute, Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Victor Coppleson continuing medical education symposium and MAA dinner
Saturday 23 May, 10am - 11pm
Speakers: Professor David Tiller, Professor Stephen Colagiuri, Associate Professor Alex Barratt, Professor Iain McCalman, Emeritus Professor Frank Nicholas, Dr Judy Kirk, Associate Professor Kris Barlow-Stewart
Hosts: Medical Alumni Association and Sydney Medical School
Costs: Registration $100. Dinner $110
More information: Please see the program and registration form
Stimulation of proliferative pathways by IGF binding proteins
Tuesday 26 May, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Professor Robert Baxter, Head, Molecular Medicine, University of Sydney and Director, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital
Venue: Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Update on EndNote and the medical library e-repository
Thursday 28 May, 1 - 2pm
Speaker: Ms Elizabeth Pigott, Faculty Liaison Librarian (Medicine) Medical Library with University of Sydney Library Staff
Venue: Auditorium, Level 5 Kolling Building, Royal North Shore Hospital
Host: Northern Clinical School Postgraduate Committee
More information: Please email
RSU Continuing Education Program 2009 - The nature of fatigue and its association with neurological injury
Friday 29 May, 12:30 - 1:30pm
Speaker: Professor Ashley Craig, The Rehabilitation Studies Unit
Venue: Charles Blunt Conference Room, Royal Rehabilitation Centre, Sydney
Host: Rehabilitation Studies Unit
More information: Admission is free. RSVP essential
RSU Continuing Education Program 2009 - Funding your research
Friday 29 May, 1:45 - 3:45pm
Speaker: Professor Ashley Craig, The Rehabilitation Studies Unit
Venue: Charles Blunt Conference Room, Royal Rehabilitation Centre, Sydney
Host: Rehabilitation Studies Unit
Cost: $11
More information: Please see the registration form
June 2009 details
Microarray analysis (advanced)
Monday 1 June
Venue: Computer Suite Rm 143, Medical Foundation Building (K25), University of Sydney
Host: Sydney Bioinformatics
Registration cost: $270 for University staff/student, $297 for others
More information: Please see the flyer
Centenary Colloquium VI: Opportunities in liver inflammation and cancer
Tuesday 2 June, 8:30am – 5:00pm
International speakers: Michael Karin, University of California, San Diego, USA; Jane McKeating, University of Birmingham, UK; and Valery Krizhanovsky, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, USA
Venue: Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Building 93, Missenden Road, Camperdown NSW 2050
Host: Centenary Institute
Registration: Essential as places are limited to the first 100 respondents. Please email
More information: Please see the flyer
Seminar - Immunopathogenesis of varicella zoster virus infection
Tuesday 9 June, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Dr Allison Abendroth, Senior Lecturer, Head VZV Research Laboratory, Department of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, University of Sydney
Venue: The Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
UTS speaks: Too young to live?
Wednesday 10 June, 6:30 - 7:45pm. Drinks from 6pm
Speaker: Dr Janet Green, UTS Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health
Venue: University Hall, UTS Science Building 4, 745 Harris Street, Ultimo
RSVP: by 9 June to
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Bosch annual scientific meeting - New horizons in biomedical research
Thursday 11 June, 10am - 5pm
Noted speakers: Professor Chris Parish, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University; and Professor Peter Lay, ARC Professorial Fellow and Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney
Venue: Eastern Avenue Conference Centre, University of Sydney
Host: Bosch Institute
Registration: Essential. Please contact Kathleen Evans by or phone 02 9036 3338
Seminar - Genetic networks controlling the terminal differentiation of lymphocytes
Tuesday 16 June, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Dr Stephen Nutt, Group Head, Immunology Division, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, Victoria
Venue: The Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Victor Coppleson continuing medical education seminar - Can we make smoking history?
Tuesday 16 June, 5:30 - 7:30pm. Refreshments from 5pm
Speaker: Professor Simon Chapman, Professor in Public Health at the University of Sydney, and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia
Venue: Norman Gregg Lecture Theatre. Edward Ford Building
Hosts: Medical Alumni Association and the Office of Postgraduate Medical Education
RSVP: to Jacqueline Wells on 02 9351 4551 or email
More information: Please see the website
Seminar - Investing in health care reform: what the budget says about the government's health care priorities
Wednesday 17 June, 5:30pm. Refreshments served from 5pm
Speaker: Dr Lesley Russell
Venue: Eastern Avenue Lecture Theatre, Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney
Host: Menzies Centre for Health Policy
RSVP: by Wednesday 10 June to
More information: Please see their website
Seminar - RNA as the computational engine of the cell
Tuesday 23 June, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Professor John Mattick, ARC Federation Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland
Venue: The Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Introduction to biostatistics
Wednesday 24 June, 2 - 5pm
Instructor: Dr Federica Barzi, Epidemiology & Biostatistics Unit, The George Institute for International Health, University of Sydney
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Centenary Institute, Building 93, RPAH
Host: Postgraduate Training Unit, Central Clinical School
Register: by 10 June 2009
Cost: $70 by journal transfer, or $77 for all others
More information: An undergraduate science or mathematics degree is a pre-requisite. Please see the course content and registration form
Seminar - Addressing failure or teaching medicine? Learning development for medical students
Thursday 25 June, 10:30am - 12pm
Speaker: Janette Myers, Senior Lecturer in Student Learning and Support, St George’s, University of London
Venue: MEU Room, Edward Ford Building (A27)
RSVP: to or phone 02 9351 4551
More information: Please see the flyer
Changing practice and policy and improving health through clinical trials research: a celebration of 20 years of research at the Clinical Trials Centre
Friday 26 June, 9am - 4:30pm
Venue: The new Law School Auditorium, Building F10, Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney
Host: NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
Registration: by 12 June 2009 to
More information: Draft program and registration form
RSU Continuing Education Program 2009 - Systematic reviews
Friday 26 June, 1:45 - 3:45pm
Speaker: Dr Lisa Harvey
Venue: Charles Blunt Conference Room, Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney
Host: Rehabilitation Studies Unit
More information: Registration closes at 5pm, Monday 22 June. Please see the registration form for further details
RSU Continuing Education Program 2009 - Effectiveness of home programs for children with cerebral palsy: a double blind randomised controlled trial; and evaluating unsupported sitting and fear of falling in people with spinal cord injury
Friday 26 June, 12:30 - 1:30pm
Speakers: Iona Novak and Claire Boswell-Ruys
Venue: Charles Blunt Conference Room, Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney
Host: Rehabilitation Studies Unit
More information: Please see the RSU website
Introduction to biostatistics
Friday 26 June, 2 - 5pm
Instructor: Dr Federica Barzi, Epidemiology & Biostatistics Unit, The George Institute for International Health, University of Sydney
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Centenary Institute, Building 93, RPAH
Host: Postgraduate Training Unit, Central Clinical School
Register: by 10 June 2009
Cost: $70 by journal transfer, or $77 for all others
More information: An undergraduate science or mathematics degree is a pre-requisite. Please see the course content and registration form
Seminar - Understanding HIV latency and implications for eradication
Tuesday 30 June, 12 -1 pm
Speaker: Professor Sharon Lewin, Director, Infectious Diseases Unit, Alfred Hospital; and Department of Medicine, Monash University
Venue: The Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please contact the reception by or phone 02 9565 6141
July 2009 details
Lecture - Welcome back Nanny? Civil liberties versus the public good
Wednesday 1 July, 5:30-6:00pm refreshments, 6:00-7:00pm lecture
Speaker: The Hon. Tony Abbott MP, Federal Member for Warringah, Shadow Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Venue: Eastern Avenue Complex, The University of Sydney, Camperdown
Host: School of Public Health
More information: Please see the website
Symposium: Regenerative medicine - opportunities and challenges
Thursday 2 July, 9am - 5pm
Venue: Auditorium, Level 5, Kolling Building, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards
Host: Sydney Centre for Developmental and Regenerative Medicine
Cost: $45 ($25 for students) prior to 26 June. $65 after 26 June
More information: Please see the symposium flyer and registration form
Seminar - Advances in bioluminescence imaging in living subjects
Thursday 2 July, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Wayne Evans, PhD, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Venue: The Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre research seminar
Friday 3 July, 3:30 - 5pm
Speakers: Dr Peter Grimson, Professor Val Gebski and Ms Diana Zannino
Venue: Medical Foundation Auditorium, 92-94 Parramatta Road, Camperdown
Host: NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
NSW miRNA Users meeting
Wednesday 8 July, 2 - 4pm
Speakers: Dr. Toby Hulf, Garvan Institute; and Dr. Adam Bryant, St Vincent’s Centre for Applied Medical Research
Venue: The Centenary Institute Board Room, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the flyer
Cancer: Hitting the target
Thursday 9 July 2009, 5:30pm. Drinks and canapes at 6:30pm
Presenter: Professor Richard Kefford, Chair of Medicine, University of Sydney; and Director, Westmead Institute for Cancer Research
Venue: Eastern Avenue Auditorium, University of Sydney
Host: Cancer Research Network
More information: Please see the flyer
Seminar - Integrating knowledge from phenotypic and genotypic data into general practice consultations
Monday 13 July, 4 - 5pm
Speaker: Professor Frank Sullivan, Director, Scottish School of Primary Care, Professor of Research and Development in General Practice, University of Dundee
Venue: Norman Gregg Lecture Theatre, Edward Ford Building A27
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Seminar - Endoderm development: lineage allocation and morphogenetic activity during mouse embryogenesis
Tuesday 14 July, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Prof Patrick Tam, Deputy Director & Head, Embryology Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute
Venue: The Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Victor Coppleson continuing medical education seminar - Why is there a need for health reform? Is it necessary or are we just moving deck chairs?
Tuesday 14 July, 5:30 - 7:30pm
Speaker: Professor John Horvath AO, Professor of Postgraduate Education and Training, OPME and departing Australian Government Chief Medical Officer, National Director of Human Quarantine
Venue: Lecture Theatre 24, New Law Building
Hosts: Medical Alumni Association and the Office of Postgraduate Medical Education
RSVP: to Jacqueline Wells on 02 9351 4551 or email
Seminar - PSA Screening: where are we now?
Wednesday 15 July, 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Speaker: Associate Professor Alex Barratt, School of Public Health
Venue: Norman Gregg Lecture Theatre, Edward Ford Building
Host: Screening & Test Evaluation Program (STEP), School of Public Health
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Seminar - Immune polarizing and antigen crosspresentation functions of dendritic cells in parasitic infection
Thursday 16 July, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Dr Alan Sher, Chief, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda MD, USA
Venue: The Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Inaugural S.T. Lee Lecture: Global health governance - a search for meaning
Thursday 16 July, 5:30pm
Speaker: Dr. Tikki Pang (Pangestu), Director, Research Policy & Cooperation (RPC/IER), World Health Organization
Venue: New Law Building, Lecture Theatre 101 (access via Teaching Building), Eastern Avenue
Host: The Menzies Centre for Health Policy
RSVP: by 8 July to
More information: Please see the lecture flyer
Occupational therapy management of people with brain injuries and similar neurological conditions
Thursday 16 and Friday 17 July, 8:30am - 4:30pm
Venue: Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney, Charles Blunt Conference Room. Please click for the map
Host: Rehabilitation Studies Unit
Registration: Places are limited. Full registration fee: $297. One day registration fee: $165. Registration closes 4pm, Friday 3 July 2009
More information: Please see the program and registration form
Future research leaders program - the paradox of close-out
Friday 17 July, 12 - 5pm
Venue: The Kerry Packer Institute for Child Health Research (Research Building), The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Large Conference Room. Please see the location map
Host: Australasian Research Management Society (NSW Chapter)
Cost: ARMS members: $79. Non-members: $99
More information: Numbers are strictly limited. Please see the workshop flyer
Seminar: Pancreatic stellate cells – What’s new?
Tuesday 21 July, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Professor Minoti Apte, Director, Pancreatic Research Group, University of New South Wales
Venue: The Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
University of Sydney Cancer Research Symposium - Succeeding in research translation
Thursday 23 July, 8:50am - 5:10pm. Registration opens at 8:30am
Keynote speaker: Professor Colleen Nelson, Queensland University of Technology
Venue: Main Auditorium, Level 5, Kolling Building, Royal North Shore Hospital
Cost: Free
Registration: by 16 July 2009. Please register online (see below)
More information: Please visit the Cancer Research Symposium webpage for the program, speaker biographies and the event flyer, and to register online
Seminar - Enhancing resolution and detection for gel-based proteomics
Tuesday 28 July, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Professor Jens Coorssen, Chair, Molecular Physiology, Head of the Nanoscale Organisation and Dynamics Group, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney
Venue: The Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please see the seminar flyer
Insomnia neurobiology - Impact on treatment
Wednesday 29 July, 6 - 7pm. Refreshments from 5:30pm
Speaker: Professor Dan Buysse, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Director, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center and Medical Director, Sleep and Chronobiology Program
Venue: Education Centre, Level 5, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, 431 Glebe Pt. Rd, Glebe
Host: Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
More information: Please see the flyer
Pneumococcal vaccines workshop
Thursday 30 July, 8:45am - 5:45pm
Featuring: Peter McIntyre, Jonathan Carapetis, Kim Mulholland, Peter Richmond, Ross Andrews, Lyn Gilbert and Raina MacIntyre
Host: National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance
Cost: $275
Registration: by 17 July 2009. Please complete the registration form
More information: Please contact Jo Perkins on 02 9845 1433 or email
Second indigenous immunisation research workshop
Friday 31 July, 8:30am - 5pm
Featuring: Dr Sandra Eades, Baker Institute, Melbourne
Host: National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance
Cost: $275
Registration: by 17 July 2009. Please complete the registration form
More information: Please contact Jo Perkins on 02 9845 1433 or email
RSU Continuing Education Program 2009 - Establishing a research institute
Friday 31 July, 12:30 - 1:30pm
Speaker: Professor Robyn Norton, Principal Director, The George Institute for International Health
Venue: Charles Blunt Conference Room, Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney
Host: Rehabilitation Studies Unit
More information: Please see the RSU website.
RSU Continuing Education Program 2009 - Introduction to statistics: part 1
Friday 31 July, 1:45 - 3:45pm
Speaker: Ms Noeline Monaghan
Venue: Charles Blunt Conference Room, Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney
Host: Rehabilitation Studies Unit
Registration: closes 5pm, Monday 27 July. Please complete the registration form
More information: Please see the RSU website. Part 2 held on 28 August
August 2009 details
2009 RPAH Clinical / Reunion Week Symposia
Monday 3 to Friday 7 August
Venue: RPAH Kerry Packer Auditorium
Host: RPAH Medical Officers Association
More information: Please see the program or email Roger Garcia
Seminar - Oxygen signaling in the vasculature: from hypoxia to oxidative stress
Tuesday 4 August, 12 - 1pm
Speaker: Professor Agnes Görlach, MD Head Experimental Pediatric Cardiology, German Heart Center, Munich
Venue: The Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6,
Building 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Grounds
Host: Centenary Institute
More information: Please email
Lecture - The kindest cut of all: did we get it wrong on circumcision?
Wednesday 5 August, 6 - 7pm. Refreshments from 5:30pm
Speaker: Dr Alex Wodak, Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent’s Hospital
Venue: Eastern Avenue Complex, The University of Sydney
Host: School of Public Health
More information: Registration is compulsory. Please see the website
Intermediate/advanced biostatistics
Wednesday 5 and Friday 7 August, 2 - 5pm
Instructor: Dr Federica Barzi, Research Fellow, Renal and Metabolic Unit, The George Institute for International Health, University of Sydney
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Centenary Institute, Building 93, RPAH
Course fee: $77 incl GST
Registration: by Wednesday 22 July 2009. Please complete the registration form
Annual scientific meeting 2009 - Local and global perspectives on rural health care
Friday 7 to Sunday 9 August
Venue: Edith Cowan University
Hosts: Rural Clinical School of Western Australia and the Greater Bunbury Division of General Practice
More information: Please see the flyer
The Michael Ward Symposium on "Resilience and Health"
Wednesday 12 August, 5:30pm
Venue: Eastern Avenue Lecture Theatre, Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney
Hosts: The Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Australia 21
RSVP: by 5 August to
More information: Please see the flyer
2nd Sino-Australian Symposium - Active compounds, molecular imaging and clinical trials
Wedesday 12 to Friday 14 August
Hosts: The University of Sydney and Shanghai Jiao Tong University
More information: Please see the flyer or the Office of Global Health's events page
Sydney Medical School and Public Health Careers Forum
Thursday 13 August, 5 - 7pm
Venue: MacLaurin Hall, Quadrangle, The University of Sydney
More information: Click here for more information and to register
Postgraduate course - Clinical research methods
Wednesday 19 August, 1:45 - 4:30pm
Where: Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Bldg 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Location map
Cost: $10, to be paid on the day
Registration: All students and researchers are welcome to register for these courses by advising their name and email address to . Bookings are limited to the capacity of the Lecture Theatre so register early
More information: Program
Postgraduate course - Thesis and journal article writing
Wednesday 26 August, 1:45 - 4:30pm
Where: Centenary Institute Lecture Theatre, Level 6, Bldg 93, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Location map
Cost: $10, to be paid on the day
Registration: All students and researchers are welcome to register for these courses by advising their name and email address to . Bookings are limited to the capacity of the Lecture Theatre so register early
More information: Program
RSU Continuing Education Program 2009 -Handwriting in healthy adults aged 65 years and over; and the effects of massage therapy on people with spinal cord injury: psychological & immunological outcomes
Friday 28 August, 12:30 - 1:30pm
Speakers: Nadege Demoisseau and Judy Lovas
Venue: Charles Blunt Conference Room, Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney
Host: Rehabilitation Studies Unit
More information: Please see the RSU website
RSU Continuing Education Program 2009 - Introduction to statistics: part 2
Friday 28 August, 1:45 - 3:45pm
Speaker: Ms Noeline Monaghan
Venue: Charles Blunt Conference Room, Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney
Host: Rehabilitation Studies Unit
Registration: closes 5pm, Monday 27 July. Please complete the registration form
More information: Please see the RSU website
September 2009 details
Lecture - Is the genetic revolution overhyped?
Wednesday 9 September, 6 - 7pm. Refreshments from 5:30pm
Speakers: Professor Wayne Hall, NHMRC Australia Fellow and Professor of Public Health Policy, School of Population Health, University of Queensland; and Professor Ron Trent, Professor of Medical Molecular Genetics, University of Sydney and Head, Department of Molecular & Clinical Genetics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Venue: Eastern Avenue Complex, The University of Sydney
Host: School of Public Health
More information: Registration is compulsory. Please see the website
Spring Back to Sydney
Saturday 19 September, 9am - 3pm
Where: University of Sydney, various locations
More information: Click for the event webpage or the mini program
Early career research showcase
Monday 28 September, 2 - 5:30pm
Where: Eastern Avenue Lecture Theatre, University of Sydney
Registration: Please register online by Friday 18 September for catering purposes
More information: Please see the showcase webpage
October 2009 details
Lecture - Obesity: is the food industry more part of the problem than part of the solution?
Monday 12 October, 6 - 7pm. Refreshments from 5:30pm
Speakers: Dr Rosemary Stanton AOM, Nutritionist; and Dr Derek Yach, Director - Global Health Policy, PepsiCo
Venue: Eastern Avenue Complex, The University of Sydney
Host: School of Public Health
More information: Registration is compulsory. Please see the website
RSU Continuing Education Program 2009 - Improving treatment and support for people with ventilator dependent tetraplegia
Friday 30 October, 12:30 - 1:30pm
Speakers: Professor Simon Gandevia, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
Venue: Charles Blunt Conference Room, Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney
Host: Rehabilitation Studies Unit
More information: Please see the RSU website
November 2009 details
Lecture - Whither primary health care in Australia?
Thursday 19 November, 6 - 7pm. Refreshments from 5:30pm
Speaker: Professor Mary Chiarella, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
Venue: Eastern Avenue Complex, The University of Sydney
Hosts: Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery and the School of Public Health
More information: Registration is compulsory. Please see the website