QUT Faculty of Health celebrating National Science Week
| Event Type | Seminar |
|---|---|
| When |
Aug 16, 2014 04:00 AM
to
Aug 23, 2014 06:00 AM |
| Where | QUT Gardens Point campus, P Block |
| Contact Name | Helen Astbury |
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Why do we age and why do we get cancer?
Presented by Associate Professor Derek Richard
Saturday 16 August, 2.00pm
QUT Gardens Point campus, room P512, P Block (map)
Emerging infectious diseases in the Asia-Pacific Region
Presented by Professor Ken Beagley
Sunday 17 August, 10.00am
QUT Gardens Point campus, room P512, P Block (map)
The seminar will provide a history of infectious diseases, where they come from, why they emerge, and why we may be susceptible to these diseases in our part of the world.
Migraines, we can thank our parents
Presented by Professor Lyn Griffiths
Monday 18 August, 7.00pm
QUT Gardens Point campus, room P601-Atrium, P Block (map)
Prostate cancer research - opportunities and advances
Tuesday 19 August, 7.00pm
QUT Gardens Point campus, room P601-Atrium, P Block (map)
Associate Professor Elizabeth Williams, Dr Ian Vela and Dr Handoo Rhee will discuss the current state of prostate cancer management, opportunities for improvement and how they are leveraging improved understanding of the disease to improve outcomes for men with prostate cancer. The session will be chaired by Mr Ian ("Watto") Watson, founder of Shed Happens and ABC radio personality.
When antibiotics stop working, the bugs fight back
Presented by Dr Makrina Totsika and Dr Willa Huston
Thursday 21 August, 7.00pm
QUT Gardens Point campus, room P512, P Block (map)
Dr Makrina Totsika and Dr Willa Huston will discuss how the overuse and misuse of antibiotics since their discovery has led to a current public health crisis of global proportions. This seminar will explain how bacteria become superbugs, what the consequences are for individual patients and public health care, and how scientists are leveraging improved understanding of superbugs to develop new classes of drugs that can be used to combat them in the near future.
Why breast cancer risk can be inherited
Presented by Professor Rik Thompson
Friday 22 August, 7.00pm
QUT Gardens Point campus, room P512, P Block (map)
Genes, cancer and drugs - individualised medicine now and in the future
Presented by Professor Lisa Chopin and Dr Eliza Whiteside
Saturday 23 August, 2.00pm
QUT Gardens Point campus, room P512, P Block (map)
