Our Annual Symposium will be held on Monday 25 October 2021 from 3-5 PM via Zoom. The Symposium will feature oral presentations from multiple speakers and a plenary lecture delivered by Professor Susan Davis.
Plenary Lecture
Our featured speaker will be Professor Susan Davis from Monash University who will present a talk titled “Estrogen Action, Depletion and Replacement for Bone Health in Women”.
Schedule
The event will begin at 3.00pm and presentations will begin at 4.00pm and run for approximately an hour.
| Time | Presentation & Speaker |
| 3.00 – 3.10 | Introduction Prof. Gustavo Duque Director AIMSS |
| 3.10 – 4.00 | Estrogen action, depletion and replacement for bone health in women Prof. Susan Davis Monash University |
| PRESENTATIONS – Chair: Prof. Alan Hayes, Deputy Director AIMSS | |
| 4.00 – 4.12 | Exploring Predictors for Falls and Fractures in Osteosarcopenic Older Women Kayley Miksa, AIMSS, iHeS-VU, Department of Medicine – Western Health, U. of Melbourne |
| 4.12 – 4.24 | Skeletal muscle transcriptomic signature in women with PCOS is driven by non-cell autonomous mechanisms Dr Alba Moreno-Asso, AIMSS, iHeS-Victoria University, |
| 4.24 – 4.36 | Severe low back or lower limb pain associated with recurrent falls and falls-related injury amongst community-dwelling older Australian females. Dr Julia Gilmartin-Thomas, AIMSS School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University & iHeS – Victoria University |
| 4.36 – 4.48 | Preliminary data analysis on falls prevention in post-menopausal women Dr Noel Faux, Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) University of Melbourne. |
| 4.48 – 5.00 | Harnessing the transitional matrix to improve skeletal muscle health in sarcopenia and frailty Dr Nicole Stupka, AIMSS, Senior Research Fellow, Western Medicine, University of Melbourne. |
| Presentations – 10 mins each, followed by 2 mins Q&A. |
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