Our Annual Symposium will be held on Monday 22 October 2018 in the Western Centre for Health Research and Education Auditorium.
Keynote Speaker
Associate Professor Debra Waters
Associate Professor Debra Waters is Director of Gerontology Research, Dunedin School of Medicine, with a special emphasis on Sarcopenia and Frailty.
Schedule
Guests need to arrive by 2.30pm to retrieve a name tag. Presentations will begin at 3.00pm and run for approximately 2 hours.
| Time | Title | Speaker |
| 3.00pm – 3.10pm | Introduction | Professor Gustavo Duque |
| 3.10pm – 4.00pm | Keynote Address: “Lifestyle Interventions for Frail Obese Older Adults” | Associate Professor Debra Waters |
| 4.00pm – 4.10pm | Podium presentation: Analysis of synovial fluid and peripheral blood samples from Prof John Hamilton patients with rheumatoid arthritis, using patients with osteoarthritis (2017 seed grant recipient) as controls | Prof John Hamilton |
| 4.10pm – 4.20pm | Short-chain quinone greatly reduces morbidity and mortality in paediatric mice treated with CHOP chemotherapy regimen” | James Sorensen (2017 Seed Grant Recipient) |
| 4.20pm – 4.30pm | 1,25(OH)D3 abrogates palmitic acid-induced biotoxicity in normal human osteoblasts in vitro” | Dr Ahmed Al Saedi |
| 4.30pm – 4.40pm | Clinical care pathways and the recovery of quality of life and physical funct ion after fragility fracture: A systematic review and meta-anal sis” | Jason Talevski |
| 4.40pm – 4.50pm | Podium presentation: Evaluation of castration-dependant androgen depletion and hind- Danielle Debruin limb immobilisation on inducing sarcopenia in mice: a ilot study | Danielle Debruin |
| 4.50pm – 5.00pm | Safety study of biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) in inflammatory arthritis patients” | Frilla Looi |
| 5.00pm – 6.30pm | Dept of Medicine – WH Research Expo (WCHRE Atrium) |
Refreshments will be served after 5pm following the keynote speech.
Registration and enquiries
To register for this event, contact gwen.mcmaster@unimelb.edu.au.
