Seminar Program 2011

DEPM seminars are usually held on Wednesdays from 12 to 1pm in the DEPM seminar rooms, The Alfred Center, unless otherwise stated (in the date column below). All welcome and no RSVP required. Enquiries to Anita Wluka +61 3 9903 0994 or DEPM Reception +61 3 99030555.

The AMREP Global Health Seminar Series is hosted by MIGHI. See their page at www.mighi.monash.org/seminars.html

14/12/2011	Prof Geoff Cumming " The New Statistics: Why, How and Where Next" (Chair Dr Damien Jolley) (to be videoconferenced to MMC and Caulfield campuses)
7/12/2011	Assoc Prof Belinda Gabbe "Measuring the Burden of Injury - challenging the Global Burden of Disease methods" (to be videoconferenced to MMC and Caulfield campuses)
16/11/2011	Dr Margaret Staples "Vertebroplasty and methodological issues" (to be videoconferenced to MMC and Caulfield campuses)
10/11/2011	11:30 - 12:30 Prof James Isbister " Has Evidence Based Medicine corrupted our understanding of causation?" (Chair Prof John McNeil)
2/11/2011	Honours students presentations
26/10/2011	Prof Stephen Cordner " VIFM and Ned Kelly" (to be videoconferenced to MMC and Caulfield campuses)
27/07/2011	PhD seminar Jason Wasiak "Impact of Burn Injury Study (IBIS): epidemiological and long-term psychosocial outcomes following acute burn injury"
20/07/2011	PhD seminar Marlien Varnfield "Outcomes and feasibility of ICT support in home-care and self-management of chronic disease" (via videoconference) Geoff Strange "Seeing the invisible: The impediments to timely diagnosis of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)" Brendan Quinn "The Un-MET Study: Identifying and examining the barriers and incentives to treatment utilisation for a cohort of regular methamphetamine users"
14/07/2011 (Thursday)	International visiting speaker: Prof Wayne Velicer (Presenter), Prof Brian Oldenburg (Chair) "Understanding Individual Behaviour Change over Time." Wayne F. Velicer is the Co-Director of the Cancer Prevention Research Center at the University of Rhode Island and Professor of Psychology. He has published more than 250 papers on a variety of topics in Health Psychology and Behavioral Statistics. In Health Psychology, his contributions include pioneering the application of computer-based intervention to health promotion and disease prevention. He is one of the principal developers of the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change. He has been instrumental in developing multiple risk factor interventions and theories. He has developed advanced quantitative methods for theory testing. In Behavioral Statistics, his work has focused on factor analysis and component analysis, pioneered the application of time series analysis to the behavioral sciences, and refined methods for measurement development. He was identified as one of the highest impact authors in Psychology (average citation per paper) by the major studies in 1992, 1996, 2003, and 2005 with a current "h" factor exceeds 50.
29/06/2011	Dr Elizabeth Williamson (Presenter), Prof Andrew Forbes (Chair) "Propensity scoring: Does Breast-feeding really make you clever? "
22/06/2011	Dr Dragan Ilic "Integrating research with teaching - the academic yin and yang"
20/06/2011 (2-3 pm; Level 5 Lecture Theatre)	Baker IDI welcomes: Prof Jaakko Tuomilehto, Professor of Public Health at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He is also affiliated with the Diabetes Unit of the National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland and holds positions as a Visiting Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the Danube-University Krems, Austria. He initiated the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study, the landmark study for the primary prevention of type 2 diabetes, and also the large collaborative DECODE and DECODA studies on the prevalence and outcomes of hyperglycaemia.
15/06/2011	Dr Catherine Joyce "MABEL spills the beans on doctors' working lives: Findings from the MABEL longitudinal study of Australian doctors"
08/06/2011	Dr Eeshara Vithana "Provision of health servies to 300,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Sri Lanka"
25/05/2011	PhD reviews Enayet Chowdhury "Blood pressure control in the elderly: understanding the impact on health outcomes" Catherine Chamberlain "Understanding screening for gestational diabetes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women" Elizabeth Moore "The incidence and implications of acute kidney injury in traumatic brain injury"
18/05/2011	Prof Ajay Mahal (Cancelled) "Assessing the correlation between income, expenditures and assets of the household: Evidence from 2 recent surveys in India"
11/05/2011	Honours seminar Kumar Pasupathi "The relationship between obesity and disability" Harbeer Ahedi "Role of hip muscles and structure in development of hip OA"
04/05/2011	PhD seminar Venu Ariyaratne
06/04/2011	PhD seminar Brad Crammond "The 'Right' Kind of Health: Justice, Health Inequalities and the Social Determinants of Health" Elizabeth Headley "Health inequalities in public health practice, and their implications" Kate Gibson "Developing WHO guidance on viral hepatitis B and C for people who inject drugs"
30/03/2011	Honours seminar Alyce Vella "Identifying sexual risk practices in men who have sex with men (MSM) who identify themselves as commercial sex workers (MSW)" Asvini Subasinghe "Malnutrition in Rishi Valley, India" NOTE Time: 1.00 - 1.30 pm Location: Boardroom 1, 6th floor, the Alfred centre
30/03/2011	PhD seminar Angela Rintoul "Mapping pokies losses & suburban disadvantage across Melbourne, 2005-2010" Karen Moore "Support for tobacco control interventions. Does socio-economic status make a difference?"
23/03/2011	PhD seminar Alex Hodge "Efficacy, safety and mechanism of action of the novel antifibrotic agent FT52 in rodent models of liver fibrosis and cell culture" Marsha Ivey "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - Modelling Risk Factors" Adrienne O'Neil "Improving the health and well-being of depressed patients following myocardial infarction"
22/03/2011	Special SPHPM seminar The Menzies Foundation, with additional local support from Monash University, the University of Melbourne, Curtin University, the Menzies Centre for Health Policy, and the University of Queensland, is proud to be able to present: Mr Conrad Keating Writer-In-Residence, The Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine Oxford, UK. Mr Keating is well-known for his excellent biography of Sir Richard Doll, who was a leading epidemiologist in the second half of the 20th century. Doll is best known for his work documenting the harmful effects of cigarette smoking. The presentation will be: "The Anatomy of a Scientific Dispute" Which covers the acrimonious battle with RA Fisher about whether the association of smoking with lung cancer was causal.
16/03/2011	PhD seminar Lisa Higgins "The critical care costs of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic" Stephanie Tanamas "Novel approaches to musculoskeletal disease prevention"
09/03/2011	PhD seminar: Rachel Sacks-Davis "Factors influencing hepaittis C transmission and progression" Molly Bond "The phenomenology of the Obesity Epidemic: can we find a common narrative with which to move forward?" Bridget Pratt "The contribution of international clinical research to justice in global health"
02/03/2011	PhD seminar: Nathan Grills "Social Network Analysis in Public Health: A case study from India"
23/02/2011	PhD seminar: Claire Tobin "Support for breaking the nexus between alcohol and community sports settings"
09/02/2011	PhD seminar: Shan Liu "Cardiorenal syndrome: pathophysiology and role of uremic toxin" Jocasta Ball "Optimising the management of patients with Atrial Fibrillation by delineating risk" Pauline Zardo "Evaluating Capacity for Evidence Informed Decision Making in Australian Health Policy Environments"
02/02/2011	PhD seminar: Sara Ivory "Residual proteinuria and eGFR predict progression of renal impairment within 2 years in type 2 diabetic patients with established proteinuria or albuminuria and renal impairment who were receiving optimal treatment with angiotensin receptor blockers" Bryan Yan "Drug-eluting stent utilization and impact in contemporary Australian interventional cardiology practice: insights from the Melbourne Interventional Group Registry" Nadine Andrew "The epidemiology and long-term outcomes of sport and active recreation injuries"
08/12/2010	Prof Ajay Mahal "View of Global Health"
01/12/2010	DHHS (Caufield)
29/11/2010 (2-3pm)	Bendix Cartensen (Presenter), Dr Dianna Magliano (Chair) "Cancer occurrence and duration of diabetes and insulin therapy: A register linkage study in Denmark"
24/11/2010	A/Prof Paul Dietze and Tim Spelman (Presenters), Damien Jolley (Chair) "Working with hidden populations: Recruitment and implications for follow up and analysis"
17/11/2010	Alice Owen (Presenter), A/Prof Chris Reid (Chair) "Omega-3 fats and cardiovascular health: an evolving perspective from rats to relative risks"
11/11/2010 (9.30am- )	The Department of Health Social Science HDR Department Conference Seminar room H222, Caufield campus RSVP to Charles.Livingstone@monash.edu <mailto:Charles.Livingstone@monash.edu> for catering purposes (Thurs 4th of Nov)
10/11/2010	Colin Fee "ICT Updates - Things you NEED to know about Google Apps and Secure Data Transfer"
09/11/2010 (1.00 pm)	Dr Jason Stein (Assoc Vice Chair for Quality in the Department of Medicine at Emory University) "Leveraging Interdisciplinary Teams and Health IT in the Medical Unit"
3/11/2010	PhD reviews: Masoumeh Sanagou Zoe McQuilten Victor Hoe
27/10/2010	Honours completion presentations
20/10/2010	PhD seminar: Cameron Gosling "Musculoskeletal Injuries in Australian triathletes: Profiles, perceptions and safety risks for competitor" Honours initial presentations: Kumar Pasupathi "The relationship between obesity, overweight and disability" Harbeer Ahedi "Roles of muscles and biomechanical factors in the development of hip OA"
13/10/2010	Dr Cate Lombard "A low intensity, community based lifestyle programme to prevent weight gain in women with young children: cluster randomised controlled trial"
11/10/2010 (11.00am)	Prof Patricia Davidson (Professor of Cardiovascular and Chronic Care at Curtin University) "Dyspnoea Management in Chronic Heart Failure"
06/10/2010	Dr Anna Peeters "Population health implications of obesity trends in Australia"
29/09/2010	No seminar (semester break)
22/09/2010	PhD seminar: Danny Hills "Workplace Aggression in Australian Clinical Medical Practice" Gerard O'Reilly "The Mysterious Case of the Missing Trauma Registry" Dev Mitra "Acute coagulopathy of trauma"
15/09/2010	Dr. Deborah Glass (Speaker), Malcolm Sims (Chair) "OccIDEAS: Exposure assessment for case control studies made easier"
08/09/2010	Associate Professor Damien Jolley "Visualising Variables - Validly"
01/09/2010	Dr. Steven Haas "Cardiovascular therapeutic trials and tribulations of drug safety"
25/08/2010	Judy Lowthian (PhD review) "Increasing demand for emergency patient services: underlying drivers, implications and solutions" Dr. Shelly Jeffcott "What on earth are "human factors" and why should we care anyway"
18/08/2010	Dr Mukesh Hakerwal (Speaker), Prof Just Stoelwinder (Chair) The National E-health Initiative http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/stories/2010/2975642.htm
11/08/2010	Marlien Varnfield "Clinical outcomes and feasibility of ICT-assisted self management models for chronic disease management" Alisa Pedrana "Future Directions: Understanding Risk Among Men have Sex with Men In Victoria"
04/08/2010	Dr Deborah Zion "Psychiatric Ethics and a Politics of Compassion. The Case of Detained Asylum seekers in Australia"
28/07/2010	Kathlyn Ronaldson (Presenter), Andrew Tonkin (Chair) "Psychiatric patients and a case-control study"
21/07/2010	Martha Sinclair (Presenter), Andrew Forbes (Chair) "The Rouse Hill Project"
14/07/2010	A/Prof Allen Cheng “Evaluating a management algorithm for patients with critical illness in developing countries”
24/06/2010	Prof Ian Smith (Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research and Research Infrastructure) : research Prof Adam Shoemaker (Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education)): teaching Prof Shaun Jackson (NHMRC Principal Research Fellow): career development and mentorship Chair: Assoc Prof Robin Bell (Associate Dean Research (Clinical, Public and Allied Health) “Demystifying the promotions process at Monash: the Research and Academic streams”
23/06/2010	Prof Brian Oldenburg (Discussant), Dr Robert Hall (Chair) Richard Smith “Public Health to Global Health”
16/06/2010	Prof Just Stoelwinder “The biggest health reform since Medicare”
26/05/2010	Professor Grant Russell “Understanding primary care performance: mixed methods and new perspectives”
19/05/2010	Dr Sue Evans “Starting up a clinical quality registry: pitfalls and key lessons from the prostate cancer registry"
12/05/2010	Honours/ BMedSci presentations 11.50-12.10 Nadine Ata (BMedSci) 12.10-12.25 Jessica Harding (BBiomedSci hons) 12.25-12.40 Phuong Nguyen (BBiomedSci hons) 12.40-12.55 Monica Suplewski (BBiomedSci hons)
12/05/2010	Kathlyn Ronaldson Discussant: Prof Andrew Tonkin “Clozapine Myocarditis”
05/05/2010	Dr Robyn Woods Emily Parker “ASPREE Healthy Ageing Biobank “
28/04/2010	Angela Rintoul "Improving the health of vulnerable populations: from evidence to practice" A presentation of findings from a series of Victorian Public Health Training Scheme placements focussed on youth justice clients, Afghan women and drug users in Melbourne." Karen Moore “Evaluating the nature and adoption of evidence in action to address public health priorities”
21/04/2010	Marian Abouzeid " Evidence, equity and Health - Contemporary issues in the Australian public health arena" Elizabeth Headley “Health inequalities; population- wide changes in the prevalence of inequalities and their implications” Chebiwot Kipsaina “The context of public health in low-middle income countries.”
14/04/2010	Ella Zomer "Epidemiological modelling of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease" Nathan Grills "The iterative process of project initiation, planning and management in public health: the example of determining the seropositivity of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Victoria"
31/03/2010	Katharine Gibson “Reflections on the role of partnerships in public health practice” Claire Tobin "Exploring the relationships between evidence, public opinion and policy in public health” Susan Heywood “"Evidence and policy approaches to address health and social inequities"
24/03/2010	Elizabeth Moore " Acute kidney injury: Investigating treatments and new markers for its early detection" Adrienne O'Neil "Improving the health and well-being of depressed patients following myocardial infarction (MI)”
17/03/2010	Helen Ackland "Cervical Spine MRI Study" Brad Crammond "The Social Justice of Health"
17/02/2010	Bridget Pratt " Justice in International Clinical Research" Suree Lekawanvijit "Cardiorenal Syndrome: Pathophysiology and Role of Protein-Bound Uremic Toxins & Biomarkers"
3/02/2010	Soula Fillipas “Exercise and Human Immunodeficiency Virus” Andrew Teichtahl "Physical activity and knee joint structure" Stephanie Tanamas "The relationship between diet, physical activity and obesity, and hip cartilage"
27/01/2010	Alisa Higgins "An economic evaluation of resuscitation in sepsis" Judy Gold "The medium and the message: an investigation of how youth access, interpret and implement sexual health information"