All welcome, sandwich lunch provided from 12:45pm
For further information contact: Kerith.Sharkey@southernhealth.org.au
2012 MONARC seminar series
Education Centre Room A, Kingston Centre, 1:00 - 2:00pm
| Date | Title | Speaker/s |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 18 Jan 2012 | ASPREE sub-studies: 1. SNORE-ASA 2. ASPREE-ALSOP |
Dr Stephanie Ward (Academic Unit of Geriatric Medicine, MONARC) |
| Fri 1 Feb 2012 |
1. ‘Inter-rater reliability of the Cranial Nerve Assessment Tool (CNAT)' 2. ‘Allied health clinicians - do they have the tools to build evidence based practice?’ |
1. Mr Robert Nicholls Speech Pathologist, RACS & Lions John Cockayne Memorial Fellowship Trust Fund grant recipient 2. Ms Marlena Klaic, PhD candidate, Allied Health Clinical Research Unit |
| Wed 28 Mar 2012 | 'MAXCOG: maximising cognitive abilities in preclinical and early dementia' | Dr Bridget Regan, Academic Unit of Geriatric Medicine, MONARC & Lincoln Centre for Research on Ageing, La Trobe University |
| Fri 11 May 2012 |
Gait rehabilitation in Parkinson’s (Note: Board Room) |
Professor Meg Morris Melbourne School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne |
| Wed 20 Jun 2012 | Outline of new project: A mobile Dexa machine in TCP (Alfred Hospital) | Dr Seema Parikh (Adjunct Senior Lecturer - Academic Unit of Geriatric Medicine, MONARC) |
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Fri 20 Jul 2012 |
TBA (Note: Clinincal Meeting Room) |
Professor Yvonne Wells |
| Wed 15 Aug 2012 | 1. Physical activity and cognition 2. The effects of exercise in caregivers of people with dementia |
Dr Elizabeth Cyarto, Deputy Director - Health Promotion Division, National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) |
| Fri 21 Sep 2012 |
Ethics research relevant to older people or those with a disability |
Professor Julian Savulescu, Uehiro Professor of Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford |
| Wed 17 Oct 2012 | Student projects | MONARC and AHRU students |
| Wed 21 Nov 2012 |
2012 Lions John Cockayne Memorial Fellowship Trust Fund projects / travel fellowships: final reports |
- Ms Angel Lee - Mr Marek GORSKI - Ms Karen McDougall - Ms Mary Danoudis - Ms Sarah Milne |
2011 MONARC seminar series
Education Centre Room A, Kingston Centre, 1:00 - 2:00pm
Education Centre Room A, Kingston Centre, 1:00 - 2:00pm
| Date | Title | Speaker/s |
|---|---|---|
| Thurs 3 Feb 2011 | The ASPREE (ASPrin in Reducing Events in the Elderly) project | Prof John McNeil, Head of School - Public Health & Preventive Med / HoD - Epidemiology & Preventive Med, Monash University |
| Thurs 3 Mar 2011 | Impact on residents of frequent death in aged care facilities | Dr Heather Tan & Dr Teresa Howard, Research Fellows, Palliative Care Research Team, Monash University |
| Thurs 7 Apr 2011 | Presentation by the Clinical Research Centre for Movement Disorders and Gait team, Kingston Centre | CRCMD&G team members |
| Thurs 5 May 2011 | Learning interprofessionally to improve interprofessional practice | Ms Debra Kiegaldie, Clinical Education & Professional Development Unit, School of Primary Health Care, Monash University |
| Thurs 2 Jun 2011 | Implementing evidence-based guidelines for the management of dementia: the IRIS study | Dr Denise O’Connor, NHMRC Public Health Fellow, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine / Australasian Cochrane Centre, Monash University |
| Thurs 7 Jul 2011 | The effects of ageing on traumatic brain injury | Prof John Olver, Director of Rehab, Epworth Rehabilitation / Victor Smorgon Chair of Rehab Medicine, Monash University |
| Thurs 4 Aug 2011 |
What do older Victorians think about falls & participating in falls prevention exercise programs? Early results from an NHMRC partnership project being conducted in collaboration with the Vic DoH |
A/Prof Terry Haines, Allied Health Clinical Research Unit, Monash University / Southern Health |
| Thurs 1 Sep 2011 | Auditing of Clinical Trials | Ms Malar Thiagarajan, Director of Research Services, Research Directorate, Southern Health |
| Thurs 6 Oct 2011 |
1. Keeping older ladies on their feet: the biomechanics of footwear and falls 2. Communication between staff and residents about deaths in residential facilities 3. Age-related alterations to overground walking gait patterns in healthy women |
1. Ms Annette Davis, PhD candidate, CRCMD&G, MONARC 2. Prof Barbara Workman, Dir - MONARC / Medical Director, RACS, Southern Health 3. Ms Jennifer O’Connor, CRCMD&G, MONARC |
| Thurs 3 Nov 2011 | Non-pharmacological interventions to reduce agitation associated with dementia | Dr Eva van der Ploeg, Research Fellow, Aged Mental Health Research Unit, MONARC, Monash University |
| Thurs 1 Dec 2011 | Presentations by 2011 Lions John Cockayne Memorial Fellowship Trust Fund grant recipients | - Ms Mary Danoudis (CRCMD&G) - Ms Melanie Farlie (Physiotherapist, Ward East 1) - Ms Barbara Eppingstall (AMHRU) |
