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Obstetrics & Gynaecology

The University of Adelaide Australia

Discipline of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Seminar Program July - November 2009

These seminars will be held on Fridays in the Seminar Room, N229, 2nd Floor, Medical School North, Frome Road, Adelaide at 4.00 pm.

Note: Seminars in the 4th week of each month will be held in the Queen Victoria Lecture Theatre on Level 1, Queen Victoria Building at the Women's & Children's Hospital

DateNameTitle

24 July
WCH

Dr Martin Ritossa, Consultant Gynaecologist, Lyell McEwin Hospital

Laparoscopic Surgical Management of Endometriosis

31 July
WCH
School PRH Honours Progress Report Seminars 
 
7 AugustMr Phil Elliot, Group Leader, HospitaQuality by Design of Experiments for BioPharmaceutical Development 
14 AugustProf Gail Risbridger, Director, Centre for Urological Research, Monash Institute of Medical ResearchPutting female hormones to work on the prostate gland
21 August

Associate Professor Becky Simmons, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Why IUGR leads to diabetes - epigenetic and other mechanisms 
Thursday
27 August
3-5 pm

Dr Craig Harrison, Reproductive Hormones Group, Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research

Professor Henry Jabbour, MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, UK

Associate Professor Larry Chamley, University of Auckland

Synthesis, secretion and extracellular regulation of TGFbeta ligands

Prokineticins - novel regulators of reproductive event

Knot or not, do syncytial knots trigger preeclampsia or not?

28 AugustDr Grant Montgomery, Head of Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical ResearchGenetic analysis of reproductive traits
4 September
WCH
Associate Professor David Torpy, Senior Consultant Endocrinologist, RAH, & A/Professor in Medicine, UoAMaternal Cortisolaemia in Complicated Pregnancies 
11 SeptemberDr David Mottershead, Discipline of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, School of Paediatrics & Reproductive Health, UoAGDF9 & BMP15: Structurally unique Oocyte-derived growth factors
18 SeptemberProfessor John Hopper, Director (Research) Centre for M.E.G.A. Epidemiology, University of MelbourneUnderstanding the roles of genes and environment on disease and health through studies involving twins and families 
25 September
Lyell McEwin
Health Service
Dr Bill Jeffries, Head, Division of Medicine, Lyell McEwin Hospital
Please note Venue:  Main Lecture Theatre, Level 2, Lyell McEwin Hospital
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Update
2 OctoberProfessor Gus Dekker, Discipline of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, UoAUpdate on Preeclampsia
9 OctoberCentre for Stem Cell Centre Research Seminar:
Dr Albert Mellick,
Head, Host Response to Cancer Lab, Griffith University
miRNAs in Adult Stem Cell Differentiation Role in Disease and Development
16 OctoberTo be advised 
23 OctoberDr Rachael Burgesstba 
6 NovemberMr Hassan Bakos, Discipline of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, UoAThe Effect of paternal obesity on sperm function, subsequent embryo development and pregnancy outcomes
13 NovemberSchool PRH Honours Thesis defence Seminars
Friday 13 November 1 - 5 pm