Academic Translational Seminars RMH

Every week on Friday, until further notice
11am - 12pm
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The Department of Medicine at the Royal Melbourne Hospital runs a weekly Academic Seminar Series, hosted by Professor Jo Douglass and A/Prof Chris French, every Friday at 11.00 am in the Ewing Theatre, 5th Floor, Clinical Sciences Building, Royal Melbourne Hospital.

A light morning tea will be served at 10.45 am, before the seminar.

NOTE: Due to the current COVID-19 situation, all seminars will be held via Zoom (until further notice).

For general access inquiries please contact dom-adminrmh@unimelb.edu.au.

Most seminars will be recorded and the recordings will be available for viewing on this website, by 12 pm the following  Friday.

Presenting at our Seminars

We welcome staff, students and visitors to make presentation proposals.


2024

DateSpeaker/sTitleAffiliation
22 MarchAnne Coco and Gabrielle NagleRIC and Health & Med Funding opportunitiesThe University of Melbourne
15 MarchProfessor Lena SanciOne Health System: moving toward integration with and within primary care for better patient journeys and outcomesThe University of Melbourne
8 MarchProfessor John SavillHow the MACH partnership is promoting clinical translation of researchMelbourne Academic Centre for Health
2023
DateSpeaker/sTitleAffiliation
3 NovemberProfessor Peter ChoongDeveloping Leadership in innovation - Why is it important and why nowThe University of Melbourne
20 OctoberProfessor Adeel RaziAltered states of consciousness under psychedelics: Neural mechanisms and influence of extra-pharmacological factorsMonash University
13 OctoberProf Chris LittleInflammation and Immunobiology of Joint Injury & Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis RiskUniversity of Sydney
6 OctoberProf Vaughan MacefieldSensorimotor control in the congenital absence of functional muscle spindlesMonash University
22 SeptemberMr Denzil HurtadoExploring mRNA as a therapeutic modality for the treatment of genetic brain disordersThe University of Melbourne
15 SeptemberChris FrenchRecent Developments in Neur-optical Recording TechniquesThe University of Melbourne
8 SeptemberA/Prof Tu-Nguyen DumontGenetic testing for breast cancer susceptibility: time for population testingMonash University
18 AugustA/Prof Gwilym CroucherWhat future for the PhD? National and international perspectives on some trends in doctoral trainingThe University of Melbourne
11 AugustProf Leonid ChurilovTalking about clinical trials on Fri morning...The University of Melbourne
4 AugustProf Eduard HovyGenerative AI and BiomedicineThe University of Melbourne
2023:
DateHostSpeaker/sTitleAffiliation
16 JuneChris FrenchProf Melissa Churchill and Dr Thomas AngelovichViral and immunological determinants of immune activation and cognitive disorders in the brain of people with HIVRMIT University
9 JuneChris FrenchDr Kevin LeeThe Control of Inflammatory Pain and DiseaseThe University of Melbourne
2 JuneChris FrenchDr Prashanth RamachandranMetagenomics, host transcriptomics and genomics for neuroinflammatory disordersThe Royal Melbourne Hospital
19 MayChris FrenchProf Sant-Rayn PasrichaAnaemia in low income countriesThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
12 MayChris FrenchProf Clare ParishAdvancing stem cell therapies for neural repairThe Florey Institute
The University of Melbourne
14 AprilChris FrenchProf Kate LeslieLarge perioperative trials: the importance of collaborationThe Royal Melbourne Hospital
24 MarchChris FrenchIsobel Sylvia WalkerIdentifying antibody responses associated with protection from severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in childrenThe University of Melbourne
17 MarchChris FrenchDr Prasanti KotagiriThe Three Ages of ImmunityThe University of Melbourne
10 MarchChris FrenchProf Sarah WilsonWellbeing and Mental Health at the University of Melbourne: Towards a ‘Healthy University'The University of Melbourne
2022 Past Seminars
DateHostSpeakerTitleAffiliation
21  OctoberChris FrenchProf Fary KhanCancer RehabilitationThe University of Melbourne
14 OctoberChris FrenchLouise WeirRoyal Melbourne Hospital Nurse Practitioner Models of CareStroke Nurse Practitioner
The Royal Melbourne Hospital
7 OctoberChris FrenchChris FrenchElectrophysiological and Neuro-optical Studies of Cognition in Mice Interpreted Within an Information Theoretic FrameworkThe University of Melbourne
16 SeptemberChris FrenchProfessor Michelle RyanWhy Women don’t Lean in: Understanding how context constrains women's career choicesThe Australian National University
9 SeptemberChris FrenchProf Ethan ScottModelling brain-wide sensory processing networks in zebrafish models of autismFlorey Institute
2 SeptemberChris FrenchA/Prof Justine MinternUnexpected Roles for Ubiquitin in ImmunityDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
19 August  No Seminar 
12 AugustChris FrenchProf Andrew LawrenceMuscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors & Alcohol-SeekingFlorey Institute
5 AugustChris FrenchDr Christine NguyenThe eye as a window into Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseaseDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science
The University of Melbourne
22 JulyChris FrenchProf Ken SmithWhole genome sequencing in sporadic immunodeficiency: a TRAF3 haploinsufficiency syndrome informs rare and common diseaseHead of the Department of Medicine
The University of Cambridge
15 July  No Seminar 
8 July  No Seminar 
1 JulyChris FrenchTze Jian ChinPhD Completion Seminar
Medication Use Of Anti-Cholesterol Drugs And Cognitive Decline In Ageing
The University of Melbourne
24 June  No Seminar 
17 JuneChris FrenchDr Dhiraj Hans,
Dr Ruth Park-Jones, and
Edwina Buckle
Research, Innovation, translation and commercialisationMDHS Business Development
The University of Melbourne
10 JuneChris FrenchProf Johannes S. KernThe treatment revolution in Dermatology - current developments for targeted therapy of inflammatory skin conditionsHead of Research – Dermatology Royal Melbourne Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
3 JuneChris FrenchProfessor Jurgen GoetzAmyloid and tau in Alzheimer’s disease – from pathomechanistic studies to therapeutic ultrasound as a treatment modalityDirector of the Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research
The Queensland Brain Institute

20 May

Charles Malpas

Professor Cassandra Szoeke

30 years of Women's Healthy Ageing

Director of the Healthy Ageing Program
The University of Melbourne

13 MayChris FrenchDr Courtney Ierano

Improving antimicrobial use in surgery: a health services research approach

Research Fellow and Project Officer 
The National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship (NCAS)
The University of Melbourne

6 MayChris FrenchProfessor Jane Gunn

150 years of partnership (The University of Melbourne and The Royal Melbourne Hospital)

Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

The University of Melbourne

8 AprilChris FrenchJustin Clark

Automation tools to improve the speed of conducting systematic reviews

Senior Research Information Specialist at the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare (IEBH)
Bond University

25 MarNo Seminar Break Week
18 MarChris FrenchProf Peter Gibson

"Insights into the “FODMAP” diet"

Head of Luminal Gastroenterology Research, Department of Gastroenterology University
Monash University

11 Mar

Chris French

Prof Stephen Davis
Prof Geoffrey Donnan

“Advances in pre-hospital stroke treatment: the Golden Hour”

Presentation PowerPoint

Professor Stephen Davis AO
Chair Of Translational Neuroscience
Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital
Professor Geoffrey Donnan AO
Professor Of Neurology
Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital